Dell Alienware 16 Aurora 16" AC16250 Blue
About This Laptop
Dell Alienware 16 Aurora 16" AC16250 Blue — CPU Intel Core 7 240H, RAM 16 GB, storage 1024 GB, screen 16" 1280x720, GPU NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060, OS Windows 11 Home.
- CPU Intel Core 7 240H
- RAM 16 GB
- Storage 1024 GB
- Screen 16" 1280x720
- GPU NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060
- OS Windows 11 Home
Overview
Performance
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong gpu (83th percentile) 83th
- Strong cpu (78th percentile) 78th
- Strong storage (70th percentile) 70th
Cons
- Below average screen (1th percentile) 1th
- Below average port (10th percentile) 10th
- Below average compact (19th percentile) 19th
- Below average reliability (32th percentile) 32th
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| CPU | Intel Core 7 240H |
| Cores | 10 |
| Frequency | 2.5 GHz |
| L3 Cache | 24 MB |
Graphics
| GPU | RTX 5060 |
| Type | discrete |
| VRAM | 8 GB |
| VRAM Type | GDDR7 |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 16 GB |
| RAM Generation | DDR5 |
| Storage | 1 TB |
| Storage Type | SSD |
Display
| Size | 16" |
| Resolution | 1280 |
| Brightness | 300 nits |
Physical
| OS | Windows 11 Home |
Value & Pricing
vs Competition
| Spec | Dell Alienware 16 Aurora 16" AC16250 | ASUS ROG Flow Z13 GZ302EA-XS99 | Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 Aura Edition | MSI Stealth A3XWHG-079US | Microsoft Surface Laptop 7 | Acer Predator Helios Neo PHN16-73-95NT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core 7 240H | AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 | Intel Core Ultra 7 258V | AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 | Intel Core Ultra 7 268V | Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX |
| RAM (GB) | 16 | 128 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 64 |
| Storage (GB) | 1024 | 1024 | 2048 | 2048 | 1024 | 2048 |
| Screen | 16" 1280x720 | 13.4" 2560x1600 | 14" 2880x1800 | 16" 2560x1600 | 13.8" 2304x1536 | 16" 2560x1600 |
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 | AMD Radeon | Intel Arc 140V | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Laptop GPU | Intel Graphics | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti |
| OS | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Pro | Windows 11 Pro | Windows 11 Pro | Windows 11 | Windows 11 Home |
| Weight (kg) | - | 1.2 | 1 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 2.7 |
| Battery (Wh) | - | 70 | 57 | 100 | 54 | 90 |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Cpu | Gpu | Ram | Port | Screen | Compact | Storage | Reliability | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dell Alienware 16 Aurora 16" AC16250 | 77.7 | 83 | 53.3 | 10.2 | 1 | 18.8 | 69.5 | 31.9 | 46.3 |
| ASUS ROG Flow Z13 GZ302EA-XS99 Compare | 95.3 | 79.9 | 99.8 | 77.3 | 89.4 | 92.9 | 81.4 | 58.2 | 99.1 |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 Aura Edition Compare | 63.6 | 64 | 93.2 | 92 | 94.8 | 90.3 | 94.5 | 78.6 | 78.2 |
| MSI Stealth A3XWHG-079US Compare | 86.3 | 89.9 | 91.6 | 80.4 | 92.2 | 16.7 | 94.5 | 58.2 | 83.3 |
| Microsoft Surface Laptop 7 Compare | 66.1 | 64 | 93.2 | 61 | 86.6 | 87.1 | 69.5 | 78.6 | 68.9 |
| Acer Predator Helios Neo PHN16-73-95NT Compare | 96.7 | 89.9 | 98.6 | 98.9 | 94.4 | 8.9 | 94.5 | 9.7 | 81.7 |
Usage Scores
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