Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Alienware M18 outperforms the cheaper MSI GL65 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Alienware M18 is 903 days newer than the cheaper MSI GL65.
Advantages of Alienware M18 Gaming Laptop
- Performs up to 917% better in Alan Wake 2 than MSI GL65 - 61 vs 6 FPS
- Up to 74% better value when playing Alan Wake 2 than MSI GL65 - $38.2 vs $148.0 per FPS
Advantages of MSI GL65 Gaming Laptop
- Up to 62% cheaper than Alienware M18 - $888.0 vs $2329.99
Alan Wake 2
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Sep 1st, 2023
FPS
61
100%
Value, $/FPS
$38.2/FPS
100%
Price, $
$2329.99
38%
FPS and Value Winner
Buy for $2,329.99 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 445217 minutes ago
Mar 12th, 2021
FPS
6
9.836065573770492%
Value, $/FPS
$148/FPS
25.810810810810814%
Price, $
$888
100%
Buy for $888 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 445221 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Sep 1st, 2023
Mar 12th, 2021
GPU Comparison
Compared by selected game FPS and theoretical performance
Sep 1st, 2023
GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile
8 GB GDDR6 | 128-bit
Pixel Fillrate
81.36 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
244.1 GTexel/s
100%
GPU Winner
Mar 12th, 2021
GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile
4 GB GDDR6 | 128-bit
Pixel Fillrate
48.48 GPixel/s
59.587020648967545%
Texel Fillrate
96.96 GTexel/s
39.72142564522736%
CPU Comparison
Compared by selected game FPS and Geekbench 5 benchmark scores
Sep 1st, 2023
Core i7-13700
2.1 GHz | 16-core
Single-Core
2632
100%
Multi-Core
14759
100%
CPU Winner
Mar 12th, 2021
Core i5-10300H
2.5 GHz | 4-core
Single-Core
1369
52.01367781155015%
Multi-Core
4008
27.156311403211596%
Alienware M18 Gaming Laptop | vs | MSI GL65 Gaming Laptop |
|---|---|---|
Sep 1st, 2023 | Release Date | Mar 12th, 2021 |
| Core i7-13700 | CPU | Core i5-10300H |
| GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile | GPU | GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile |
| 16 GB | RAM | 16 GB |
| 1 TB SSD | Storage | 512 GB SSD |
2560x1440 | Resolution | 1920x1080 |
| 60 Hz | Refresh Rate | 60 Hz |
| 15.6" | Screen Size | 15.6" |
