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Alienware 18 Area-51 RTX 5060 (2025)
Alienware 18 Area-51 RTX 5060 (2025) is a desktop replacement released in January 2025. Key specs: graphics card GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop, processor Core Ultra 7 255HX, screen size 18″, refresh rate 300 Hz.
6.6Score
Graphics2.4
Overall performance4.2
Display7.5
Memory & storage9.1
Battery & portability7.5
Features & cooling9.7
price range—
- Released
- January 2025
- Brand
Alienware- Popularity
- #484 of 1,575
GeForce RTX 5060 LaptopGraphics card
Core Ultra 7 255HXProcessor
18″Screen size
300 HzRefresh rate
96 GBRAM (up to)
96 WhBattery capacity
3.15 kgWeight
Spec guide
How it ranks among desktop replacements of 2025
Screen size · 18″Top 10%Refresh rate · 300 HzTop 5%RAM (up to) · 96 GBTop 12%Battery capacity · 96 WhTop 22%Weight · 3.15 kgBottom 12%
Compared with desktop replacements released in 2025. Bars show the share of models it beats.
compared with other desktop replacements
Why is 18 Area-51 RTX 5060 (2025) a good choice?
Refresh rate: 300 Hzbetter than 86% of desktop replacements
SSD (up to): 12,288 GBbetter than 97% of desktop replacements
RAM (up to): 96 GBbetter than 74% of desktop replacements
Weak points
Video memory: 8 GBworse than 95% of desktop replacements
3DMark Steel Nomad Light: 9,672worse than 93% of desktop replacements
Specifications
Full specifications
Graphics
- GPU maker
- NVIDIA
- Video memory
- 8 GB
- GPU shader cores
- 3,328
- GPU compute (FP32)
- 9.7 TFLOPS
- 3DMark Steel Nomad Light
- 9,672
Processor
- 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
- 19,606
- Geekbench 6 single-core
- 3,197
- Cinebench 2024 multi-core
- 1,945
Display
- Screen size
- 18″
- Resolution
- 2560 × 1600
- Refresh rate
- 300 Hz
- Brightness
- 500 nits
- sRGB coverage
- 100%
- Response time
- 3 ms
- DCI-P3 coverage
- 96%
- Pixel density
- 168 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 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
- Colours
- Black, Green
- Cooling fans
- 4
- Vapor chamber cooling
- Yes
- Liquid metal (CPU)
- No
- Fan noise (max. load)
- 55.9 dB
Ports & wireless
- 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
- Yes
- Webcam
- 2,160p
- IR camera (face login)
- Yes
- Fingerprint reader
- No
Audio
- Speakers
- 2.2
- Dolby Atmos
- Yes
Specs are collected from manufacturers and open databases and normalised to one format; check details with the seller before you buy.
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