Dell Alienware x15 R1 vs Apple MacBook Air 13 (M2, 2022)
Performance Scores
Metric
Dell Alienware x15 R1
Apple MacBook Air 13 (M2, 2022)
Battery Life
60.00
85.00
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
9512.00
8261.00
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
1509.00
1514.00
Connectivity
70.00
71.00
Display
53.00
54.00
GPU performance
11.00
2.00
Gaming
41.00
16.00
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
7172.00
9590.00
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2045.00
2425.00
Max. brightness
300.00
500.00
NanoReview Score
51.00
64.00
Performance
60.00
56.00
Portability
58.00
94.00
Specifications
Specification
Dell Alienware x15 R1
Apple MacBook Air 13 (M2, 2022)
Adaptive refresh rate
N/A
No
Adobe RGB profile
-
87.6%
Ambient light sensor
No
Yes
Area
997 cm2 (154.5 inches2)
654 cm2 (101.3 inches2)
Aspect ratio
16:9
16:10
Audio chip
Realtek ALC3281
N/A
Audio jack (3.5 mm)
Yes
Yes
Backlight
Yes
Yes
Base frequency
2.2-2.7 GHz
3.5 GHz
Battery type
Li-Ion
Li-Po
Bluetooth
v5.2
v5.3
Bus
PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
Custom
CPU
Intel Core i5 11400HIntel Core i7 11800HIntel Core i9 11900H
N/A
Cable length
1 meters
2 meters
Channels
1x256 GB
1x256 GB
Charge power
180 / 240 W
30 / 35 / 67 W
Charging port position
Left
Left
Charging via USB (Power Delivery)
Yes
Yes, 65 W
Clock
3200 MHz
6400 MHz
Coating
Matte
Glossy (Antireflective)
Colors
Silver
Silver, Gold, Gray, Blue
Contrast
1000:1
1384:1
Cooling system
Active
Passive
Cores
6
8 (4P + 4E)
DCI-P3 color gamut
-
98.4%
Dimensions
359.7 x 277.2 x 16.3 mm 14.16 x 10.91 x 0.64 inches
304.1 x 215 x 11.3 mm 11.97 x 8.46 x 0.44 inches
Display
-
1920 x 1080 (165Hz)1920 x 1080 (360Hz)2560 x 1440
N/A
DisplayPort
No
No
Dolby Atmos
No
Yes
Ethernet (RJ45)
No
No
FLOPS
11.8 TFLOPS
2.9 TFLOPS
Fabrication process
8 nm
5 nm
Fast charging
Yes
Yes
Fingerprint
No
Yes
Full charging time
1:25 hr
2:30 hr
GPU
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile 6GBGeForce RTX 3070 Mobile 8GBGeForce RTX 3080 Mobile 8GB
N/A
GPU base clock
1163 MHz
500 MHz
GPU boost clock
1530 MHz
1398 MHz
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.1
No
HDR support
No
Yes, Dolby Vision
Infrared sensor
Yes
No
Integrated GPU
Intel UHD Graphics for 11th Gen (16 EU)
Apple M2 GPU
Key travel
1.5 mm
1 mm
Keyboard type
Island
Island
L3 Cache
12 MB
N/A
Liquid metal
No
No
Loudness
~82.7 dB
~82.7 dB
Material
Top: Aluminum Middle: Aluminum Bottom: Plastic
Aluminum
Max. ram size
-
N/A
Memory bus
192 bit
128 bit
Memory size
6 GB
System Shared
Memory speed
14 Gbps
6.4 Gbps
Memory type
GDDR6
LPDDR5
Microphones
2
3
NVMe
Yes
Yes
Noise level (max. load)
53.5 dB
N/A
Number of fans
4
N/A
Numpad
No
No
Nvidia Optimus
Yes, Advanced Optimus
N/A
Opening angle
140°
130°
Optical drive
No
No
PPI
141 ppi
225 ppi
Power
2x4W
N/A
Proprietary charging port
Yes
Yes
RAM
-
16GB32GB
-
8GB16GB24GB
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs)
48
32
Refresh rate
165 Hz
60 Hz
Replaceable
No
No
Resolution
1920 x 1080 pixels
2560 x 1664 pixels
Response time
19 ms
29 ms
SD card reader
Yes
No
Screen-to-body ratio
~67.3%
~82%
Shading units (cores)
3840
1024
Side bezels
7.2 mm
5.6 mm
Size
10.5 x 6.8 cm
13.6 inches
Speakers
2.0
2.2 (2 tweeters and 2 woofers)
Storage
-
256GB512GB1024GB2048GB4096GB
-
256GB512GB1024GB2048GB
Storage type
SSD (M2)
SSD (M2)
Surface
Glass
Glass
Sync technology
G-Sync (configurable)
No
TGP
90 W
15 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs)
120
64
Threads
12
8
Thunderbolt
Thunderbolt 4
Thunderbolt 3
Total slots
2
N/A
Touchscreen
No
No
Transformer
No
No
Turbo frequency
4.5 GHz
N/A
Type
DDR4
LPDDR5
USB Type-C
2x USB 3.2
2x USB 4.0
USB-A
1x USB 3.2
No
Upgradable
Yes
No
VGA
No
No
Vapor chamber
Yes
-
Voltage
11.4 V
N/A
Webcam
Above the display
Above the display
Webcam resolution
1280 x 720
1920 x 1080
Weight
2.27 kg (5.01 lbs)
1.24 kg (2.73 lbs)
Weight of AC adapter
711 grams
174 / 189 / 250 grams
Wi-Fi standard
v6
v6
Windows Precision
Yes
No
sRGB color space
100%
99.9%