Acer Aspire 5vsAlienware m15 R3

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Acer
Acer Aspire 5
Aspire 5

Quick Stats

The Acer Aspire 5 offers decent everyday performance but struggles with gaming due to thermals and frame drops frequently.
The Acer Aspire 5 boasts dramatically improved exterior build quality with a solid and premium feel overall.
The Acer Aspire 5's display is a major letdown with poor brightness and color accuracy.
The Acer Aspire 5 boasts a premium build with advanced features like fingerprint scanner and dual speaker setup.
Alienware
Alienware m15 R3
m15 R3

Quick Stats

The Alienware m15 R3 delivers impressive performance, making it a great value for its price point and competitive gamers.
The Alienware m15 R3's unique sci-fi build is a standout feature, earning high praise overall.
The Alienware m15 R3's stunning display offers smooth performance with average frame rates above 100 FPS always.
The Alienware m15 R3 features a powerful NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 GPU with impressive specs.
Key Differences

No significant specification differences found between these devices.

Rank
Acer Aspire 5
Winner
#713
Alienware m15 R3
#716
Scores by Category
Rankings
Connectivity
Acer Aspire 5
#606
Alienware m15 R3
#442
Winner
Display
Acer Aspire 5
#557
Winner
Alienware m15 R3
#586
Performance
Acer Aspire 5
#578
Alienware m15 R3
#382
Winner
Build
Acer Aspire 5
#365
Winner
Alienware m15 R3
#420
Features
Acer Aspire 5
#174
Winner
Alienware m15 R3
#681

Note: Lower rank number indicates a better position in category.

Specifications Comparison
Specification
Acer Acer Aspire 5
Alienware Alienware m15 R3
up to 40GB
up to 32GB
up to 8000GB SSD + up to 2000GB HDD
up to 8000GB SSD
Intel Core i7-1165G7
Intel Core i5-10300H
NVIDIA GeForce MX450 (GDDR5, 25W)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Max-Q
1x 2280 M.2 NVMe slot See photo
N/A

Note: Highlighted specifications show differences between the two devices.

Pros and Cons

Acer Aspire 5

Strengths

Acer Aspire 5 has dramatically improved exterior build quality with a premium and sturdy feel.
The laptop's trackpad is respectable and the keyboard is essential for general productivity.
The fingerprint scanner is a great addition to the device.
The dual speaker stereo setup is loud enough to give you the immediate surrounding noise levels you would want.
Despite some thermal issues, the laptop still performs pretty well with day-to-day activities like web browsing, watching videos, or crunching up a word document.
It's one of the first mid-range laptops out there rocking intel's 12th gen hardware.
The battery life may be disappointing, but it's not unusable, and you'll get about eight hours on a single charge.

Weaknesses

No specific cons listed for this device

Alienware m15 R3

Strengths

The starting price with this laptop is $1,500, our review configuration is $2,160, which is a good value for a high-end laptop.
The 10th generation Intel core i7 CPU, 16 gigs of Ram, one terabyte SSD, and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 GPU provide excellent performance for competitive multiplayer games.
The display is a full HD resolution with 300 nits, making it suitable for fast-paced games like Rainbow Six Siege.
The laptop's design is unique and stands out in a field of similar-looking laptops, which can be appealing to those who want a gaming laptop that looks different.
The Alienware m15 R3 offers good value for its price, with performance comparable to or better than more expensive laptops.

Weaknesses

No specific cons listed for this device

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Acer Aspire 5

The Acer Aspire 5 is a mid-range laptop that impresses with its improved exterior build quality, feeling more premium and sturdy than its predecessors. The device boasts a respectable trackpad and keyboard, as well as essential features like a fingerprint scanner and dual speaker stereo setup. However, it falls short in terms of battery life and thermals, which continue to be issues despite minor improvements over the years. Despite this, the Aspire 5 delivers good performance, making it one of the first mid-range laptops with Intel's 12th gen hardware.

Alienware m15 R3

The Alienware m15 R3 is a high-performance laptop that boasts impressive specs at an affordable price. With a starting price of $1,500, this laptop packs a 10th-generation Intel Core i7 CPU, 16GB of RAM, and a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 GPU. It's geared towards competitive gamers who crave high frame rates for a competitive edge. However, its portability is slightly hindered by its 4.65-pound weight and relatively short battery life of just under three hours.

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