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MSI Raider 18 HX 18" QHD+ 240Hz vs Alienware Area 51M Laptop Comparison

MSI Raider 18 HX 18" QHD+ 240Hz vs Alienware Area 51M: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

FPS Winner
MSI Raider 18 HX 18" QHD+ 240Hz Gaming Laptop Image
CPUCore i9-14900HXGPUGeForce RTX 4090 Mobile
MSI Raider 18 HX 18" QHD+ 240Hz Gaming Laptop, 14th Gen Intel 24-Core i9-14900HX, GeForce RTX 4090, 64GB DDR5 RAM, 2TB SSD, RGB Backlit, Windows 11 Pro

Buy for $3,899 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 333 minutes ago

vs
Alienware Area 51M Gaming Laptop Image
CPUCore i7-10700KGPUGeForce RTX 2070 SUPER Mobile
Alienware Area 51M Gaming Laptop, 17.3" 300hz 3ms FHD Display, Intel Core i7-10700K, Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super 8GB GDDR6, 1TB SSD, 16GB RAM, Lunar Light (AWARR2-7323WHT-PUS)

Buy for $3,999 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 355 minutes ago

FPS Winner

MSI Raider 18 HX 18" QHD+ 240Hz Gaming Laptop

MSI Raider 18 HX 18" QHD+ 240Hz Gaming Laptop Image
MSI Raider 18 HX 18" QHD+ 240Hz Gaming Laptop Image

3rd Variation

CPUCore i9-14900HXGPUGeForce RTX 4090 Mobile
MSI Raider 18 HX 18" QHD+ 240Hz Gaming Laptop, 14th Gen Intel 24-Core i9-14900HX, GeForce RTX 4090, 64GB DDR5 RAM, 2TB SSD, RGB Backlit, Windows 11 Pro

Buy for $3,899 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 333 minutes ago

vs

Alienware Area 51M Gaming Laptop

Alienware Area 51M Gaming Laptop Image
Alienware Area 51M Gaming Laptop Image

Aug 12th, 2020

CPUCore i7-10700KGPUGeForce RTX 2070 SUPER Mobile
Alienware Area 51M Gaming Laptop, 17.3" 300hz 3ms FHD Display, Intel Core i7-10700K, Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super 8GB GDDR6, 1TB SSD, 16GB RAM, Lunar Light (AWARR2-7323WHT-PUS)

Buy for $3,999 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 355 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short, we have a clear winner — MSI Raider 18 HX 18" QHD+ 240Hz outperforms the more expensive Alienware Area 51M on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck!

Advantages of MSI Raider 18 HX 18" QHD+ 240Hz Gaming Laptop

  • Performs up to 91% better in Apex Legends than Alienware Area 51M - 256 vs 134 FPS
  • Up to 3% cheaper than Alienware Area 51M - $3899.00 vs $3999.00
  • Up to 49% better value when playing Apex Legends than Alienware Area 51M - $15.23 vs $29.84 per FPS
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This is a free version of Apex Legends.
Apex Legends

Apex Legends

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

High


FPS

256

100%

Value, $/FPS

$15.23/FPS

100%

Price, $

$3899

100%

FPS and Value Winner

MSI Raider 18 HX 18" QHD+ 240Hz Gaming Laptop, 14th Gen Intel 24-Core i9-14900HX, GeForce RTX 4090, 64GB DDR5 RAM, 2TB SSD, RGB Backlit, Windows 11 Pro

Buy for $3,899 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 333 minutes ago


FPS

134

52%

Value, $/FPS

$29.84/FPS

51%

Price, $

$3999

97%

Alienware Area 51M Gaming Laptop, 17.3" 300hz 3ms FHD Display, Intel Core i7-10700K, Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super 8GB GDDR6, 1TB SSD, 16GB RAM, Lunar Light (AWARR2-7323WHT-PUS)

Buy for $3,999 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 355 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

High

GPU Comparison

Compared by selected game FPS and theoretical performance

Full GPU Comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile Logo
GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile

16 GB GDDR6 | 256-bit

Pixel Fillrate

189.8 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

515.3 GTexel/s

100%

GPU Winner


NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER Mobile Logo
GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER Mobile

8 GB GDDR6 | 256-bit

Pixel Fillrate

88.32 GPixel/s

47%

Texel Fillrate

220.8 GTexel/s

43%

CPU Comparison

Compared by selected game FPS and Geekbench 5 benchmark scores

Full CPU Comparison

Intel Core i9-14900HX Logo
Core i9-14900HX

2.2 GHz | 24-core

Single-Core

2802

100%

Multi-Core

16516

100%

CPU Winner


Intel Core i7-10700K Logo
Core i7-10700K

3.8 GHz | 8-core

Single-Core

1706

61%

Multi-Core

8142

49%

MSI Raider 18 HX 18" QHD+ 240Hz Gaming Laptop Image

MSI Raider 18 HX 18" QHD+ 240Hz Gaming Laptop

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UnknownAug 12th, 2020
Core i9-14900HXCore i7-10700K
GeForce RTX 4090 MobileGeForce RTX 2070 SUPER Mobile
64 GB
16 GB
2 TB SSD1 TB SSD
2560x1440
1920x1080
240 Hz
300 Hz
18"17.3"

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