Dell Alienware m17 R5 Ryzen Edition

  • Launched: January 2022
  • Screen-to-body ratio: ~69.5%
  • Dimensions: 397.3 x 298.7 x 26.7 mm (15.64 x 11.76 x 1.05 inches)
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Review

Evaluation of the main characteristics with the configuration selected for the Dell Alienware m17 R5 Ryzen Edition
Performance
71
Gaming
46
Display
51
Battery Life
60
Connectivity
89
Portability
31
BestCheck Score
58

Tests and Specifications

Detailed tests and technical specifications of the Dell Alienware m17 R5 Ryzen Edition

Case

Weight 3.3 kg (7.28 lbs)
Dimensions 397.3 x 298.7 x 26.7 mm 15.64 x 11.76 x 1.05 inches
Area 1187 cm2 (183.9 inches2)
Screen-to-body ratio ~69.5%
Side bezels 7.2 mm
Colors Black
Material Top: Aluminum Middle: Aluminum Bottom: Plastic
Transformer No
Opening angle 135°
Cooling solution
Cooling system Active
Vapor chamber No
Liquid metal No
Number of fans 2
Noise level (max. load) 50.1 dB

Display

 
Size 17.3 inches
Type IPS LCD
Refresh rate 165 Hz
PPI 127 ppi
Aspect ratio 16:9
Resolution 1920 x 1080 pixels
HDR support No
Sync technology G-Sync (configurable)
Touchscreen No
Coating Matte
Ambient light sensor No
Display tests
Contrast 1200:1
sRGB color space 100%
Response time 7 ms
Max. brightness
300 nits

Battery

Capicity
Voltage 15.2 V
Full charging time 2:00 hr
Battery type Li-Ion
Replaceable No
Fast charging Yes
USB Power Delivery Yes
Charging port position Bottom
Charge power 180 / 240 W
Weight of AC adapter 994 grams

CPU

 
Base frequency 3.2 GHz
Turbo frequency 4.7 GHz
Cores 8
Threads 16
L3 Cache 16 MB
Integrated GPU AMD Radeon 680M
Fabrication process 6 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2048
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
10177
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
1696
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
16070

Graphics Card

 
TGP 100 W
Nvidia Optimus Yes, Advanced Optimus
Type Dedicated
Fabrication process 8 nm
GPU base clock 1463 MHz
GPU boost clock 1695 MHz
FLOPS 8.7 TFLOPS
Memory size 4 GB
Memory type GDDR6
Memory bus 128 bit
Memory speed 12 Gbps
Shading units (cores) 2560
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 80
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 48
GPU performance
8.7 TFLOPS

RAM

 
Channels 1x8 GB
Clock 4800 MHz
Type DDR5
Upgradable Yes
Total slots 2
Max. ram size 64 GB

Storage

 
Bus PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
Storage type SSD (M2)
Channels 1x256 GB
Upgradable Yes
Total slots 2
NVMe Yes

Sound

Audio chip Realtek ALC3254
Speakers 2.0
Power 2x2W
Dolby Atmos Yes
Loudness ~82.6 dB
Microphones 2

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard v6E
Bluetooth v5.3
Fingerprint No
Infrared sensor Optional
Optical drive No
Webcam Above the display
Webcam resolution 1280 x 720
Ports
USB-A 2x USB 4.0
USB Type-C 3x USB 3.2
Thunderbolt No
HDMI 1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort No
VGA No
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes
Ethernet (RJ45) Yes
SD card reader No
Proprietary charging port Yes

Input

Keyboard
Keyboard type Island
Numpad No
Backlight Yes
Key travel 1.8 mm
Touchpad
Size 11.5 x 8.0 cm
Surface Plastic
Windows Precision Yes