One of Alienware‘s latest gaming laptops for 2023 is now available – the Alienware x16. According to the company, the x16 is Alienware’s first 16″ gaming laptop in almost two decades. The new x16 R1 features NVIDIA’s latest RTX 4080 or 4090 laptop GPU, paired with Intel’s latest 13th gen Core i9-13900HK processor. It also features a nice 16-inch QHD+ display with a 240Hz refresh rate. An RTX 4080 laptop GPU model with 32GB RAM and 1TB storage is now available on Amazon.com here. Check out the news article below for more details about Alienware’s x16 gaming laptop.
Alienware x16 Gaming Laptop’s Features
- Taller 16:10 displays usher in more screen real estate for a greater field of view.
- Dolby Atmos for immersive, spatial sound and Dolby Vision for stunning visuals, so you feel closer to your favorite entertainment.
- All panels feature ComfortView Plus, our hardware-based technology meant to reduce blue light emissions without impacting performance or picture quality.
- Higher-resolution FHD webcam to improve the quality of video interactions.
- New bottom foot design allows airflow through the underbelly and into the heart of the chassis to aid overall system performance.
- Element 31 thermal interface material now placed on both the CPU and the GPU to help ensure heat dissipation is optimized.
- Revamped Alienware Command Center 6.0 rebuilt to improve stability, navigation between features, and control over system performance.
Introducing the most luxurious Alienware yet, the first-ever x16
X Series laptops are designed for gamers who expect their Alienware laptop to complement every aspect of their lifestyle, including beyond gaming. They want a more portable companion that can be taken with them wherever life leads yet demands supreme performance to match. To address both of these needs, we pull deeper from engineering’s bag of tricks to architect the most aggressive designs possible. As our flagship brand, X Series serves as our innovation portal, bringing many technology breakthroughs in addition to elevating premium materials, finishes, and features to the forefront of the product experience.
The new Alienware x16 is our first 16″ gaming laptop since 2004 and our most premium Alienware product yet. It answers the debate on whether to buy a 15-inch or 17-inch gaming laptop by pinpointing a sweet spot between both sizes. Promising more performance, a taller 16:10 display, and an improved six-speaker design, the new x16 bests our current x17 in almost every way and does so in a sleeker and more robust full-metal chassis. Everything you hear, see, and feel is on another level.
Built with top-firing tweeters for clarity and a dual woofer configuration for strong bass, x16 creates a spatial audio experience with its 6-speaker audio. With Dolby Atmos, you will experience rich, layered sound that reveals depth, clarity, and details like never before, bringing your entertainment to life.
Complimented by our best AlienFX experience, x16 now boasts 100 micro-LEDs (touting 50 individual lighting zones!) on the rear stadium and is the first Alienware laptop enhanced with new AlienFX Scanner, Loop and Rainbow lighting mods. Additionally, our illuminated RGB touchpad is now 15% larger (than the one found on the x17 R2). Finally, we continue to offer per-key RGB keyboard lighting with optional CHERRY MX mechanical keys to complete our most dynamic and customizable lighting experience to date, all controllable via Alienware Command Center.
Pricing and Availability
The Alienware x16 gaming laptop will first launch with high-end configs starting $3,099. Additional configs will arrive later with the entry model starting at $2,149.
When this article was published, an Alienware x16 with RTX 4080 laptop GPU, 32GB of RAM, 1TB SSD, and Core i9-13900HK CPU was listed on Amazon for $3,299.99. For the latest pricing and availability, kindly check out the link below. (#ad)
Alienware x16 with RTX 4080 gaming laptop is available on Amazon.com here.
Note: An RTX 4080 laptop GPU is not equivalent or does not perform similarly to an RTX 4080 desktop GPU. Instead, the RTX 4080 laptop GPU performs similarly or a bit faster than an RTX 4070 or 3080 desktop GPU. Nevertheless, it is still an excellent laptop GPU for a QHD+ resolution.
Alienware x16 Gaming Laptop Specifications
| CPU | 13th Gen Intel Core i9-13900HK (24 MB cache, 14 cores, 20 threads, up to 5.40 GHz Turbo) |
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080, 12 GB GDDR6 |
| Display | 16" QHD+ (2560 x 1600) 165Hz, 3ms, 100% sRGB, ComfortView Plus, NVIDIA G-SYNC + Advanced Optimus |
| Memory | 32 GB, LPDDR5, 6000 MHz, integrated |
| Storage | up to 4TB* M.2, PCIe NVMe, SSD |
| Ports | 2x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports with PowerShare 1x USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 port with DisplayPort™ 1x Thunderbolt™ 4 port with Power Delivery and DisplayPort™ 1x headset (headphone and microphone combo) port 1x HDMI 2.1 port 1x mini Displayport 1x power-adapter port 1x microSD-card slot |
| Wireless | Intel Killer Wi-Fi 6E AX1675, 2x2, 802.11ax, Bluetooth wireless card |
| Camera | 1080p at 30fps, FHD RGB+IR camera Dual-array microphones |
| Keyboard | Alienware cherry keyboard with per-key RGB LED AlienFX lighting Includes N-key rollover technology |
| TouchPad | Multi-touch gesture Premium Precision glass Non RGB touchpad with integrated scrolling Multi-touch gesture Premium Precision glass RGB LED AlienFX lighting touchpad with integrated scrolling |
| Speakers | Tweeter speaker: 2W x 2 Woofer speaker: 3W x 4 |
| Battery | 90Wh Battery 330W Small Form Factor adapter |
| Case | Lunar Silver AlienFX Lighting Zones Programmable with up to 16.8 million distinct colors |
| Dimensions | Height (rear): 18.57 mm (0.73 in.) Height (peak): 18.57 mm (0.73 in.) Height (front): 18.57 mm (0.73 in.) Width: 364.74 mm (14.36 in.) Depth: 289.81 mm (11.41 in.) |
| Weight | Starting weight: 2.57 kg (5.67 lb) Weight (maximum): 2.72 kg (6 lb) |
