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Alienware m17 R4 RTX 3060 (2021)
Alienware m17 R4 RTX 3060 (2021) is a gaming laptop released in January 2021. Key specs: graphics card GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop, GPU power (TGP) 130 W, processor Core i7-10870H, screen size 17.3″.
6.1Score
Graphics5.5
Overall performance4.5
Display5.1
Memory & storage5.6
Battery & portability6.6
Features & cooling7.1
price range—
- Released
- January 2021
- Type
- Gaming laptop
- Brand
Alienware- Popularity
- #1,364 of 1,608
GeForce RTX 3060 LaptopGraphics card
130 WGPU power (TGP)
Core i7-10870HProcessor
17.3″Screen size
144 HzRefresh rate
32 GBRAM (up to)
86 WhBattery capacity
2.5 kgWeight
Spec guide
How it ranks among gaming laptops of 2021
GPU power (TGP) · 130 WTop 12%Screen size · 17.3″Top 11%Refresh rate · 144 HzTop 43%RAM (up to) · 32 GBBottom 31%Battery capacity · 86 WhTop 32%Weight · 2.5 kgBottom 18%
Compared with gaming laptops released in 2021. Bars show the share of models it beats.
compared with other gaming laptops
Why is m17 R4 RTX 3060 (2021) a good choice?
Thickness: 22 mmbetter than 90% of gaming laptops
SSD (up to): 4,096 GBbetter than 82% of gaming laptops
Screen size: 17.3″better than 89% of gaming laptops
Fan noise (max. load): 50 dBbetter than 72% of gaming laptops
Weak points
RAM (up to): 32 GBworse than 83% of gaming laptops
Video memory: 6 GBworse than 86% of gaming laptops
Refresh rate: 144 Hzworse than 84% of gaming laptops
Brightness: 300 nitsworse than 85% of gaming laptops
Specifications
Full specifications
Graphics
- GPU maker
- NVIDIA
- GPU power (TGP)
- 130 W
- Video memory
- 6 GB
- GPU shader cores
- 3,840
- GPU compute (FP32)
- 13.8 TFLOPS
- 3DMark Steel Nomad Light
- 9,420
Processor
- CPU maker
- Intel
- CPU cores
- 8
- CPU threads
- 16
- Max CPU clock
- 5 GHz
- Processor options
- Core i7-10870H, Core i9-10980HK
- Geekbench 6 multi-core
- 7,522
- Geekbench 6 single-core
- 1,634
- Cinebench 2024 multi-core
- 588
Display
- Screen size
- 17.3″
- Resolution
- 1920 × 1080
- Refresh rate
- 144 Hz
- Brightness
- 300 nits
- sRGB coverage
- 100%
- Response time
- 7 ms
- Pixel density
- 127 ppi
- Aspect ratio
- 16:9
- G-Sync / FreeSync
- Yes
- Advanced Optimus
- No
- MUX switch
- Yes
- HDR
- No
- Touchscreen
- No
Memory & storage
- RAM (up to)
- 32 GB
- RAM (base)
- 16 GB
- RAM speed
- 2,933 MHz
- Upgradable RAM
- No
- SSD (up to)
- 4,096 GB
- SSD (base)
- 256 GB
- M.2 SSD slots
- 3
- SSD interface
- PCIe 3.0 x4
Battery & power
- Battery capacity
- 86 Wh
- Power adapter
- 330 W
- USB-C charging (Power Delivery)
- No
Design & cooling
- Weight
- 2.5 kg
- Thickness
- 22 mm
- Width
- 399.8 mm
- Depth
- 294.6 mm
- Body material
- Plastic
- Colours
- White, Gray
- Cooling fans
- 2
- Vapor chamber cooling
- Yes
- Liquid metal (CPU)
- No
- 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
- Yes
- Ethernet port
- Yes
- SD card reader
- Yes
- 3.5 mm audio jack
- Yes
- Wi-Fi standard
- Wi-Fi 6
- Bluetooth
- 5.1
Keyboard & camera
- Backlit keyboard
- Yes
- Numeric keypad
- Yes
- Webcam
- 720p
- IR camera (face login)
- No
- Fingerprint reader
- No
Audio
- Speakers
- 2.2
- 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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