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Alienware X15 R1 vs. Dell XPS 15 9510: Full specs comparison

We have comprehensively analyzed the technical specifications for the Alienware X15 R1 and Dell XPS 15 9510 models. Our report includes intricate details such as the CPU, memory, storage, battery life, display quality, and other features.

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Alienware X15 R1 Pros

We couldn't find any advantages of Alienware X15 R1 over Dell XPS 15 9510.

Dell XPS 15 9510 Pros

Reasons that Dell XPS 15 9510 is better than Alienware X15 R1.

Dell XPS 15 9510 supports a larger memory capacity than the Alienware X15 R1. It supports up to 64GB versus 32GB of system memory on the Alienware X15 R1.

Max system memory size

Dell XPS 15 9510

64 GB

Alienware X15 R1

32 GB

Dell XPS 15 9510 comes with two SODIMM slots that allow you to replace or upgrade when needed. On the flip side, you can't upgrade RAM on the Alienware X15 R1 since it has onboard memory.

Memory	Alienware X15 R1	Dell XPS 15 9510
Slots	Onboard	x2
Type	DDR4	DDR4

Dell XPS 15 9510 weighed 4.22 pounds, 16% lighter than the 5 pounds Alienware X15 R1.

Weight	Alienware X15 R1	Dell XPS 15 9510
Pound	5 lbs.	4.22 lbs.
Kilogram	2.27 kg	1.91 kg

Key Similars

Similar characteristics share between Alienware X15 R1 and Dell XPS 15 9510.

Both laptops supports the same 3200MHz DDR4 RAM.

Memory type and speed

Alienware X15 R1 - DDR4

3,200 MHz

Dell XPS 15 9510 - DDR4

3,200 MHz

Prices

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

Alienware X15 Price
	Alienware X15 R2 Gaming Laptop - 15.6-inch FHD 360Hz 1ms Display, Intel Core i7-12700H, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070Ti 8GB GDDR6, USB-C, WiFi 6, Bluetooth, Windows 11 Home - White By Alienware $1,757.81 $1,999.97 12% OFF	See at Amazon
	Alienware X15R1 Gaming Laptop - 15.6-inch FHD (1920x1080) 360Hz 1ms Display, Intel Core i7-11800H Processor, 16GB DDR4 RAM, 1TB SSD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 DDR6 Graphics, Windows 11 Home- Lunar Light By Alienware $1,771.99 $1,899.97 7% OFF	See at Amazon
	Dell Alienware X15 R2 Gaming Laptop (2022) \| 15.6" QHD \| Core i7 - 1TB SSD - 16GB RAM - 3070 Ti \| 14 Cores @ 4.7 GHz - 12th Gen CPU - 8GB GDDR5 Win 11 Home (Renewed) By Dell $1,314.99	See at Amazon
Dell XPS 15 9510 11800H Price
	Dell XPS 15 9510 (Latest Model) 15.6 Core I7-11800H(8-Core) 512GB PCIe SSD 16GB RAM FHD (1920x1200) 500 Nit Non Touch NVidia RTX 3050 4GB Windows 10 Professional (Renewed) By Dell $1,099.00	See at Amazon
	Dell XPS 15 9510 OLED 3.5K Touchscreen Laptop PC, Intel Core i7-11800H Processor, 32GB Ram, 1TB NVMe SSD, Type C, NVIDIA RTX 3050 4GB GDDR6, Windows 10 Pro (Renewed) By Dell $1,952.00	See at Amazon
	Dell XPS 15 9510 15.6" Notebook - Full HD Plus - 1920 x 1200 - Intel Core i7 11th Gen i7-11800H Octa-core (8 Core) - 16 GB RAM - 512 GB SSD - Platinum Silver, Black By Dell $1,195.00	See at Amazon

Availability	Alienware X15 R1	Dell XPS 15 9510
Released	2021	2021
Release Date	Available on June 1, 2021	Announced on May 11, 2021
Pricing	$1,999.99 i7-11800H 16GB 256GB RTX 3060 FHD 165Hz $2,379.99 i7-11800H 16GB 512GB RTX 3070 FHD 165Hz $2,629.99 i7-11800H 32GB 1TB RTX 3070 FHD 165Hz $2,929.99 i9-11900H 32GB 1TB RTX 3070 FHD 360Hz	$1,249.99 i5-11400H, 8GB, 256GB, Intel UHD, FHD+ Non-touch $1,949.99 i7-11800H, 16GB, 512GB, RTX 3050 Ti, FHD+ Non-touch $2,149.99 i9-11900H, 16GB, 512GB, RTX 3050 Ti, FHD+ Non-touch $2,349.99 i7-11800H, 16GB, 512GB, RTX 3050 Ti, UHD+ Touch $2,549.99 i9-11900H, 16GB, 512GB, RTX 3050 Ti, UHD+ Touch
Generations	2022 Alienware X15 R2 2021 Alienware X15 R1	2022 Dell XPS 15 9520 2021 Dell XPS 15 9510 2020 Dell XPS 15 9500 2019 Dell XPS 15 7590 2018 Dell XPS 15 9570 2017 Dell XPS 15 9560 2015 Dell XPS 15 9550

