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Razer Blade 18 (2024)
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Size
18"
Operating System
Windows 11
Size
18"
Operating System
Windows 11
Our Verdict
Razer Blade 18 (2024)
Dell Alienware m18 R2 (2024)
The Razer Blade 18 (2024) and the Dell Alienware m18 R2 (2024) are both 18-inch gaming laptops configurable with Intel 14th Gen HX CPUs and NVIDIA 40-series GPUs. Generally speaking, the Blade 18 has a more premium feel and better features, like a higher-resolution 4k+ and a Mini LED display option, a larger touchpad, Thunderbolt 5 support, better-sounding speakers, and a higher-quality webcam. However, the Alienware m18 has more configuration options, making it easier to get a model that fits your budget, and its top-end models have more storage slots. Performance is pretty similar between these two laptops, though the Alienware gets much hotter under load.
Variants
- Blade 18 (RZ09-0509SEK3-R3U1) (Black - QHD+/300Hz/i9 14900HX/RTX 4070/32GB/1TB)
- Blade 18 (RZ09-0509TEK3-R3U1) (Black - QHD+/300Hz/i9 14900HX/RTX 4080/32GB/1TB)
- Blade 18 (RZ09-05092EK4-R3U1) (Black - QHD+/300Hz/i9 14900HX/RTX 4090/32GB/2TB)
- Blade 18 (RZ09-05092EP9-R3U1) (Black - UHD+/200Hz/i9 14900HX/RTX 4090/64GB/4TB)
- Blade 18 (RZ09-05092EM4-R3U1) (Mercury - UHD+/200Hz/i9 14900HX/RTX 4090/32GB/2TB)
- Alienware m18 R2 (AWM18R) (Dark Metallic Moon - FHD/480Hz/i9-14900HX/RTX 4080/32GB/1TB)
- Alienware m18 R2 (AWM18R-9494BLK-PUS) (Dark Metallic Moon - QHD/165Hz/i9-14900HX/RTX 4070/32GB/1TB)
- Alienware m18 R2 (AWM18R-9583BLK-PUS) (Dark Metallic Moon - QHD/165Hz/i9-14900HX/RTX 4080/32GB/1TB)
Main Differences for
General Productivity
General Productivity
Threshold
General Productivity
6.4
5.7
Portability
4.1
2.7
Battery Life (Web Browsing)
5.2 hrs
4.1 hrs
Brightness
8.4
6.6
Full Comparison
Design
Style
Style Photo
Form Factor
Traditional (Clamshell)
Traditional (Clamshell)
Build Quality
9.5
9.0
Build Quality Photo
Hinge
9.1
9.2
Hinge Photo
Range
135°
145°
Stability
Good
Good
One Finger Lift
Yes
Yes
Portability
4.1
2.7
Dimensions Photo
Size
18"
18"
Thickness
1.1" (2.7 cm)
1.2" (3.1 cm)
Width
15.8" (40.1 cm)
16.2" (41.2 cm)
Depth
10.9" (27.8 cm)
12.6" (32.0 cm)
Volume
183.7 in³ (3,009.9 cm³)
249.4 in³ (4,087.0 cm³)
Weight
6.9 lbs (3.1 kg)
8.7 lbs (3.9 kg)
Charger Size
22.2 in³ (364.3 cm³)
25.2 in³ (412.8 cm³)
Charger Weight
2.6 lbs (1.2 kg)
2.3 lbs (1.0 kg)
Serviceability
8.4
9.1
Internals Photo
Ease Of Access
7.5
9.0
RAM Slots
2
2
Storage Slots
2
4
Replaceable Battery
Yes
Yes
Replaceable Wireless Adapter
Yes
Yes
In The Box
In The Box Photo
Display
Screen Specs
Display Photo
Resolution
3840 x 2400
1920 x 1200
Aspect Ratio
16:10
16:10
Pixel Density
251 PPI
125 PPI
Panel Type
IPS
IPS
Touch Screen
No
No
Screen-To-Body Ratio
89%
86%
Refresh Rate
9.4
9.8
Motion Blur
Refresh Rate
200 Hz
480 Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
G-SYNC
G-SYNC
Contrast
6.9
6.9
Contrast Photo
Native Contrast
1,065 : 1
1,080 : 1
Brightness
8.4
6.6
Maximum Brightness
464 cd/m²
266 cd/m²
Minimum Brightness
24 cd/m²
14 cd/m²
Reflections
7.5
7.5
Reflections Photo Off
Reflections Photo Max
Screen Finish
Matte
Matte
Total Reflections
4.99%
5.37%
Indirect Reflections
3.87%
4.74%
Calculated Direct Reflections
1.12%
0.63%
Black Uniformity
7.5
5.7
Black Uniformity Photo
Uniformity (Std. Dev.)
