Gaming laptops are living a golden age. The evolution of the components in recent years makes them offer great performance. This, together with the possibility of taking them anywhere, make them a good purchase for the most die-hard gamers. However, it is easy to get carried away by flashy designs, colored LEDs and other aspects that really do not contribute anything when it comes to playing beyond aesthetics. Therefore, we are going to pit the new Dell Alienware against the Lenovo Legion to help you decide which should be your next gaming laptop.
Obviously, they are not the only brands that offer products for this market segment, but they are two of the most powerful and well-known. On the one hand, we have the popular Dell Alienware that have many fans and always unleash passions for their attractive designs. On the other hand, we have Lenovo, a manufacturer that, without making too much noise, is the largest seller of computers with a market share that exceeds 20% according to the latest figures from IDC. Even their designs are not so groundbreaking, but they can offer the same benefits for much less money.
Alienware m15 Ryzen Edition vs Lenovo Legion 5 Gen 6
We could face several models from each manufacturer, but we consider that both the Alienware m15 Ryzen Edition and the Lenovo Legion 5 Gen 6 are two of the main options for gamers to consider right now. In addition, having similar components, or identical in some cases, allows us to make a fairly fair comparison.
Both teams have the AMD Ryzen 7 5800H processor , a very good choice for a team designed to play. In addition, they are combined with 16 GB of DDR4 RAM at 3,200 MHz. There is no lack of a 1TB capacity SSD drive in the case of the Dell model and 2TB for the laptop built by Lenovo. The graphics card is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 with 6 gigabytes of dedicated RAM. As we can see, everything is identical except for the largest SDD unit of the Lenovo model.
If we go on to analyze the screens, we have a 15.6-inch Full HD panel , 165 Hz and 3 ms in the Alienware m15 Ryzen Edition for a screen of the same dimensions and resolution in the Lenovo model, although it only has one 120Hz refresh rate.
At the port level, the Dell laptop has three USB 3.2 ports, a headphone jack, an RJ-45 2.5 Gbps connector and WiFi 6. In its contender we find 4 USB 3.1 ports, a USB C 3.2 port, headphone jack and combo microphone, HDMI 2.0 and RJ-45 at 1 Gbps, plus WiFi 6 . Here the differences, although they exist, will not be crucial on a day-to-day basis because a gigabit ethernet port will serve us for many years until the popularization of faster connections.
We continue the review with aspects such as weight. The Dell Alienware m15 Ryzen Edition has a weight of 2.42 Kg and a thickness of 22.85 millimeters . For its part, the Lenovo Legion 5 Gen 6 has a weight of 2.4 kg and a thickness of 2.25 centimeters. We are facing a laptop, Lenovo, lighter and thinner. Despite this, both offer a good cooling system capable of withstanding intensive use of the equipment.
Finally, it’s time to talk about prices. This is precisely where we find the big difference. As we have seen in the previous paragraphs, the laptops are very similar in terms of technical specifications, so we can expect similar prices with few differences. However, nothing is further from reality. On the Dell website we can verify that its price is 1,798.99 euros, while on the Lenovo website we see that it will cost us 1,319.12 euros using the gaming coupon (being its usual price of 1,499 euros.
Is it worth paying almost 500 euros more?
Obviously, this is a question that is not easy to answer since each of us has a scale of values. If we focus on the technical and performance aspect, we already tell you that no, it is not worth paying almost 500 euros more for a faster network card and a screen with a better refresh rate. We have the same processor, graphics and RAM memory, which, broadly speaking, are what determine the performance of the equipment.
In addition, both teams work perfectly at the cooling level and have enough ports to expand their connectivity. In both models we have WiFi 6, the wireless technology that guarantees us better Internet speed. As if that were not enough, Lenovo’s laptop is lighter and thinner.
Now, if the aesthetic part is important, it will be your decision to assess if you want to pay 500 euros more . Remember that, in the end, you are going to be playing and looking at the screen, so the design on the back is not going to help you at all.
