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Key Differences

In short — Alienware x17 R2 17.3" FHD 480Hz outperforms Acer Nitro 16 AN16-42 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both Laptops to compare value. The better performing Alienware x17 R2 17.3" FHD 480Hz is 1006 days older than Acer Nitro 16 AN16-42.

Advantages of Alienware x17 R2 17.3" FHD 480Hz Gaming Laptop

  • Performs up to 4% better in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 than Acer Nitro 16 AN16-42 - 80 vs 77 FPS
This is a free version of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020.
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra


FPS

80

100%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

FPS Winner

Alienware x17 R2 17.3" FHD 480Hz Gaming Laptop, Intel Core i9-12900HK, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 16GB, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD, Windows 11 Home (Lunar Light), WWMDX

Currently N/A on Amazon

Out of Stock

Updated 82 minutes ago


FPS

77

96%

Value, £/FPS

£20.65/FPS

100%

Price, £

£1589.99

100%

Value Winner

Acer Nitro 16 AN16-42 Gaming Laptop - AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS, 16GB, 512GB SSD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 8G, 16" WUXGA IPS 180Hz, Windows 11, Black

Buy for £1,589.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 79 minutes ago

Trending Games

Using the selected game parameters

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

GPU Comparison

Compared by selected game FPS and theoretical performance

Full GPU Comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile Logo
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile

16 GB GDDR6 | 256-bit

Pixel Fillrate

121 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

292.3 GTexel/s

100%

GPU Winner


NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile Logo
GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile

8 GB GDDR6 | 128-bit

Pixel Fillrate

81.36 GPixel/s

67%

Texel Fillrate

244.1 GTexel/s

84%

CPU Comparison

Compared by selected game FPS and Geekbench 5 benchmark scores

Full CPU Comparison

Intel Core i9-12900 Logo
Core i9-12900

2.4 GHz | 16-core

Single-Core

2473

100%

Multi-Core

13044

100%

CPU Winner


AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS Logo
Ryzen 9 8945HS

4.0 GHz | 8-core

Single-Core

2369

96%

Multi-Core

11570

89%

Alienware x17 R2 17.3" FHD 480Hz Gaming Laptop Image

Alienware x17 R2 17.3" FHD 480Hz Gaming Laptop

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Acer Nitro 16 AN16-42 Gaming Laptop Image

Acer Nitro 16 AN16-42 Gaming Laptop

Jan 27th, 2022Release Date
Oct 29th, 2024
Core i9-12900CPURyzen 9 8945HS
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti MobileGPUGeForce RTX 4070 Mobile
32 GB
RAM16 GB
1 TB SSDStorage512 GB SSD
1920x1080Resolution1920x1080
480 Hz
Refresh Rate180 Hz
17.3"Screen Size16"

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