Exterior	Alienware X15 R1	Dell XPS 15 9510
Dimensions	14.16” x 10.915” x 0.642” (359.7 x 277.25 x 16.3 mm) With FHD 165Hz diplay. 14.16” x 10.915” x 0.626” (359.7 x 277.25 x 15.9 mm) With FHD 360Hz or QHD 240Hz diplay.	13.57” x 9.06” x 0.71” (344.72 x 230.14 x 18 mm)
Weight	5 - 5.2 lbs (2.27 - 2.36 kg)	4.22 lb (1.92 kg) Non-touch with 56Wh. 4.31 lb (1.96 kg) OLED touch with 86Wh. 4.42 lb (2.01 kg) 4K+ touch with 86Wh.
Colors	Lunar light	Platinum Silver exterior Black interior Frost exterior Arctic White interior CNC machined aluminum in platinum silver with carbon fiber composite palm rest in black Edge-to-edge Corning® Gorilla® Glass 6 on the touch panel
Keyboard and Trackpad	Keyboard Alienware X-Series thin keyboard Per-key RGB LED with AlienFX lighting Anti-ghosting and N-key rollover technology. 1.5mm key travel. Touchpad Multi-touch gesture Premium Precision glass touchpad with integrated scrolling. 4.13 x 2.36 in (105 mm x 80 mm) precision touchpad with multi-touch gesture support. Supports AlienFX touchpad.	Full size, backlit chiclet keyboard. 5.91 x 3.54 in (150 mm x 90 mm) touchpad with multi-touch gesture support.

Display	Alienware X15 R1	Dell XPS 15 9510
Size	15.6 Inches	15.6 Inches
Info	15.6” FHD with 165Hz 1920 x 1080 141 PPI ComfortView Plus 3ms response time 300 nits 16:9 100% sRGB color gamut 1000:1 Anti-glare WVA 6W 15.6” FHD with 360Hz 1920 x 1080 141 PPI ComfortView Plus NVIDIA G-Sync Advanced Optimus 1ms response time 300 nits 16:9 100% sRGB color gamut 1000:1 Anti-glare WVA 7.6W 15.6” QHD with 240Hz 2560 x 1440 188 PPI ComfortView Plus NVIDIA G-Sync Advanced Optimus 2ms response time 400 nits 16:9 99% DCI-P3 color gamut 1000:1 Anti-glare WVA 10.15 W	15.6” FHD+ Nontouch 1920 x 1200 145 PPI 500 nits 16:10 100% sRGB 1650:1 60Hz Dolby Vision™️ Eyesafe®️ Anti-glare WVA 4.41 W 15.6” 3.5K OLED Touch 3456 x 2160 261 PPI 400 nits 16:10 100% DCI-P3 100000:1 60Hz DisplayHDR™️ 500TB Dolby Vision™️ Eyesafe®️ Anti-glare WVA 12.13 W 15.6” 4K UHD+ Touch 3840 x 2400 290 PPI 500 nits 16:10 100% AdobeRGB 99% DCI-P3 1600:1 60Hz DisplayHDR™️ 400 Dolby Vision™️ Eyesafe®️ Anti-glare WVA 10.4 W

Ports	Alienware X15 R1	Dell XPS 15 9510
Image Source: Dell Left 1 x Headset port Right 1 x Power/DC-in Port Back 1 x Thunderbolt 4 Supports USB 3.2 Gen 2, DisplayPort 1.4, and PD output 15W (5V/3A). 1 x USB-C Supports USB 3.2 Gen 2, DisplayPort 1.4, and PD output 15W (5V/3A). 1 x USB-A Supports USB 3.2 Gen 1 with PowerShare 1 x HDMI 2.1 Supports up to 4K@120Hz display out. 1 x MicroSD Card Slot	Image Source: Dell Left (3) 2 x Thunderbolt 4 40 Gpbs, USB 4.0 (40 Gbps), DisplayPort, Power Delivery 1 x lock slot Right (3) 1 x USB-C USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps), DisplayPort, Power Delivery 1 x full-size SD card slot 1 x headphone jack Headphone/Microphone

