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Alienware M15 R1 vs. Dell XPS 17 9700: Full specs comparison

We have comprehensively analyzed the technical specifications for the Alienware M15 R1 and Dell XPS 17 9700 models. Our report includes intricate details such as the CPU, memory, storage, battery life, display quality, and other features.

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Alienware M15 R1 Pros

Reasons that Alienware M15 R1 is better than Dell XPS 17 9700.

Alienware M15 R1 has more ports and slots count than the Dell XPS 17 9700. It has eleven versus seven amount of ports and slots on the Dell XPS 17 9700.

Ports	Alienware M15 R1	Dell XPS 17 9700
Alienware Graphics Amplifier port	Yes	No
full-size SD card slot	No	Yes
HDMI	Yes	No
headphone jack	Yes	Yes
lock slot	Yes	Yes
Mini DisplayPort	Yes	No
power port	Yes	No
RJ-45	Yes	No
Thunderbolt 3	Yes	Yes x4
USB-A	Yes x3	No
Total	11	7

Alienware M15 R1 has better versatile I/O connectivity than the Dell XPS 17 9700. It has seven versus three commonly used ports and slots on the Dell XPS 17 9700.

Ports	Alienware M15 R1	Dell XPS 17 9700
headphone jack	Yes	Yes
Thunderbolt 3	Yes	Yes
full-size SD card slot	No	Yes
HDMI	Yes	No
Mini DisplayPort	Yes	No
power port	Yes	No
RJ-45	Yes	No
USB-A	Yes	No

Dell XPS 17 9700 Pros

Reasons that Dell XPS 17 9700 is better than Alienware M15 R1.

2020 vs. 2019

Intel Core i9-10885H inside Dell XPS 17 9700 has a 39% better multi-core CPU performance score than the Intel Core i7-9750H inside Alienware M15 R1.

Geekbench 5 multi-core score

Dell XPS 17 9700 - Intel Core i7-10875H

6,874

Dell XPS 17 9700 - Intel Core i9-10885H

6,788

Dell XPS 17 9700 - Intel Core i7-10750H

5,412

Alienware M15 R1 - Intel Core i7-9750H

4,880

Alienware M15 R1 - Intel Core i7-8750H

4,470

Dell XPS 17 9700 - Intel Core i5-10300H

3,747

Alienware M15 R1 - Intel Core i5-8300H

3,269

Dell XPS 17 9700 supports a larger memory capacity than the Alienware M15 R1. It supports up to 64GB versus 32GB of system memory on the Alienware M15 R1.

Max system memory size

Dell XPS 17 9700

64 GB

Alienware M15 R1

32 GB

Dell XPS 17 9700 supports a faster memory speed than the Alienware M15 R1. It supports up to 2933MHz versus 2666MHz of system memory on the Alienware M15 R1.

Memory type and speed

Dell XPS 17 9700 - DDR4

2,933 MHz

Alienware M15 R1 - DDR4

2,666 MHz

Dell XPS 17 9700 has a 17-inch screen size 8% larger than the 15.6-inch Alienware M15 R1.

Display size

Dell XPS 17 9700

17-inch

Alienware M15 R1

15.6-inch

Dell XPS 17 9700 weighed 4.65 pounds, 5% lighter than the 4.85 pounds Alienware M15 R1.

Weight	Alienware M15 R1	Dell XPS 17 9700
Pound	4.85 lbs.	4.65 lbs.
Kilogram	2.20 kg	2.11 kg

Prices

Here are the latest price updates and offers for both devices.

Alienware M15 R1 Price
	EbidDealz Replacement for Laptop LCD 15.6" FHD Screen Display Complete Assembly Dell Alienware M15 R1 K8TWT By Generic $199.99	See at Amazon
	Alienware M18 R2 Gaming Laptop - 18 QHD+ 165Hz 3ms Display, Intel Core i9-14900HX, 32GB DDR5 RAM, 1TB SSD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 12 GB GDDR6, Windows 11 Home, Onsite Service - Dark Metallic Moon By Alienware $2,799.99	See at Amazon
	Dell Alienware m16 R1 Gaming Laptop 2023 16” WQXGA 2560 x 1600 IPS 240 Hertz Intel Core i7-13700HX NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 32GB DDR5 1TB SSD Thunderbolt 4 Windows 11 Home By Dell $1,999.00	See at Amazon
Dell XPS 17 9700 Price
	2020 Dell XPS 9700 Laptop 17 - Intel Core i7 10th Gen - i7-10750H - Six Core 5Ghz - 1TB SSD - 32GB RAM - Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 Ti - 1920x1200 FHD+ - Windows 10 Home (Renewed) By Dell $1,449.95	See at Amazon
	Dell New XPS 17 9700 17 inch UHD Plus Laptop, Intel i9-10885H 10th Gen, 32GB DDR4 RAM, 1TB SSD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 6GB GDDR6, Windows 10 Home, Silver By Dell $1,799.00	See at Amazon
	Dell XPS 17" 9700 FHD+ Laptop PC Intel Core i7-10750H Processor, 16GB Ram, 1TB NVMe SSD, Type C, Webcam, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB, Windows 11 Pro (Renewed) By Dell $1,499.95	See at Amazon

