Dell Alienware x14 vs Apple MacBook Pro 13 (M2, 2022)
Performance Scores
Metric
Dell Alienware x14
Apple MacBook Pro 13 (M2, 2022)
Battery Life
60.00
86.00
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
12809.00
8511.00
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
1628.00
1564.00
Connectivity
80.00
67.00
Display
58.00
54.00
GPU performance
6.00
2.00
Gaming
32.00
16.00
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
9122.00
9898.00
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2101.00
2563.00
Max. brightness
400.00
500.00
NanoReview Score
52.00
61.00
Performance
67.00
59.00
Portability
74.00
92.00
Specifications
Specification
Dell Alienware x14
Apple MacBook Pro 13 (M2, 2022)
Adaptive refresh rate
N/A
-
Adobe RGB profile
87.6%
87.9%
Ambient light sensor
No
Yes
Area
845 cm2 (130.9 inches2)
646 cm2 (100.1 inches2)
Aspect ratio
16:9
16:10
Audio chip
Realtek ALC3281-CG
N/A
Audio jack (3.5 mm)
Yes
Yes
Backlight
Yes
Yes
Base frequency
2.5 GHz
3.5 GHz
Battery type
Li-Ion
Li-Po
Bluetooth
v5.2
v5
Bus
PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
Custom
Cable length
1 meters
2 meters
Channels
1x256 GB
1x256 GB
Charge power
130 W
67 W
Charging port position
Bottom
Left
Charging via USB (Power Delivery)
Yes
Yes, 65 W
Clock
5200 MHz
6400 MHz
Coating
Matte
Glossy (Antireflective)
Colors
White
Silver, Gray
Contrast
1736:1
1658:1
Cooling system
Active
Active
Cores
12 (4P + 8E)
8 (4P + 4E)
DCI-P3 color gamut
99.6%
98.8%
Dimensions
321.5 x 262.7 x 14.5 mm 12.66 x 10.34 x 0.57 inches
304.1 x 212.4 x 15.6 mm 11.97 x 8.36 x 0.61 inches
Display
1920 x 1080
N/A
DisplayPort
No
No
Dolby Atmos
Yes
Yes
Ethernet (RJ45)
No
No
FLOPS
6.1 TFLOPS
2.9 TFLOPS
Fabrication process
8 nm
5 nm
Fast charging
Yes
Yes
Fingerprint
No
Yes
Full charging time
2:10 hr
2:30 hr
GPU
GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile 4GBGeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile 4GBGeForce RTX 3060 Mobile 6GB
N/A
GPU base clock
1237 MHz
500 MHz
GPU boost clock
1500 MHz
1398 MHz
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.1
No
HDR support
Yes, Dolby Vision
Yes, HDR10
Infrared sensor
Yes
No
Integrated GPU
Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)
Apple M2 GPU
Key travel
1.3 mm
1 mm
Keyboard type
Island
Island
L3 Cache
18 MB
N/A
Liquid metal
No
No
Loudness
~79.5 dB
~81.9 dB
Material
Aluminum
Aluminum
Max. fan speed (RPM)
N/A
7300 RPM
Memory bus
128 bit
128 bit
Memory size
4 GB
System Shared
Memory speed
12 Gbps
6.4 Gbps
Memory type
GDDR6
LPDDR5
Microphones
2
3
NVMe
Yes
Yes
Noise level (max. load)
53 dB
49 dB
Number of fans
2
1
Numpad
No
No
Nvidia Optimus
Yes, Advanced Optimus
N/A
Opening angle
140°
130°
Optical drive
No
No
PPI
157 ppi
227 ppi
Power
2x2W
N/A
Proprietary charging port
No
No
RAM
-
16GB32GB
-
8GB16GB24GB
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs)
40
32
Refresh rate
144 Hz
60 Hz
Replaceable
No
No
Resolution
1920 x 1080 pixels
2560 x 1600 pixels
Response time
7 ms
35 ms
SD card reader
Yes
No
Screen-to-body ratio
~64%
~79.4%
Shading units (cores)
2048
1024
Side bezels
5.8 mm
8.8 mm
Size
10.8 x 5.5 cm
-
Speakers
2.0
2.0
Storage
-
256GB512GB1024GB2048GB
-
256GB512GB1024GB2048GB
Storage type
SSD (M2)
SSD (M2)
Surface
Glass
Glass
Sync technology
G-Sync
No
TGP
65 W
15 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs)
64
64
Threads
16
8
Thunderbolt
Thunderbolt 4
Thunderbolt 3
Total slots
1
N/A
Touchscreen
No
No
Transformer
No
No
Turbo frequency
4.5 GHz
N/A
Type
LPDDR5
LPDDR5
USB Type-C
3x USB 3.2
2x USB 4.0
USB-A
1x USB 3.2
No
Upgradable
Yes
No
VGA
No
No
Vapor chamber
No
No
Voltage
11.4 V
N/A
Webcam
Above the display
Above the display
Webcam resolution
1280 x 720
1280 x 720
Weight
1.79 kg (3.95 lbs)
1.4 kg (3.09 lbs)
Weight of AC adapter
486 grams
274 grams
Wi-Fi standard
v6E
v6
Windows Precision
Yes
No
sRGB color space
100%
100%