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 MSI Notebook
- Up to 3% cheaper than Alienware M18 - £3699.0 vs £3796.4
Advantages of Alienware M18 Gaming Laptop
- Performs up to 5% better in Alan Wake 2 than MSI Notebook - 61 vs 58 FPS
- Up to 2% better value when playing Alan Wake 2 than MSI Notebook - £62.24 vs £63.78 per FPS
Alan Wake 2
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Buy for £3,699 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 379 minutes ago
Sep 1st, 2023
FPS
61
100%
Value, £/FPS
£62.24/FPS
100%
Price, £
£3796.4
97%
FPS and Value Winner
Buy for £3,796.4 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 376 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Jun 1st, 2022 • 13th Variation
Sep 1st, 2023
GPU Comparison
Compared by selected game FPS and theoretical performance
Jun 1st, 2022 • 13th Variation
GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile
8 GB GDDR6 | 256-bit
Pixel Fillrate
148.3 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
296.6 GTexel/s
100%
Sep 1st, 2023
GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile
8 GB GDDR6 | 128-bit
Pixel Fillrate
81.36 GPixel/s
54%
Texel Fillrate
244.1 GTexel/s
82%
GPU Winner
CPU Comparison
Compared by selected game FPS and Geekbench 5 benchmark scores
Jun 1st, 2022 • 13th Variation
Core i9-12900
2.4 GHz | 16-core
Single-Core
2473
93%
Multi-Core
13044
88%
Sep 1st, 2023
Core i7-13700
2.1 GHz | 16-core
Single-Core
2632
100%
Multi-Core
14759
100%
CPU Winner
MSI Notebook | vs | Alienware M18 Gaming Laptop |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 1st, 2022 | Release Date | Sep 1st, 2023 |
| Core i9-12900 | CPU | Core i7-13700 |
| GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile | GPU | GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile |
32 GB | RAM | 16 GB |
| 2 TB SSD | Storage | 1 TB SSD |
| 1920x1080 | Resolution | 2560x1440 |
360 Hz | Refresh Rate | 60 Hz |
| 17.3" | Screen Size | 15.6" |
