Help Me Choose: Graphics Cards for Alienware Laptops

How to get the highest performance
A graphics card is the most important component for demanding applications such as gaming, video editing, 3D modeling, and artificial intelligence. A powerful graphics card will run these applications far faster and with much higher visual quality, which is essential for gamers, creators, students, and power users.
For gamers, running at a high frame rate (“FPS”), provides a much smoother experience and provides a competitive advantage in multiplayer games. Playing new games with realistic graphics or at higher resolutions, requires more graphics processing power. Choosing a more powerful graphics card for your computer will ensure a great experience, not only today but also for years to come.

NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™
GeForce RTX™ 30 Series GPUs power the world’s fastest desktops for gamers and creators. They’re built with the award-winning Ampere—NVIDIA’s 2nd gen RTX architecture—with new RT Cores, Tensor Cores, and streaming multiprocessors to give you the most realistic ray-traced graphics and cutting-edge AI features.
Next-Gen Gaming with RTX
DLSS
NVIDIA DLSS is groundbreaking AI rendering that boosts frame rates with uncompromised image quality using the dedicated AI processing Tensor Cores on GeForce RTX. This gives you the performance headroom to crank up settings and resolutions for an incredible visual experience. The AI revolution has arrived to gaming.
Ray Tracing
Ray tracing is the holy grail of gaming graphics, simulating the physical behavior of light to bring real-time, cinematic-quality rendering to even the most visually intense games.
LHR or Lite Hash Rate
GeForce RTX 3080, RTX 3070 and RTX 3060 Ti cards with a “Lite Hash Rate,” or “LHR,” identifier.
NVIDIA is introducing new Lite Hash Rate (LHR) versions of the RTX 3080, 3070, and 3060 Ti GPUs where the Ethereum hash rate (ETH Hash Rate) has been reduced. These new GPU versions are otherwise identical to the old versions with no expected impact to the PCB design, performance, or electrical/thermal characteristics.
AMD Radeon™ RX 5000M Series Graphics

Ultimate 1080p Gaming Everywhere
AMD Radeon™ RX 5000M Series Mobile graphics power the world’s most technologically advanced 1080p gaming laptops. Powered by the groundbreaking 7nm RDNA architecture and including features like Radeon™ Image Sharpening and Anti-Lag technology, Radeon RX 5000M series delivers ultra-responsive, ultimate performance, high-fidelity gaming.
RDNA Gaming Architecture
Extreme Gaming DNA
Radeon™ RX 5000M Series graphics deliver incredible performance and optimized battery life for better visual effects such as volumetric lighting, blur effects, and depth of field, and multi-level cache hierarchy for greatly reduced latency and highly responsive on-the-go gaming.
Game Fidelity Accelerated
Radeon™ RX 5000M Series Graphics High-performance RDNA architecture was engineered to greatly enhance features like Radeon™ Image Sharpening and FidelityFX for high fidelity experiences with immersive explosions, physics, and lighting effects, bringing realism to games.
Immersive Gaming Dynamics
Get the competitive edge with reduced input latency thanks to Radeon™ Anti-Lag, experience stutter-free, tear-free gaming with AMD FreeSync™ technology, Radeon™ Boost enables higher frames during fast motion movements to give you the highest performance possible, and the latest Radeon™ Software that unleashes the full potential of your GPU.
Compare Graphics Card Configurations
Model Name | Alienware x14 | Alienware x15 | Alienware x15 R2 | Alienware x17 | Alienware x17 R2 |
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 | |
Max Graphics Power | 65W | 90W | 125W | 130W | 140W |
Total Graphics Power | 50W | 70W | 100W | 115W | 115W |
Dynamic Boost | 15W | 20W | 25W | 15W | 25W |
Memory | 4GB GDDR6 | 6GB GDDR6 | 6G GDDR6 | 6GB GDDR6 | 6G GDDR6 |
Base Clock (MHz) | 1177.5 MHz | 1050MHz | 1267 MHz | 1387 MHz | 1387 MHz |
Boost Clock (MHz) | 1455 MHz | 1402MHz | 1605 MHz | 1702 MHz | 1702 MHz |
NVIDIA Max-Q Technologies | Dynamic Boost | Dynamic Boost | Dynamic Boost | Dynamic Boost | Dynamic Boost |
