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Alienware x17 R1 RTX 3080 (2021)
Alienware x17 R1 RTX 3080 (2021) is a gaming laptop released in June 2021. Key specs: graphics card GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop, GPU power (TGP) 150 W, processor Core i7-11800H, screen size 17.3″.
8.3Score
Graphics8.8
Overall performance6.4
Display6.7
Memory & storage7.9
Battery & portability5.6
Features & cooling8.6
price range—
- Released
- June 2021
- Type
- Gaming laptop
- Brand
Alienware- Popularity
- #1,555 of 1,608
GeForce RTX 3080 LaptopGraphics card
150 WGPU power (TGP)
Core i7-11800HProcessor
17.3″Screen size
165 HzRefresh rate
64 GBRAM (up to)
87 WhBattery capacity
3.02 kgWeight
Spec guide
How it ranks among gaming laptops of 2021
GPU power (TGP) · 150 WTop 3%Screen size · 17.3″Top 11%Refresh rate · 165 HzTop 14%RAM (up to) · 64 GBTop 22%Battery capacity · 87 WhTop 25%Weight · 3.02 kgBottom 1%
Compared with gaming laptops released in 2021. Bars show the share of models it beats.
compared with other gaming laptops
Why is x17 R1 RTX 3080 (2021) a good choice?
GPU power (TGP): 150 Wbetter than 86% of gaming laptops
Thickness: 21.4 mmbetter than 95% of gaming laptops
Video memory: 16 GBbetter than 92% of gaming laptops
RAM (up to): 64 GBbetter than 73% of gaming laptops
3DMark Steel Nomad Light: 12,875better than 72% of gaming laptops
SSD (up to): 4,096 GBbetter than 82% of gaming laptops
Screen size: 17.3″better than 89% of gaming laptops
Weak points
Weight: 3.02 kgworse than 97% of gaming laptops
Brightness: 300 nitsworse than 85% of gaming laptops
Specifications
Full specifications
Graphics
- GPU maker
- NVIDIA
- GPU power (TGP)
- 150 W
- Video memory
- 16 GB
- GPU shader cores
- 6,144
- GPU compute (FP32)
- 21.8 TFLOPS
- 3DMark Steel Nomad Light
- 12,875
Processor
- CPU maker
- Intel
- CPU cores
- 8
- CPU threads
- 16
- Max CPU clock
- 4.6 GHz
- Processor options
- Core i7-11800H, Core i9-11980HK
- Geekbench 6 multi-core
- 9,722
- Geekbench 6 single-core
- 2,099
- Cinebench 2024 multi-core
- 560
Display
- Screen size
- 17.3″
- Resolution
- 1920 × 1080
- Refresh rate
- 165 Hz
- Brightness
- 300 nits
- sRGB coverage
- 100%
- Response time
- 1 ms
- Pixel density
- 127 ppi
- Aspect ratio
- 16:9
- G-Sync / FreeSync
- Yes
- Advanced Optimus
- Yes
- MUX switch
- Yes
- HDR
- No
- Touchscreen
- No
Memory & storage
- RAM (up to)
- 64 GB
- RAM (base)
- 8 GB
- RAM speed
- 3,200 MHz
- Max. supported RAM
- 64 GB
- RAM slots
- 2
- Upgradable RAM
- Yes
- SSD (up to)
- 4,096 GB
- SSD (base)
- 256 GB
- M.2 SSD slots
- 2
- SSD interface
- PCIe 4.0 x4
Battery & power
- Battery capacity
- 87 Wh
- Power adapter
- 330 W
- USB-C charging (Power Delivery)
- Yes
Design & cooling
- Weight
- 3.02 kg
- Thickness
- 21.4 mm
- Width
- 399.2 mm
- Depth
- 299.4 mm
- Body material
- Plastic
- Colours
- Silver
- Cooling fans
- 4
- Vapor chamber cooling
- Yes
- Liquid metal (CPU)
- No
- Fan noise (max. load)
- 54.8 dB
Ports & wireless
- Thunderbolt or USB4
- Yes
- USB-C ports
- 2
- USB-A ports
- 2
- 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
- 5.2
Keyboard & camera
- Backlit keyboard
- Yes
- Numeric keypad
- No
- Key travel
- 1.5 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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