Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Alienware M18 outperforms the cheaper MSI Notebook on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Alienware M18 is 457 days newer than the cheaper MSI Notebook.
Advantages of Alienware M18 Gaming Laptop
- Performs up to 8% better in Rust than MSI Notebook - 124 vs 115 FPS
- Up to 4% better value when playing Rust than MSI Notebook - £29.15 vs £30.43 per FPS
Advantages of MSI Notebook
- Up to 3% cheaper than Alienware M18 - £3499.0 vs £3614.26
Rust
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Sep 1st, 2023
FPS
124
100%
Value, £/FPS
£29.15/FPS
100%
Price, £
£3614.26
96%
FPS and Value Winner
Buy for £3,614.26 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 74485 minutes ago
Jun 1st, 2022 • 2nd Variation
FPS
115
92.74193548387096%
Value, £/FPS
£30.43/FPS
95.7936247124548%
Price, £
£3499
100%
Buy for £3,499 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 74490 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Sep 1st, 2023
Jun 1st, 2022 • 2nd Variation
GPU Comparison
Compared by selected game FPS and theoretical performance
Sep 1st, 2023
GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile
8 GB GDDR6 | 128-bit
Pixel Fillrate
81.36 GPixel/s
54.86176668914362%
Texel Fillrate
244.1 GTexel/s
82.29939312204989%
GPU Winner
Jun 1st, 2022 • 2nd Variation
GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile
8 GB GDDR6 | 256-bit
Pixel Fillrate
148.3 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
296.6 GTexel/s
100%
CPU Comparison
Compared by selected game FPS and Geekbench 5 benchmark scores
Sep 1st, 2023
Core i7-13700
2.1 GHz | 16-core
Single-Core
2632
100%
Multi-Core
14759
100%
CPU Winner
Jun 1st, 2022 • 2nd Variation
Core i9-12900
2.4 GHz | 16-core
Single-Core
2473
93.95896656534954%
Multi-Core
13044
88.37997154278744%
Alienware M18 Gaming Laptop | vs | MSI Notebook |
|---|---|---|
Sep 1st, 2023 | Release Date | Jun 1st, 2022 |
| Core i7-13700 | CPU | Core i9-12900 |
| GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile | GPU | GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile |
| 16 GB | RAM | 32 GB |
| 1 TB SSD | Storage | 2 TB SSD |
| 2560x1440 | Resolution | 2560x1440 |
| 60 Hz | Refresh Rate | 240 Hz |
| 15.6" | Screen Size | 15.6" |