1.000%
2.180%
Out-Of-The-Box Color Accuracy
6.6
4.0
White Balance Screencap
Gamma Curve Screencap
Color Screencap
Avg. White Balance dE
3.43
5.99
Avg. Gamma
2.24
2.1
Avg. Color dE
4.02
5.28
Avg. Color Temperature
6,287 K
5,908 K
Color Gamut
9.5
9.4
Gamut SDR
sRGB xy
138.87%
99.9%
sRGB uv
131.41%
99.58%
Adobe RGB xy
88.57%
88.8%
Adobe RGB uv
94.57%
94.83%
Gamut HDR
DCI-P3 xy
99.74%
99.26%
DCI-P3 uv
99.91%
98.86%
Rec. 2020 xy
73.44%
73.22%
Rec. 2020 uv
76.25%
75.49%
Flicker
9.0
10
Flicker Graph
Flicker-Free
No
Yes
Flicker Frequency
> 1000Hz
No Flicker
Flicker Active Below
100%
0%
Interface
Keyboard
9.1
9.2
Keyboard Photo
Typing Quality
9.0
9.0
Numpad
No
Yes
Backlighting
Per-Key RGB
Per-Key RGB
Key Switch Actuation Graph
Operating Force
66 gf
61 gf
Actuation Force
38 gf
38 gf
Pre-Travel
1.05 mm
1.14 mm
Total Travel
1.24 mm
1.76 mm
Touchpad
8.6
8.2
Touchpad Photo
Tracking Quality
8.0
8.0
Size
25.6 in² (164.9 cm²)
16.7 in² (108.0 cm²)
Material
Glass
Glass
Dedicated Buttons
No
No
Speakers
8.8
7.6
Frequency Response Plot
Max Volume
85 dB SPL
76 dB SPL
Standard Error @ Normal Vol. (65 dB)
5.5 dB
5.4 dB
Slope @ Normal Vol. (65 dB)
0.9
0.7
Bass Extension (Low-Frequency Ext.)
236 Hz
364 Hz
Treble Extension (High-Frequency Ext.)
15 kHz
16 kHz
Dynamic Range Compression @ Max Vol.
1.8 dB
0.7 dB
Webcam & Microphone
9.2
7.4
Webcam Video Sample
Video Quality
9.0
7.5
Resolution
1440p
1080p
Position
Top Center
Top Center
Privacy Cover
Yes
No
Face Unlock
Yes
Yes
Connectivity
Ports
9.0
9.5
Ports Photo
USB-A Ports
3
3
USB-C Ports
2
3
Thunderbolt
Thunderbolt 5
Thunderbolt 4
USB-C Charging
Yes
Yes
USB-C Display Out
Yes
Yes
HDMI
2.1
2.1
DisplayPort
No
Mini DisplayPort 1.4
3.5mm Jack
Combo mic/headphone
Combo mic/headphone
Card Reader
SD UHS 2
SD UHS 2
Ethernet
Yes
Yes
Proprietary Port
Razer Power Port
Alienware Power Adapter Port
Security Lock
Yes
No
Wireless Communication
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be)
Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be)
Bluetooth
5.4
5.4
Configuration
CPU
Brand
Intel
Intel
Model
Core i9-14900HX
Core i9-14900HX
Core Count
24
24
Thread Count
32
32
GPU
Brand
NVIDIA
NVIDIA
Model
Geforce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU
GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU
Dedicated/Integrated
Dedicated
Dedicated
VRAM Size
16 GB
12 GB
GPU Total Graphics Power (TGP)
175W
175W
RAM
Capacity
32 GB
32 GB
Modules
2
2
Type
DDR5
DDR5
Speed
5,600 MHz
5,600 MHz
Storage
Advertised Capacity
2,000 GB
1,000 GB
Usable Capacity
1,879 GB
919 GB
Drive 1
Samsung MZVL22T0HBLB-00B00
Western Digital PC SN810 NVMe
Drive 1 Type
SSD
SSD
Drive 2
No 2nd Drive
No 2nd Drive
Drive 2 Type
No 2nd Drive
No 2nd Drive
Performance
CPU/RAM Performance
8.3
8.3
Cinebench 2024 - Single Core
126 points
123 points
Cinebench 2024 - Multi Core
1,635 points
1,681 points
Geekbench 6 - Single Core
2,872
2,929
Geekbench 6 - Multi Core
17,777
18,271
Blender - CPU (Avg)
136 samples/min
135 samples/min
PassMark PT - CPU Mark
51,012
51,828
PassMark PT - Memory Mark
3,546
3,666
PassMark PT - Memory Mark (Android)
N/A
N/A
Mozilla Kraken
310 ms
316 ms
Low Tier Graphics
