Key Differences
In short — Alienware X17 R2 VR Ready outperforms the cheaper MSI GF65 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing MSI GF65 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Alienware X17 R2 VR Ready is 399 days newer than the cheaper MSI GF65.
Advantages of Alienware X17 R2 VR Ready Gaming Laptop
- Performs up to 32% better in Minecraft than MSI GF65 - 619 vs 468 FPS
Advantages of MSI GF65 Gaming Laptop
- Up to 52% cheaper than Alienware X17 R2 VR Ready - $1015.0 vs $2116.3
- Up to 37% better value when playing Minecraft than Alienware X17 R2 VR Ready - $2.17 vs $3.42 per FPS
Minecraft
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Mar 1st, 2022
FPS
619
100%
Value, $/FPS
$3.42/FPS
63.45029239766081%
Price, $
$2116.3
47%
FPS Winner
Buy for $2,116.3 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 445378 minutes ago
Jan 26th, 2021
FPS
468
75.60581583198707%
Value, $/FPS
$2.17/FPS
100%
Price, $
$1015
100%
Value Winner
Buy for $1,015 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 445385 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Mar 1st, 2022
Jan 26th, 2021
GPU Comparison
Compared by selected game FPS and theoretical performance
Mar 1st, 2022
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile
8 GB GDDR6 | 256-bit
Pixel Fillrate
135.4 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
259.4 GTexel/s
100%
GPU Winner
Jan 26th, 2021
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
6 GB GDDR6 | 192-bit
Pixel Fillrate
68.4 GPixel/s
50.51698670605613%
Texel Fillrate
171 GTexel/s
65.92135697764071%
CPU Comparison
Compared by selected game FPS and Geekbench 5 benchmark scores
Mar 1st, 2022
Core i7-12700
2.1 GHz | 8-core
Single-Core
2293
100%
Multi-Core
10780
100%
CPU Winner
Jan 26th, 2021
Core i7-10750H
2.6 GHz | 6-core
Single-Core
1446
63.061491495856956%
Multi-Core
5396
50.0556586270872%
Alienware X17 R2 VR Ready Gaming Laptop | vs | MSI GF65 Gaming Laptop |
|---|---|---|
Mar 1st, 2022 | Release Date | Jan 26th, 2021 |
| Core i7-12700 | CPU | Core i7-10750H |
| GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile | GPU | GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile |
| 16 GB | RAM | 16 GB |
| 1 TB SSD | Storage | 512 GB SSD |
| 1920x1080 | Resolution | 1920x1080 |
360 Hz | Refresh Rate | 144 Hz |
| 17.3" | Screen Size | 15.6" |