Battery Boost | Battery Boost | Battery Boost | Battery Boost | Battery Boost | |
CPU Optimizer | CPU Optimizer | WhisperMode | CPU Optimizer | WhisperMode | |
WhisperMode | WhisperMode | DLSS | WhisperMode | DLSS | |
DLSS | DLSS | Advanced Optimus | DLSS | Advanced Optimus | |
Resizable BAR | Advanced Optimus | Resizable BAR | Advanced Optimus | Resizable BAR | |
Optimal Playable Settings | Resizable BAR | Optimal Playable Settings | Resizable BAR | Optimal Playable Settings | |
Optimal Playable Settings | Optimal Playable Settings | ||||
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050Ti | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070Ti | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070Ti | |
Max Graphics Power | 65W | 110W | 140W | 140W | 150W |
Total Graphics Power | 50W | 90W | 115W | 125W | 125W |
Dynamic Boost | 15W | 20W | 25W | 15W | 25W |
Memory | 4GB GDDR6 | 8GB GDDR6 | 8G GDDR6 | 8GB GDDR6 | 8G GDDR6 |
Base Clock (MHz) | 1140MHz | 930MHz | 915 MHz | 1215MHz | 1035 MHz |
Boost Clock (MHz) | 1410MHz | 1410MHz | 1410 MHz | 1620MHz | 1485 MHz |
NVIDIA Max-Q Technologies | Dynamic Boost | Dynamic Boost | Dynamic Boost | Dynamic Boost | Dynamic Boost |
Battery Boost | Battery Boost | Battery Boost | Battery Boost | Battery Boost | |
CPU Optimizer | CPU Optimizer | Rapid Core Scaling | CPU Optimizer | Rapid Core Scaling | |
WhisperMode | WhisperMode | WhisperMode | WhisperMode | WhisperMode | |
DLSS | DLSS | DLSS | DLSS | DLSS | |
Resizable BAR | Advanced Optimus | Advanced Optimus | Advanced Optimus | Advanced Optimus | |
Optimal Playable Settings | Resizable BAR | Resizable BAR | Resizable BAR | Resizable BAR | |
Optimal Playable Settings | Optimal Playable Settings | Optimal Playable Settings | Optimal Playable Settings | ||
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080Ti | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080Ti | |
Max Graphics Power | 75W | 110W | 140W | 165W | 175W |
Total Graphics Power | 60W | 90W | 115W | 150W | 150W |
Dynamic Boost | 15W | 20W | 25W | 15W | 25W |
Memory | 6GB GDDR6 | 8GB GDDR6 | 16G GDDR6 | 16GB GDDR6 | 16G GDDR6 |
Base Clock (MHz) | 817MHz | 930MHz | 975 MHz | 1350MHz | 1230 MHz |
Boost Clock (MHz) | 1282MHz | 1365 MHz | 1410 MHz | 1710MHz | 1590 MHz |
NVIDIA Max-Q Technologies | Dynamic Boost | Dynamic Boost | Dynamic Boost | Dynamic Boost | Dynamic Boost |
Battery Boost | Battery Boost | Battery Boost | Battery Boost | Battery Boost | |
CPU Optimizer | CPU Optimizer | Rapid Core Scaling | CPU Optimizer | Rapid Core Scaling | |
WhisperMode | WhisperMode | WhisperMode | WhisperMode | WhisperMode | |
DLSS | DLSS | DLSS | DLSS | DLSS | |
Advanced Optimus | Advanced Optimus | Advanced Optimus | Advanced Optimus | Advanced Optimus | |
Resizable BAR | Resizable BAR | Resizable BAR | Resizable BAR | Resizable BAR | |
Optimal Playable Settings | Optimal Playable Settings | Optimal Playable Settings | Optimal Playable Settings | Optimal Playable Settings |
Alienware m15 R7 | Alienware m15 R7 AMD | Alienware m15 R6 | Alienware m17 R5 | Alienware m15 Ryzen Edition R5 | |
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050Ti | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050Ti | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050Ti | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050Ti | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050Ti | |
Max Graphics Power | 90W | 90W | 95W | 95W | 95W |
Total Graphics Power | 80W | 80W | 80W | 80W | 80W |
Dynamic Boost | 10W | 10W | 10W | 15W | 10W |
Memory | 4GB GDDR6 | 4GB GDDR6 | 4GB GDDR6 | 4GB GDDR6 | 4GB GDDR6 |
Base Clock (MHz) | 1462.5 MHz | 1462.5 MHz | 1462.5Mhz | 1462.5 MHz | 1462.5MHz |
Boost Clock (MHz) | 1695 MHz | 1695 MHz | 1695Mhz | 1695 MHz | 1695MHz |
NVIDIA Max-Q Technologies | Dynamic Boost | Dynamic Boost | Dynamic Boost | Dynamic Boost | Dynamic Boost |
Battery Boost | Battery Boost | Battery Boost | Battery Boost | Battery Boost | |
WhisperMode | WhisperMode | WhisperMode | WhisperMode | WhisperMode | |
DLSS | DLSS | DLSS | DLSS | DLSS | |
