Alienware finally brings portability and power together, but with plenty of rough edges in tow.
Alienware x16 MSRP $3,250.00 Score Details “Powerful, portable, and built to last, the Alienware x16 is still a solid laptop despite its issues.” Pros Cons We’ve seen the same 15-inch and 17-inch laptop designs for years, but now more than ever, 16-inch and 14-inch variants are making it onto the list of the best gaming laptops.
The version I reviewed is much more expensive, mainly due to the fact that you’re forced to jump up to 32GB of LPDDR5 RAM and a Core i9-13900H if you want to unlock the RTX 4080 and RTX 4090 configuration options. Despite jumping up $800 in price for this configuration, Alienware doesn’t include a bump in storage space, discouraging you from spending more on the machine.
A whole new style The Alienware x16 ushers in the Legend 3.0 design language, and it has a lot of changes. You’ll notice the RGB touchpad first, which is an impressive party trick, but there are a lot of other, more important, changes. But enough about portability because the Legend 3.0 design language changes a lot about, well, the design. Namely, Alienware is going with a new Lunar Silver cover for the lid. It doesn’t look bad, but I’m not really a fan. The hard aluminum clashes with the white back, making it look a little too industrial. To each their own, but I prefer the previous Lunar White color. It certainly isn’t offensive, so that’s a positive.
More ports than you could ever need You couldn’t ask for more with the port selection on the Alienware x16. You have access to a headphone jack, microSD card slot, two USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A connectors, two USB-C connectors with Thunderbolt 4, a full-size HDMI 2.1, and a mini DisplayPort 1.4 connector. The only thing missing is an ethernet jack, which I’m willing to part ways with given the Wi-Fi 6E support onboard.
The display is serviceable, but it’s not good. It peaked at just 312 nits of brightness, with a contrast ratio of less than 1,000:1 . Something is off with the gamma of the display, too, awkwardly jumping between brightness steps and changing the display of colors, along with heavy vignetting around the edges of the screen.
The trackpad is a slightly different beast. It works, and the RGB looks impressive, but it’s a little small. In fact, you can almost see the edges on the x16 that you could cut along to make an x14. That doesn’t matter in most areas, but it makes a difference in the trackpad, which feels puny on such a large laptop.
The unlocked nature of the processor isn’t for nothing. In PCMark 10, it allowed the Core i9-13900HK to shoot ahead of the base Core i9-13900H, and even the HX-series variant. It still can’t best AMD’s Ryzen 7 7745HX inside the Lenovo Legion Pro 5. AMD’s latest CPUs have had a particularly strong showing in this benchmark.
And it’s clear Alienware is squeezing the most it can out of this GPU. It’s also clear that the RTX 4080 is the sweet spot for this form factor of laptop. As you can see from my 3DMark results, the RTX 4080 Alienware x16 nearly matches the RTX 4090 inside the Zephyrus M16. I suspect that will be the same situation if you configure the x16 with an RTX 4090, so you can probably save the $350 and go with the RTX 4080 instead.
You don’t have to run the laptop at its native resolution, though. The 1,200p still provides plenty of pixel density on the screen, and it can lead to much higher performance, as you can see in my benchmarks below.
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