Availability	Alienware M15 R1	Dell XPS 17 9700
Released	2019	2020
Release Date	Announced at CES 2019 Available on January 29, 2019	Announced Date: May 13, 2020
Pricing	Starting at $1,379.99	-
Generations	2022 Alienware M15 R7 2021 Alienware M15 R6 2021 Alienware M15 R5 2021 Alienware M15 R4 2020 Alienware M15 R3 2019 Alienware M15 R2 2019 Alienware M15 R1	2022 Dell XPS 17 9720 2021 Dell XPS 17 9710 2020 Dell XPS 17 9700

Exterior	Alienware M15 R1	Dell XPS 17 9700
Dimensions	14.27 x 10.85 x 0.70 - 0.78 in (362 x 275 x 17.90 - 19.99 mm) Width: 14.27 in. (362 mm) Depth: 10.85 in. (275 mm) Height: 0.70 - 0.78 in. (17.90 - 19.99 mm)	14.74 x 9.76 x 0.77 in (374.45 x 248.05 x 19.5 mm) Width: 14.74” (374.45 mm) Depth: 9.76” (248.05 mm) Height: 0.77” (19.5 mm)
Weight	Starting at 4.85 lbs (2.20 kg)	Non-touch with 56Wh: 4.65 lbs (2.11 kg) Touch screen with 97Wh: 5.53 lbs (2.51 kg)
Colors	Epic Silver Nebula Red	CNC machined aluminum in platinum silver with carbon fiber composite palm rest in black Edge-to-edge Corning® Gorilla® Glass 6 on touch panel
Keyboard and Trackpad	Alienware AlienFX mSeries Keyboard with Alphanumeric Keys 4.13 x 2.56 in (105 mm x 65 mm) precision touchpad with multi-touch gesture support.	Full size, backlit chiclet keyboard with larger keycaps. Larger touchpad with multi-touch gesture support.

Display

Alienware M15 R1

Dell XPS 17 9700

Size

15.6 Inches

17 Inches

Info

Full HD with 60Hz refresh rate

1920 x 1080, 141 PPI, 35ms response time, 300 nits, 16:9, 72% color gamut, 700:1 contrast ratio, Anti-glare, 6.20W max power consumption.

Full HD with 144Hz refresh rate

1920 x 1080, 141 PPI, 19ms response time, 300 nits, 16:9, 72% color gamut, 800:1 contrast ratio, Anti-glare, 7.80W max power consumption.

Full HD with 240Hz refresh rate

1920 x 1080, 141 PPI, 8ms response time, 300 nits, 16:9, 72% color gamut, 1000:1 contrast ratio, Anti-glare, 4.41W max power consumption.

Ultra HD with 60Hz refresh rate

3180 x 2160, 282 PPI, 300 nits, 16:9, 1,000:1 contrast ratio, 5.15W max power consumption

Ultra HD OLED with 60Hz refresh rate

3180 x 2160, 282 PPI, 1ms response time, 300 nits, 16:9, HDR-400 DCI-P3 color gamut, 10,000:1 contrast ratio, TrueLife, 14.80W max power consumption

All options

Wide Viewing Angles on all displays with 85 degrees viewing from all directions

17-inch FHD+ non-touchscreen
- 1920 x 1200, IPS, 145 PPI, 500-nits brightness, 1650:1 contrast ratio, 100% sRGB, InfinityEdge Anti-Glare, Non-touch support.
17-inch UHD+ IPS touchscreen
- 3840 x 2400, IPS, 290 PPI, 500-nit brightness, 1600:1 contrast ratio, 100% AdobeRGB, InfinityEdge, Anti-Reflective, Touch support.