Advanced Optimus | Advanced Optimus | Advanced Optimus | Advanced Optimus | Advanced Optimus | |
Resizable BAR | Resizable BAR | Resizable BAR | Resizable BAR | Resizable BAR | |
Optimal Playable Settings | Optimal Playable Settings | Optimal Playable Settings | Optimal Playable Settings | Optimal Playable Settings | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 | |
Max Graphics Power | 130W | 140W | 130W | 140W | 130W |
Total Graphics Power | 115W | 115W | 115W | 115W | 115W |
Dynamic Boost | 15W | 25W | 10W | 25W | 10W |
Memory | 1140MHz | 6GB GDDR6 | 6GB GDDR6 | 6GB GDDR6 | 6GB GDDR6 |
Base Clock (MHz) | 1140MHz | 1387 MHz | 1387MHz | 1387 MHz | 1387MHz |
Boost Clock (MHz) | 1702 MHz | 1702 MHz | 1702MHz | 1702 MHz | 1702MHz |
NVIDIA Max-Q Technologies | Dynamic Boost | Dynamic Boost | Dynamic Boost | Dynamic Boost | Dynamic Boost |
Battery Boost | Battery Boost | Battery Boost | Battery Boost | Battery Boost | |
WhisperMode | WhisperMode | WhisperMode | WhisperMode | WhisperMode | |
DLSS | DLSS | DLSS | DLSS | DLSS | |
Advanced Optimus | Advanced Optimus | Advanced Optimus | Advanced Optimus | Advanced Optimus | |
Resizable BAR | Resizable BAR | Resizable BAR | Resizable BAR | Resizable BAR | |
Optimal Playable Settings | Optimal Playable Settings | Optimal Playable Settings | Optimal Playable Settings | Optimal Playable Settings | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070Ti | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070Ti | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070Ti | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070Ti | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 | |
Max Graphics Power | 140W | 150W | 130W | 150W | 130W |
Total Graphics Power | 125W | 125W | 115W | 125W | 115W |
Dynamic Boost | 15W | 25W | 10W | 25W | 10W |
Memory | 8GB GDDR6 | 8GB GDDR6 | 8GB DDR6 | 8GB GDDR6 | 8GB GDDR6 |
Base Clock (MHz) | 1035Mhz | 1035Mhz | 1110MHz | 1035Mhz | 1110MHz |
Boost Clock (MHz) | 1485Mhz | 1485Mhz | 1560MHz | 1485Mhz | 1560MHz |
NVIDIA Max-Q Technologies | Dynamic Boost | Dynamic Boost | Dynamic Boost | Dynamic Boost | Dynamic Boost |
Battery Boost | Battery Boost | Battery Boost | Battery Boost | Battery Boost | |
Rapid Core Scaling | Rapid Core Scaling | WhisperMode | Rapid Core Scaling | WhisperMode | |
WhisperMode | WhisperMode | DLSS | WhisperMode | DLSS | |
DLSS | DLSS | Advanced Optimus | DLSS | Advanced Optimus | |
Advanced Optimus | Advanced Optimus | Resizable BAR | Advanced Optimus | Resizable BAR | |
Resizable BAR | Resizable BAR | Optimal Playable Settings | Resizable BAR | Optimal Playable Settings | |
Optimal Playable Settings | Optimal Playable Settings | Optimal Playable Settings | |||
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080Ti | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080Ti | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080Ti | ||
Max Graphics Power | 140W | 140W | 130W | 155W | |
Total Graphics Power | 125W | 125W | 115W | 140W | |
Dynamic Boost | 15W | 15W | 10W | 15W | |
Memory | 16GB GDDR6 | 16GB GDDR6 | 8GB DDR6 | 16GB GDDR6 | |
Base Clock (MHz) | 1080 MHz | 1080 MHz | 1110MHz | 1185 MHz | |
Boost Clock (MHz) | 1455Mhz | 1455Mhz | 1545MHz | 1545Mhz | |
NVIDIA Max-Q Technologies | Dynamic Boost | Dynamic Boost | Dynamic Boost | Dynamic Boost | |
Battery Boost | Battery Boost | Battery Boost | Battery Boost | ||
Rapid Core Scaling | Rapid Core Scaling | WhisperMode | Rapid Core Scaling | ||
WhisperMode | WhisperMode | DLSS | WhisperMode | ||
DLSS | DLSS | Advanced Optimus | DLSS | ||
Advanced Optimus | Advanced Optimus | Resizable BAR | Advanced Optimus | ||
Resizable BAR | Resizable BAR | Optimal Playable Settings | Resizable BAR | ||
Optimal Playable Settings | Optimal Playable Settings | Optimal Playable Settings | |||
Max Graphics Power | AMD RX6700M | ||||
Total Graphics Power | 135W | ||||
Dynamic Boost | 135W | ||||
Base Clock (MHz) | 10GB GDDR6 | ||||
NVIDIA Max-Q Technologies | AMD Smart Technologies | ||||
Max Graphics Power | AMD RX6850M XT | ||||
Total Graphics Power | 175W | ||||
Dynamic Boost | 175W | ||||
Base Clock (MHz) | 12GB GDDR6 | ||||
NVIDIA Max-Q Technologies | AMD Smart Technologies |