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Design & cooling

Cooling fans: typical values for gaming laptops

Half of gaming laptops in the catalog have cooling fans below 2, and 80% fall between 2 and 3 (1,436 models with data).

Median2
Median 20262
Typical range2 – 3
Models1,436
Distribution

How cooling fans is distributed

02965928881,18412341: 272: 11843: 1474: 78Median 2
Percentile10 %25 %50 %75 %90 %
Cooling fans22223

A model at the 75th percentile beats three quarters of the catalog on this spec.

Trends

Median cooling fans by year

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Recent leaders

Highest cooling fans

1 Alienware m16 RTX 4060 (2023)
Alienware · 2023
m16 RTX 4060 (2023)
Core i7-13650HX115 W16″3 kg
4
8.3
2 Razer Blade 17 RTX 3070 Ti (2022)
Razer · 2022
Blade 17 RTX 3070 Ti (2022)
Core i7-12800H125 W17.3″2.75 kg
4
7.7
3 Alienware m18 RTX 4080 (2023)
Alienware · 2023
m18 RTX 4080 (2023)
Core i7-13650HX175 W18″4.23 kg
4
6.8
4 Alienware m16 RTX 4090 (2023)
Alienware · 2023
m16 RTX 4090 (2023)
Core i7-13650HX175 W16″3 kg
4
9.4
5 Alienware m18 R2 RTX 4060 (2024)
Alienware · 2024
m18 R2 RTX 4060 (2024)
Core i7-14650HX140 W18″4.23 kg
4
5.3
6 Gigabyte Aorus 17X RTX 4090 (2023)
Gigabyte · 2023
Aorus 17X RTX 4090 (2023)
Core i9-11980HK175 W17.3″2.8 kg
4
9.3
7 Alienware x16 R2 RTX 4070 (2024)
Alienware · 2024
x16 R2 RTX 4070 (2024)
Core Ultra 7 155H140 W16″2.66 kg
4
8.6
8 Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 G733 RTX 3070 Ti (2022)
Asus · 2022
ROG Strix Scar 17 G733 RTX 3070 Ti (2022)
Core i9-12950HX150 W17.3″2.9 kg
4
8.2
9 Alienware x16 R2 RTX 4090 (2024)
Alienware · 2024
x16 R2 RTX 4090 (2024)
Core Ultra 7 155H175 W16″2.66 kg
4
9.1
10 Alienware m18 RTX 4090 (2023)
Alienware · 2023
m18 RTX 4090 (2023)
Core i7-13650HX175 W18″4.23 kg
4
7.3
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