Internal Specs	Alienware X15 R1	Dell XPS 15 9510
Processor	11th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-11800H 8 cores, 16 threads, 2.30 → 4.60 GHz, 24MB SmartCache, 45W 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-11900H 8 cores, 16 threads, 2.50 → 4.90 GHz, 24MB SmartCache, 45W	11th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-11400H 6 cores, 12 threads, 2.70 → 4.50 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 45W 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-11800H 8 cores, 16 threads, 2.30 → 4.60 GHz, 24MB SmartCache, 45W 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-11900H 8 cores, 16 threads, 2.50 → 4.90 GHz, 24MB SmartCache, 45W
Integrated Graphics	11th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-11800H Intel® UHD Graphics 32 Execution Units, 350 → 1450 MHz 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-11900H Intel® UHD Graphics 32 Execution Units, 350 → 1450 MHz	11th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-11400H Intel® UHD Graphics 16 Execution Units, 350 → 1450 MHz 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-11800H Intel® UHD Graphics 32 Execution Units, 350 → 1450 MHz 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-11900H Intel® UHD Graphics 32 Execution Units, 350 → 1450 MHz
Memory	Memory Slots Onbaord memory Memory Configurations Speed: 3200MHz Memory Type: Dual-channel DDR4 Minimum Memory: 16 GB Maximum Memory: 32 GB	4 GB 8 GB 16 GB 32 GB 64 GB 3200 MHz Dual-channel DDR4 RAM. 2 x SODIMM slots.
Discrete Graphics	NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 3060 6GB GDDR6 TGP: 70W Dynamic Boost: 20W Max Power: 90W Speed: 1050 → 1402 MHz NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 3070 8GB GDDR6 TGP: 90W Dynamic Boost: 20W Max Power: 110W Speed: 930 → 1410 MHz NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 3080 8GB GDDR6 TGP: 90W Dynamic Boost: 20W Max Power: 110W Speed: 930 → 1365 MHz * All configurations include 8-phase HyperEfficient graphics voltage regulation.	NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 3050 Ampere Architecture 4GB GDDR6 128-bit 2304 CUDA Cores 45W NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 3050 Ti Ampere Architecture 4GB GDDR6 128-bit 2560 CUDA Cores 45W
Storage	1 x M.2 2230 slots (Up to 256GB) 2 x M.2 2280 slots (Up to 2TB each) Supports RAID-0	256 GB 512 GB 1 TB 2TB 4TB 8TB M.2 2230/2280 PCIe® 3x4 NVMe™ SSD, Up to 32 Gbps. 2 x M.2 2230/2280 PCIe® 3x4 NVMe™ slots.

Connectivity	Alienware X15 R1	Dell XPS 15 9510
Wi-Fi	Rivet Killer Wi-Fi 6E AX1675x Dual Band 2.4 GHz/5 GHz Up to 2400 Mbps WiFi 6 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax	Rivet Killer Wi-Fi 6 AX1650s Dual Band 2.4GHz/5GHz Up to 2400 Mbps WiFi 6 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax
Bluetooth	Bluetooth 5.2	Bluetooth 5.1

Battery	Alienware X15 R1	Dell XPS 15 9510
Size	87 WHr, 6-cell smart lithium-ion battery	56 Wh 3-cell "smart" lithium-ion. 86 Wh 6-cell "smart" lithium-ion.
Power Supply	240W power adapter.	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 X15 R1	Dell XPS 15 9510
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 AlienFX lighting Game Library Auto-tune game profile functionality Fusion Alienware Adrenalin Alienware Mobile Connect Microsoft Office 365 (30-day trial)	Microsoft Office 30-days trial McAfee LiveSafe™ 12 Month Subscription

Camera & Audio	Alienware X15 R1	Dell XPS 15 9510
Camera	Front-facing camera. Alienware HD (1280x720 resolution) camera. Optional Windows Hello IR support.	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 7.1 Digital Audio out using HDMI out connection Alienware Sound Center via Alienware Command Center Speakers: 2 x 4W speakers Microphone: Dual-array microphones	Realtek ALC3281-CG Studio quality tuning with Waves MaxxAudio® Pro and Waves Nx® 3D audio Quad-speaker design with 2.5W x2 woofers and 1.5W x2 tweeters = 8W total peak output Dual microphone array optimized with Waves MaxxVoice supporting VoIP - Microsoft Cortana capable

Misc	Alienware X15 R1	Dell XPS 15 9510
Sensors	Windows Hello IR Camera	Ambient light sensor Windows Hello compliant fingerprint reader in the power button IR Camera
Security	-	Windows Hello with Fingerprint Sign in Enterprise-grade protection with Windows Hello face sign-in Wedge-shaped lock
Warranty	1 Year Hardware Service with Onsite/In-Home Service After Remote Diagnosis	1 Year Premium Support

Key Features	Alienware X15 R1	Dell XPS 15 9510
At Glance	Released in Mid 2021 16:9 QHD 15.6” 1440p 240Hz Weight 5 lb 2.27 kg Up to Intel Core i9-11900H 8C/16T, 2.50 → 4.90 GHz Geekbench 5 1,430 Single Core Geekbench 5 8,121 Multi-Core With integrated Intel® UHD Graphics 32 Execution Units, 350 → 1450 MHz Configurable up to 32GB 3200 MHz DDR4 Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 8GB GDDR6 90W TGP	Released in Mid 2021 16:10 3.5K 15.6” 2160p OLED Weight 4.22 lb 1.91 kg Up to Intel Core i9-11900H 8C/16T, 2.50 → 4.90 GHz Geekbench 5 1,430 Single Core Geekbench 5 8,121 Multi-Core With integrated Intel® UHD Graphics 32 Execution Units, 350 → 1450 MHz Upgradable up to 64GB 3200 MHz DDR4 Nvidia Quadro RTX 3050Ti 4GB GDDR6 45W TGP