Key Differences
In short — Alienware M18 outperforms the cheaper MSI Notebook on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing MSI Notebook is 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 5% better in Elden Ring than MSI Notebook - 87 vs 83 FPS
Advantages of MSI Notebook
- Up to 32% cheaper than Alienware M18 - £2455.0 vs £3614.26
- Up to 29% better value when playing Elden Ring than Alienware M18 - £29.58 vs £41.54 per FPS
Elden Ring
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Maximum
Sep 1st, 2023
FPS
87
100%
Value, £/FPS
£41.54/FPS
71.2084737602311%
Price, £
£3614.26
67%
FPS Winner
Buy for £3,614.26 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 75179 minutes ago
Jun 1st, 2022 • 3rd Variation
FPS
83
95.40229885057471%
Value, £/FPS
£29.58/FPS
100%
Price, £
£2455
100%
Value Winner
Buy for £2,455 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 75184 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Maximum
Sep 1st, 2023
Jun 1st, 2022 • 3rd 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%
Jun 1st, 2022 • 3rd 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 • 3rd Variation
Core i7-12700
2.1 GHz | 8-core
Single-Core
2293
87.12006079027356%
Multi-Core
10780
73.04017887390745%
Alienware M18 Gaming Laptop | vs | MSI Notebook |
|---|---|---|
Sep 1st, 2023 | Release Date | Jun 1st, 2022 |
| Core i7-13700 | CPU | Core i7-12700 |
| GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile | GPU | GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile |
| 16 GB | RAM | 16 GB |
| 1 TB SSD | Storage | 1 TB SSD |
| 2560x1440 | Resolution | 2560x1440 |
| 60 Hz | Refresh Rate | 240 Hz |
| 15.6" | Screen Size | 15.6" |
