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Dell Alienware 16" Alienware 16 Aurora Interstellar Indigo
CPU Intel Core 7 240H
RAM 16 GB
Storage 1 TB
Screen 16" 2560x1600
GPU NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050
OS Windows 11 Home
Weight 5.7 kg
Battery 96 Wh
66 Overall Score
Price $1,250
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong port (83th percentile) 83th
- Strong screen (82th percentile) 82th
- Strong storage (81th percentile) 81th
- Strong gpu (79th percentile) 79th
Cons
- Below average compact (6th percentile)
- Below average reliability (32th percentile)
What owners think
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Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| CPU | Intel Core 7 240H |
| Cores | 10 |
| Frequency | 2.5 GHz |
| L3 Cache | 24 MB |
Graphics
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 |
| Type | discrete |
| VRAM | 8 GB |
| VRAM Type | GDDR7 |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 16 GB |
| RAM Generation | DDR5 |
| Storage | 1 TB |
| Storage Type | NVMe SSD |
Display
| Size | 16" |
| Resolution | 2560 (QHD) |
| Panel | LCD |
| Refresh Rate | 120 Hz |
| Brightness | 300 nits |
| Color Gamut | 100% sRGB |
Connectivity
| USB-C Ports | 2 |
| USB Ports | 2 |
| HDMI | HDMI 2.1 |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 7 |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 5.4 |
| Ethernet | Gigabit Ethernet |
Physical
| Weight | 5.7 kg / 12.5 lbs |
| Battery | 96 Wh |
| OS | Windows 11 Home |
vs Competition
| Spec | Dell Alienware 16" Alienware 16 Aurora | Apple MacBook Pro M5 | ASUS ROG Zephyrus GA403WW-G14.R95080 | Lenovo Legion Pro Series Legion Pro 7i Gen 10 | MSI Prestige PRE13EVOA2088 | Samsung Galaxy Book5 Pro NP940XHA-KG3US |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core 7 240H | Apple M5 | AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 | Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX | Intel Core Ultra 7 258V | Intel Core Ultra 7 256V |
| RAM (GB) | 16 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 |
| Storage (GB) | 1024 | 4096 | 2000 | 1024 | 1000 | 1024 |
| Screen | 16" 2560x1600 | 14.2" 3024x1964 | 14" 2880x1800 | 16" 2560x1600 | 13.3" 2880x1800 | 14" 2880x1800 |
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 | Apple (10-Core) | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Laptop GPU | Intel Arc | Intel Arc |
| OS | Windows 11 Home | macOS | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home |
| Weight (kg) | 5.7 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 1 | 1.2 |
| Battery (Wh) | 96 | 72 | - | 99 | - | 15 |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Cpu | Gpu | Ram | Port | Screen | Compact | Storage | Reliability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dell Alienware 16" Alienware 16 Aurora | 77.9 | 79.1 | 62.6 | 82.8 | 81.9 | 6.1 | 81.4 | 31.9 |
| Apple MacBook Pro M5 Compare | 82 | 18.5 | 81.2 | 79.6 | 99 | 70.4 | 98.7 | 96.3 |
| ASUS ROG Zephyrus GA403WW-G14.R95080 Compare | 86.4 | 91.4 | 92.2 | 66.5 | 95.3 | 72.7 | 90 | 58.3 |
| Lenovo Legion Pro Series Legion Pro 7i Gen 10 Compare | 96.7 | 89.9 | 90.3 | 97.9 | 94.4 | 8.5 | 81.4 | 78.6 |
| MSI Prestige PRE13EVOA2088 Compare | 63.7 | 64 | 81.2 | 82.8 | 90 | 95.3 | 73.8 | 58.3 |
| Samsung Galaxy Book5 Pro NP940XHA-KG3US Compare | 66.9 | 64 | 81.2 | 66.5 | 94.8 | 85.5 | 81.4 | 78.6 |
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