8.5
8.4
Geekbench 6 - GPU Compute
182,283
189,527
Basemark Web 3.0
1,465
1,309
PassMark PT - 2D Mark
926
766
PassMark PT - 2D Mark (Android)
N/A
N/A
PassMark PT - 3D Mark
31,824
25,927
PassMark PT - 3D Mark (Android)
N/A
N/A
Novabench 5 - GPU
2,029.0
1,681.0
mprep - Stress My GPU
173,499
151,520
High Tier Graphics
8.8
8.6
3DMark - Steel Nomad (DX12)
5,151
4,405
3DMark - Steel Nomad (Vulkan/Metal)
5,294
4,801
Basemark GPU (DX12)
218,406
231,471
Basemark GPU (Vulkan/Metal)
210,488
210,614
GFXBench - High Level Test (Vulkan/Metal)
16,923 Frames
14,792 Frames
Professional 3D (GPU Accelerated)
7.3
6.9
Blender - GPU (Avg)
2,467 samples/min
1,924 samples/min
Cinebench 2024 - GPU
22,435 points
18,303 points
CPU-Intensive Game Performance
8.6
8.5
Civilization VII - AI
14.2 s/turn
17.5 s/turn
Civilization VII - Graphics (Avg)
302.4 fps
256.9 fps
Civilization VII - Graphics (1% Low)
146.5 fps
133.3 fps
Total War: Warhammer III (Avg)
121.8 fps
128.7 fps
Baldur's Gate 3 (Avg)
91.9 fps
86.5 fps
Baldur's Gate 3 (1% Low)
51.1 fps
59.0 fps
Previous Methodology Score
8.9
9.1
Previous Methodology Score Converted
8.4
8.6
GPU-Intensive Game Performance
8.1
8.2
Cyberpunk 2077 (Avg)
99.6 fps
102.9 fps
Cyberpunk 2077 (Min)
83.7 fps
87.9 fps
Assassin's Creed Shadows (Avg)
63 fps
55 fps
Assassin's Creed Shadows (1% Low)
52 fps
47 fps
GTA V (Avg)
170.2 fps
164.4 fps
GTA V (1% Low)
65.5 fps
65.3 fps
Black Myth: Wukong (Avg)
52 fps
66 fps
Black Myth: Wukong (5% Low)
46 fps
58 fps
Resident Evil 4 (Avg)
150.5 fps
128.5 fps
Resident Evil 4 (1% Low)
97.5 fps
71.2 fps
Previous Methodology Score
9.0
9.4
Previous Methodology Score Converted
7.6
8.0
Ray Tracing Performance
6.5
6.9
Cyberpunk 2077 (Avg)
78.2 fps
78.2 fps
Cyberpunk 2077 (Min)
66.3 fps
69.4 fps
Assassin's Creed Shadows (Avg)
52 fps
44 fps
Assassin's Creed Shadows (1% Low)
42 fps
37 fps
Black Myth: Wukong (Avg)
27 fps
45 fps
Black Myth: Wukong (5% Low)
23 fps
38 fps
Storage Drive Performance
9.6
9.7
Sequential Write Speed
2,011.5 MB/s
2,713.0 MB/s
Sequential Read Speed
4,588.4 MB/s
5,222.0 MB/s
Random Write Speed
108.4 MB/s
116.9 MB/s
Random Read Speed
69.0 MB/s
69.0 MB/s
Battery
4.7
3.8
Capacity
92 Wh
97 Wh
Battery Life (Web Browsing)
5.2 hrs
4.1 hrs
Battery Life (Video Playback)
4.1 hrs
3.1 hrs
Battery Life (Gaming)
1.2 hrs
1.2 hrs
Charge Time
2.2 hrs
2.8 hrs
Thermals And Noise
6.8
5.4
Keyboard Temps Picture
Keyboard Temp While Idle
33 °C (92 °F)
46 °C (115 °F)
Keyboard Temp Under Load
39 °C (103 °F)
50 °C (122 °F)
Fan Noise While Idle
25.0 dBA
25.0 dBA
Fan Noise Under Load
57.0 dBA
55.0 dBA
Power & Fan Control App
Yes
Yes
Performance Over Time
7.8
9.9
Performance Over Time Graph
CPU Temp (Cinebench)
80 °C
99 °C
CPU Perf. Loss (Cinebench)
0% loss
1% loss
GPU Temp (Heaven)
63 °C
68 °C
GPU Perf. Loss (Heaven)
14% loss
0% loss
Additional Features And Software
Software
Operating System
Windows 11
Windows 11
Additional Software
Yes
Yes
Extra Features
Biometrics
Face Recognition
Face Recognition
RGB Illumination
Yes
Yes
Touch Pen Support
No Stylus Support
No Stylus Support
Secondary Display
No
No
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