Ports	Alienware M15 R1	Dell XPS 17 9700
Image Source: Dell Left (4) 1 x USB-A USB 3.1 Gen 1 (5 Gbps), PowerShare 1 x RJ-45 1 Gbps, Killer E2500 1 x headphone jack Headphone/Microphone 1 x lock slot Right (2) 2 x USB-A USB 3.1 Gen 1 (5 Gbps) Back (5) 1 x Thunderbolt 3 40 Gpbs, DisplayPort 1 x Alienware Graphics Amplifier port 1 x HDMI v2.0 1 x Mini DisplayPort 1 x power port	Image Source: Dell Left (3) 2 x Thunderbolt 3 40 Gpbs, USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps), DisplayPort 1.4, Power Delivery 1 x lock slot Right (4) 2 x Thunderbolt 3 40 Gpbs, USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps), DisplayPort 1.4, Power Delivery 1 x full-size SD card slot v6.0 1 x headphone jack Headphone/Microphone

Internal Specs	Alienware M15 R1	Dell XPS 17 9700
Processor	8th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-8300H 4 cores, 8 threads, 2.30 → 4.00 GHz, 8MB SmartCache, 45W 8th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-8750H 6 cores, 12 threads, 2.20 → 4.10 GHz, 9MB SmartCache, 45W 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-9750H 6 cores, 12 threads, 2.60 → 4.50 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 45W	10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-10300H 4 cores, 8 threads, 2.50 → 4.50 GHz, 8MB SmartCache, 45W 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-10750H 6 cores, 12 threads, 2.60 → 5.00 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 45W 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-10875H 8 cores, 16 threads, 2.30 → 5.10 GHz, 16MB SmartCache, 45W 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-10885H 8 cores, 16 threads, 2.40 → 5.30 GHz, 16MB SmartCache, 45W
Integrated Graphics	8th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-8300H Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1000 MHz 8th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-8750H Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1100 MHz 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-9750H Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1150 MHz	10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-10300H Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1050 MHz 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-10750H Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1150 MHz 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-10875H Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1200 MHz 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-10885H Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1250 MHz
Memory	8 GB 16 GB 32 GB 2666 MHz Dual-channel DDR4 RAM. 2 x SODIMM slots	8 GB 16 GB 32 GB 64 GB 2933 MHz Dual-channel DDR4 RAM.
Discrete Graphics	NVIDIA® GeForce GTX® 1050 Ti (4GB GDDR5) NVIDIA® GeForce GTX® 1060 (6GB GDDR5) NVIDIA® GeForce GTX® 1070 (8GB GDDR5) NVIDIA® GeForce GTX® 1660 Ti (6GB GDDR6) NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 2060 (6GB GDDR6) OC Ready NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 2070 (8GB GDDR6) with Max-Q Design NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 2080 (8GB GDDR6) with Max-Q Design	NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1650 Ti with Max-Q (Optional) Turning Architecture, 4GB GDDR6 128-bit, 1035 → 1200 MHz, 1024 CUDA Cores. NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 2060 with Max-Q (Optional) Turning Architecture, 6GB GDDR6 192-bit, 975 → 1185 MHz, 1920 CUDA Cores.
Storage	Single Storage Configurations 256 GB PCIe M.2 SSD 512 GB PCIe M.2 SSD 512 GB Intel Optane M.2 SSD 1 TB PCIe M.2 SSD Dual Storage Configurations 128GB PCIe M.2 SSD + 1TB (+8GB SSHD) Hybrid Drive 256GB PCIe M.2 SSD + 1TB (+8GB SSHD) Hybrid Drive 256GB PCIe M.2 SSD + 256GB PCIe M.2 SSD 512GB PCIe M.2 SSD + 1TB (+8GB SSHD) Hybrid Drive 512GB PCIe M.2 SSD + 512GB PCIe M.2 SSD 1TB PCIe M.2 SSD + 1TB PCIe M.2 SSD Triple Storage Configurations 256GB SSD M.2+256GB SSD M.2+1TB HDD	256 GB 512 GB 1 TB 2TB 4TB 2 x Removable M.2 2230/2280 PCIe® 3x4 NVMe™ SSD, Up to 32 Gbps.

