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 57% better in Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart than MSI Notebook - 63 vs 40 FPS
Advantages of MSI Notebook
- Up to 44% cheaper than Alienware M18 - £2688.0 vs £4833.8
- Up to 12% better value when playing Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart than Alienware M18 - £67.2 vs £76.73 per FPS
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Sep 1st, 2023
FPS
63
100%
Value, £/FPS
£76.73/FPS
87.57982536165775%
Price, £
£4833.8
55%
FPS Winner
Buy for £4,833.8 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 573 minutes ago
Jun 1st, 2022 • 8th Variation
FPS
40
63.49206349206349%
Value, £/FPS
£67.2/FPS
100%
Price, £
£2688
100%
Value Winner
Buy for £2,688 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 576 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Sep 1st, 2023
Jun 1st, 2022 • 8th 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
60.08862629246676%
Texel Fillrate
244.1 GTexel/s
94.10177332305321%
GPU Winner
Jun 1st, 2022 • 8th Variation
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile
8 GB GDDR6 | 256-bit
Pixel Fillrate
135.4 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
259.4 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 • 8th 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 3070 Ti Mobile |
| 16 GB | RAM | 32 GB |
| 1 TB SSD | Storage | 1 TB SSD |
| 2560x1440 | Resolution | 2560x1440 |
| 60 Hz | Refresh Rate | 240 Hz |
| 15.6" | Screen Size | 15.6" |
