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Alienware m18 R2 RTX 4080 (2024)
Alienware m18 R2 RTX 4080 (2024) is a desktop replacement released in January 2024. Key specs: graphics card GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop, GPU power (TGP) 175 W, processor Core i7-14650HX, screen size 18″.
6.7Score
Graphics6.2
Overall performance4.7
Display5.2
Memory & storage7.7
Battery & portability4.5
Features & cooling8.6
price range$3,500–4,400Reference price converted from JPY
- Released
- January 2024
- Brand
Alienware- Popularity
- #1,251 of 1,575
GeForce RTX 4080 LaptopGraphics card
175 WGPU power (TGP)
Core i7-14650HXProcessor
18″Screen size
480 HzRefresh rate
64 GBRAM (up to)
97 WhBattery capacity
4.23 kgWeight
Spec guide
How it ranks among desktop replacements of 2024
GPU power (TGP) · 175 WTop 8%Screen size · 18″Top 5%Refresh rate · 480 HzTop 2%RAM (up to) · 64 GBTop 38%Battery capacity · 97 WhTop 18%Weight · 4.23 kgBottom 1%
Compared with desktop replacements released in 2024. Bars show the share of models it beats.
compared with other desktop replacements
Why is m18 R2 RTX 4080 (2024) a good choice?
Refresh rate: 480 Hzbetter than 96% of desktop replacements
GPU power (TGP): 175 Wbetter than 70% of desktop replacements
SSD (up to): 8,192 GBbetter than 80% of desktop replacements
Thickness: 25.1 mmbetter than 77% of desktop replacements
Weak points
CPU cores: 16worse than 76% of desktop replacements
Weight: 4.23 kgworse than 92% of desktop replacements
Brightness: 300 nitsworse than 100% of desktop replacements
Specifications
Full specifications
Graphics
- GPU maker
- NVIDIA
- GPU power (TGP)
- 175 W
- Video memory
- 12 GB
- GPU shader cores
- 7,424
- GPU compute (FP32)
- 37.6 TFLOPS
- 3DMark Steel Nomad Light
- 21,128
Processor
- CPU maker
- Intel
- CPU cores
- 16
- CPU threads
- 24
- Max CPU clock
- 5.2 GHz
- Processor options
- Core i7-14650HX, Core i7-14700HX, Core i9-14900HX
- Geekbench 6 multi-core
- 16,247
- Geekbench 6 single-core
- 2,762
- Cinebench 2024 multi-core
- 1,062
Display
- Screen size
- 18″
- Resolution
- 1920 × 1200
- Refresh rate
- 480 Hz
- Brightness
- 300 nits
- Response time
- 3 ms
- Pixel density
- 126 ppi
- Aspect ratio
- 16:10
- G-Sync / FreeSync
- Yes
- Advanced Optimus
- No
- MUX switch
- Yes
- HDR
- No
- Touchscreen
- No
Memory & storage
- RAM (up to)
- 64 GB
- RAM (base)
- 8 GB
- RAM speed
- 5,600 MHz
- Max. supported RAM
- 64 GB
- RAM slots
- 2
- Upgradable RAM
- Yes
- SSD (up to)
- 8,192 GB
- SSD (base)
- 512 GB
- M.2 SSD slots
- 4
- SSD interface
- PCIe 4.0 x4
Battery & power
- Battery capacity
- 97 Wh
- Power adapter
- 360 W
- USB-C charging (Power Delivery)
- Yes
Design & cooling
- Weight
- 4.23 kg
- Thickness
- 25.1 mm
- Width
- 410.3 mm
- Depth
- 319.9 mm
- Body material
- Aluminium
- Colours
- Black
- Cooling fans
- 4
- Liquid metal (CPU)
- Yes
- Fan noise (max. load)
- 56.6 dB
Ports & wireless
- Thunderbolt or USB4
- Yes
- USB-C ports
- 3
- 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
- Key travel
- 1.8 mm
- Webcam
- 1,080p
- IR camera (face login)
- Yes
- Fingerprint reader
- No
Audio
- Speakers
- 2.0
- 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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