Key Differences
In short — Alienware Area 51M outperforms the cheaper MSI GL65 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing MSI GL65 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Alienware Area 51M is 212 days older than the cheaper MSI GL65.
Advantages of Alienware Area 51M Gaming Laptop
- Performs up to 61% better in Ready or Not than MSI GL65 - 106 vs 66 FPS
Advantages of MSI GL65 Gaming Laptop
- Up to 64% cheaper than Alienware Area 51M - $888.0 vs $2499.81
- Up to 43% better value when playing Ready or Not than Alienware Area 51M - $13.45 vs $23.58 per FPS
Ready or Not
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Epic
Aug 12th, 2020
FPS
106
100%
Value, $/FPS
$23.58/FPS
57.03986429177269%
Price, $
$2499.81
35%
FPS Winner
Buy for $2,499.81 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 445488 minutes ago
Mar 12th, 2021
FPS
66
62.264150943396224%
Value, $/FPS
$13.45/FPS
100%
Price, $
$888
100%
Value Winner
Buy for $888 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 445487 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Epic
Aug 12th, 2020
Mar 12th, 2021
GPU Comparison
Compared by selected game FPS and theoretical performance
Aug 12th, 2020
GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER Mobile
8 GB GDDR6 | 256-bit
Pixel Fillrate
88.32 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
220.8 GTexel/s
100%
GPU Winner
Mar 12th, 2021
GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile
4 GB GDDR6 | 128-bit
Pixel Fillrate
48.48 GPixel/s
54.891304347826086%
Texel Fillrate
96.96 GTexel/s
43.91304347826087%
CPU Comparison
Compared by selected game FPS and Geekbench 5 benchmark scores
Aug 12th, 2020
Core i7-10700K
3.8 GHz | 8-core
Single-Core
1706
100%
Multi-Core
8142
100%
CPU Winner
Mar 12th, 2021
Core i5-10300H
2.5 GHz | 4-core
Single-Core
1369
80.24618991793669%
Multi-Core
4008
49.22623434045689%
Alienware Area 51M Gaming Laptop | vs | MSI GL65 Gaming Laptop |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 12th, 2020 | Release Date | Mar 12th, 2021 |
| Core i7-10700K | CPU | Core i5-10300H |
| GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER Mobile | GPU | GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile |
| 16 GB | RAM | 16 GB |
| 1 TB SSD | Storage | 512 GB SSD |
| 1920x1080 | Resolution | 1920x1080 |
300 Hz | Refresh Rate | 60 Hz |
| 17.3" | Screen Size | 15.6" |