Connectivity	Alienware M15 R1	Dell XPS 17 9700
Wi-Fi	Qualcomm QCA61x4A (DW1820) Dual Band 2.4 GHz/5 GHz up to 867 Mbps, WiFi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac. Rivet killer 1550 Dual Band 2.4 GHz/5 GHz up to 1733 Mbps, WiFi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac.	Rivet Killer AX1650w Up to 2400 Mbps, Dual band 2.4 GHz/5 GHz, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g, WiFi-4 (802.11n), WiFi-5 (802.11ac), WiFi-6 (802.11ax) Rivet Killer AX500s DBS Up to 1774.50 Mbps, Dual band 2.4 GHz/5 GHz, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g, WiFi-4 (802.11n), WiFi-5 (802.11ac), WiFi-6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth	Qualcomm QCA61x4A (DW1820) › Bluetooth 4.2 Rivet Killer 1550 › Bluetooth 5.0	Rivet Killer AX1650w › Bluetooth 5.1 Rivet Killer AX500s DBS › Bluetooth 5.2
Ethernet	Killer E2500 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller	-

Battery	Alienware M15 R1	Dell XPS 17 9700
Size	4-cell smart lithium-ion (60 Wh) 6-cell smart lithium-ion (90Wh)	3-cell smart lithium-ion 56 Wh 6-cell smart lithium-ion 97 Wh
Battery Life	Up to 17 hours on idle with 90Wh battery.	-
Power Supply	130W (19.50 VDC/6.70A) 180W (19.50 VDC/9.23A) * Support Hybrid Power	90 W USB Type-C power adapter Power rated at 5VDC/3A, 9VDc/3A, 15VDC/3A, 20VDC/4.5A. 130 W USB Type-C power adapter Power rated at 5VDC/1A, 20VDC/6.5A.

Software	Alienware M15 R1	Dell XPS 17 9700
OS	Windows 10 Home Windows 10 Pro Upgradable to Windows 11	Windows 10 Home Windows 10 Pro Upgradable to Windows 11
Built-in Apps	Alienware Command Center Alienware Adrenlin Alienware Mobile Connect Microsoft Office 365 (30-day trial)	Microsoft Office 30-days trial McAfee LiveSafe™ 12 Month Subscription

Camera & Audio	Alienware M15 R1	Dell XPS 17 9700
Camera	Front-facing camera Alienware FHD (1920x1080 resolution) camera.	Front-facing camera Top-mount front camera with fixed focus lens, 0.92 Megapixels (1280 x 720 HD) at 30 fps. Infrared camera 576 x 360 (VGA) at 30 fps for Windows Hello Facial Recognition.
Audio	Controller Realtek ALC3281-CG. 2.0 Speaker configuration 7.1 Digital Audio out using HDMI out connection Alienware Sound Center and Audio Recon software Microphone Digital-array microphones in camera assembly.	Studio quality tuning with Waves MaxxAudio® Pro and Waves Nx® 3D audio Quad-speaker design Dual microphone array optimized with Waves MaxxVoice supporting VoIP - Microsoft Cortana capable

Misc	Alienware M15 R1	Dell XPS 17 9700
Sensors	-	Ambient light sensor Windows Hello compliant fingerprint reader in the power button
Security	-	Windows Hello with Fingerprint Sign in Enterprise-grade protection with Windows Hello face sign-in Wedge-shaped lock
More	CHASIS AlienFX Lighting Zones 6 unique programmable zones with up to 16.8 million distinct colors (Standard).	-

Key Features	Alienware M15 R1	Dell XPS 17 9700
At Glance	Released in Early 2019 16:9 FHD 15.6” 1080p 240Hz Weight 4.85 lb 2.20 kg Up to Intel Core i7-9750H 6C/12T, 2.60 → 4.50 GHz Geekbench 5 1,044 Single Core Geekbench 5 4,880 Multi-Core With integrated Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1150 MHz Upgradable up to 32GB 2666 MHz DDR4 Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8GB GDDR6 with Max-Q	Released in Mid 2020 16:10 4K UHD+ 17” 2400p 60Hz Weight 4.65 lb 2.11 kg Up to Intel Core i9-10885H 8C/16T, 2.40 → 5.30 GHz Geekbench 5 1,196 Single Core Geekbench 5 6,788 Multi-Core With integrated Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1250 MHz Up to 64GB 2933 MHz DDR4 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 6GB GDDR6 with Max-Q