Key Differences
In short — Alienware M18 outperforms the cheaper acer Nitro 5 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing acer Nitro 5 is a better bang for your buck.
Advantages of Alienware M18 Gaming Laptop
- Performs up to 74% better in Elden Ring than acer Nitro 5 - 87 vs 50 FPS
Advantages of acer Nitro 5 Gaming Laptop
- Up to 54% cheaper than Alienware M18 - $969.0 vs $2099.0
- Up to 20% better value when playing Elden Ring than Alienware M18 - $19.38 vs $24.13 per FPS
Elden Ring
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Maximum
8th Variation
FPS
87
100%
Value, $/FPS
$24.13/FPS
80.31496062992126%
Price, $
$2099
46%
FPS Winner
Buy for $2,099 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 75861 minutes ago
14th Variation
FPS
50
57.47126436781609%
Value, $/FPS
$19.38/FPS
100%
Price, $
$969
100%
Value Winner
Buy for $969 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 75877 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Maximum
8th Variation
14th Variation
GPU Comparison
Compared by selected game FPS and theoretical performance
8th Variation
GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile
8 GB GDDR6 | 128-bit
Pixel Fillrate
81.36 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
244.1 GTexel/s
100%
GPU Winner
14th Variation
GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
4 GB GDDR6 | 128-bit
Pixel Fillrate
42.28 GPixel/s
51.96656833824975%
Texel Fillrate
67.65 GTexel/s
27.714051618189266%
CPU Comparison
Compared by selected game FPS and Geekbench 5 benchmark scores
8th Variation
Ryzen 9 7845HX
3.0 GHz | 12-core
Single-Core
2648
100%
Multi-Core
13771
100%
CPU Winner
14th Variation
Core i5-12500
3.0 GHz | 6-core
Single-Core
2311
87.27341389728097%
Multi-Core
9079
65.92840026141893%
Alienware M18 Gaming Laptop | vs | acer Nitro 5 Gaming Laptop |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Release Date | Unknown |
| Ryzen 9 7845HX | CPU | Core i5-12500 |
| GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile | GPU | GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile |
32 GB | RAM | 16 GB |
| 2 TB SSD | Storage | 1 TB SSD |
| 1920x1080 | Resolution | 1920x1080 |
| 60 Hz | Refresh Rate | 144 Hz |
| 15.6" | Screen Size | 17.3" |
