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Alienware 16 Area-51 RTX 5080 (2025)
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Alienware 16 Area-51 RTX 5080 (2025)

Alienware 16 Area-51 RTX 5080 (2025) is a gaming laptop released in January 2025. Key specs: graphics card GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop, GPU power (TGP) 175 W, processor Core Ultra 7 255HX, screen size 16″.

9.7Score
Graphics9.6
Overall performance9.7
Display9.2
Memory & storage9.8
Battery & portability3.5
Features & cooling9.8
price range—
Full specifications
Released
January 2025
Popularity
#913 of 1,575
GeForce RTX 5080 LaptopGraphics card
175 WGPU power (TGP)
Core Ultra 7 255HXProcessor
16″Screen size
240 HzRefresh rate
96 GBRAM (up to)
96 WhBattery capacity
3.15 kgWeight
Spec guide

How it ranks among gaming laptops of 2025

Spec guide
GPU power (TGP) · 175 WTop 11%Screen size · 16″Bottom 48%Refresh rate · 240 HzTop 25%RAM (up to) · 96 GBTop 12%Battery capacity · 96 WhTop 22%Weight · 3.15 kgBottom 12%

Compared with gaming laptops released in 2025. Bars show the share of models it beats.

compared with other gaming laptops

Why is 16 Area-51 RTX 5080 (2025) a good choice?

GPU power (TGP): 175 Wbetter than 95% of gaming laptops
Battery capacity: 96 Whbetter than 87% of gaming laptops
3DMark Steel Nomad Light: 27,653better than 98% of gaming laptops
Geekbench 6 multi-core: 19,766better than 97% of gaming laptops
RAM (up to): 96 GBbetter than 95% of gaming laptops
Refresh rate: 240 Hzbetter than 85% of gaming laptops
SSD (up to): 12,288 GBbetter than 99% of gaming laptops
Video memory: 16 GBbetter than 92% of gaming laptops
Weak points
Weight: 3.15 kgworse than 99% of gaming laptops
Thickness: 28.5 mmworse than 89% of gaming laptops
In rankings
#10Best gaming laptops right now#19Most powerful gaming laptops#8Most storage#6Best memory and storage#7Best-equipped gaming laptops#2Best Alienware gaming laptops#3Best gaming laptops of 2025
Specifications

Full specifications

Graphics
Graphics card
GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
GPU maker
NVIDIA
GPU power (TGP)
175 W
Video memory
16 GB
Video memory type
GDDR7
GPU shader cores
7,680
GPU compute (FP32)
42 TFLOPS
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
27,653
Processor
Processor
Core Ultra 7 255HX
CPU maker
Intel
CPU cores
20
CPU threads
20
Max CPU clock
5.2 GHz
Processor options
Core Ultra 7 255HX, Core Ultra 7 270HX Plus, Core Ultra 9 275HX, Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus
Geekbench 6 multi-core
19,766
Geekbench 6 single-core
3,197
Cinebench 2024 multi-core
1,938
Display
Screen size
16″
Resolution
2560 × 1600
Resolution class
QHD (1440p/1600p)
Refresh rate
240 Hz
Panel type
IPS
Brightness
500 nits
sRGB coverage
100%
Response time
3 ms
DCI-P3 coverage
96%
Pixel density
189 ppi
Aspect ratio
16:10
G-Sync / FreeSync
Yes
Advanced Optimus
Yes
MUX switch
Yes
HDR
Yes
Touchscreen
No
Memory & storage
RAM (up to)
96 GB
RAM (base)
16 GB
RAM type
DDR5
RAM speed
6,400 MHz
Max. supported RAM
96 GB
RAM slots
2
Upgradable RAM
Yes
SSD (up to)
12,288 GB
SSD (base)
512 GB
M.2 SSD slots
3
SSD interface
PCIe 5.0 x4
Battery & power
Battery capacity
96 Wh
Power adapter
360 W
USB-C charging (Power Delivery)
Yes
Design & cooling
Weight
3.15 kg
Thickness
28.5 mm
Width
365 mm
Depth
290 mm
Body material
Aluminium, Magnesium alloy
Colours
Black, Green
Cooling fans
4
Vapor chamber cooling
Yes
Liquid metal (CPU)
No
Fan noise (max. load)
56.4 dB
Ports & wireless
Thunderbolt / USB4
Thunderbolt 5
Thunderbolt or USB4
Yes
USB-C ports
2
USB-A ports
3
HDMI
HDMI 2.1
HDMI 2.1
Yes
(Mini) DisplayPort
No
Ethernet port
Yes
SD card reader
Yes
3.5 mm audio jack
Yes
Wi-Fi standard
Wi-Fi 7
Bluetooth
5.4
Keyboard & camera
Backlit keyboard
Yes
Numeric keypad
No
Key travel
1.8 mm
Webcam
2,160p
IR camera (face login)
Yes
Fingerprint reader
No
Audio
Speakers
2.2
Dolby Atmos
Yes

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