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Alienware m15 R5 RTX 3060 (2021)
Alienware m15 R5 RTX 3060 (2021) is a thin gaming laptop released in January 2021. Key specs: graphics card GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop, GPU power (TGP) 110 W, processor Ryzen 7 5800H, screen size 15.6″.
4.6Score
Graphics4.9
Overall performance3.8
Display3.2
Memory & storage5.1
Battery & portability3.2
Features & cooling4.8
price range—
- Released
- January 2021
- Brand
Alienware- Popularity
- #1,568 of 1,608
GeForce RTX 3060 LaptopGraphics card
110 WGPU power (TGP)
Ryzen 7 5800HProcessor
15.6″Screen size
165 HzRefresh rate
32 GBRAM (up to)
86 WhBattery capacity
2.42 kgWeight
Spec guide
How it ranks among thin gaming laptops of 2021
GPU power (TGP) · 110 WTop 25%Screen size · 15.6″Bottom 36%Refresh rate · 165 HzTop 14%RAM (up to) · 32 GBBottom 31%Battery capacity · 86 WhTop 32%Weight · 2.42 kgBottom 32%
Compared with thin gaming laptops released in 2021. Bars show the share of models it beats.
compared with other thin gaming laptops
Why is m15 R5 RTX 3060 (2021) a good choice?
Fan noise (max. load): 50 dBbetter than 77% of thin gaming laptops
Weak points
RAM (up to): 32 GBworse than 87% of thin gaming laptops
Video memory: 6 GBworse than 92% of thin gaming laptops
CPU cores: 8worse than 89% of thin gaming laptops
Weight: 2.42 kgworse than 87% of thin gaming laptops
Specifications
Full specifications
Graphics
- GPU maker
- NVIDIA
- GPU power (TGP)
- 110 W
- Video memory
- 6 GB
- GPU shader cores
- 3,840
- GPU compute (FP32)
- 13.6 TFLOPS
- 3DMark Steel Nomad Light
- 8,313
Processor
- CPU maker
- AMD
- CPU cores
- 8
- CPU threads
- 16
- Max CPU clock
- 4.4 GHz
- Processor options
- Ryzen 7 5800H, Ryzen 9 5900HX
- Geekbench 6 multi-core
- 8,342
- Geekbench 6 single-core
- 1,981
- Cinebench 2024 multi-core
- 713
Display
- Screen size
- 15.6″
- Resolution
- 1920 × 1080
- Refresh rate
- 165 Hz
- Brightness
- 300 nits
- sRGB coverage
- 99%
- Response time
- 9 ms
- Pixel density
- 141 ppi
- Aspect ratio
- 16:9
- G-Sync / FreeSync
- Yes
- Advanced Optimus
- Yes
- MUX switch
- Yes
- HDR
- No
- Touchscreen
- No
Memory & storage
- RAM (up to)
- 32 GB
- RAM (base)
- 8 GB
- RAM speed
- 3,200 MHz
- Max. supported RAM
- 32 GB
- RAM slots
- 2
- Upgradable RAM
- Yes
- SSD (up to)
- 2,048 GB
- SSD (base)
- 256 GB
- M.2 SSD slots
- 2
- SSD interface
- PCIe 4.0 x4
Battery & power
- Battery capacity
- 86 Wh
- Power adapter
- 240 W
- USB-C charging (Power Delivery)
- No
Design & cooling
- Weight
- 2.42 kg
- Thickness
- 19.2 mm
- Width
- 356.2 mm
- Depth
- 272.5 mm
- Body material
- Aluminium
- Colours
- Black
- Cooling fans
- 2
- Vapor chamber cooling
- Yes
- Fan noise (max. load)
- 50 dB
Ports & wireless
- Thunderbolt or USB4
- Yes
- USB-C ports
- 1
- USB-A ports
- 3
- HDMI
- HDMI 2.1
- HDMI 2.1
- Yes
- (Mini) DisplayPort
- No
- Ethernet port
- Yes
- SD card reader
- No
- 3.5 mm audio jack
- Yes
- Wi-Fi standard
- Wi-Fi 6
- Bluetooth
- 5.2
Keyboard & camera
- Backlit keyboard
- Yes
- Numeric keypad
- No
- Key travel
- 1.7 mm
- Webcam
- 720p
- IR camera (face login)
- Yes
- Fingerprint reader
- No
Audio
- Speakers
- 2.0
- Dolby Atmos
- No
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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