Dell Alienware m17 R5 Ryzen Edition vs Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 10 (2025)

[ VERDICT ] Winner: Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 10 (2025) (89/100)

Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 10 (2025) leads overall with a score of 89/100 compared to Dell Alienware m17 R5 Ryzen Edition (44/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Dell Alienware m17 R5 Ryzen Edition
Dell

Dell Alienware m17 R5 Ryzen Edition

44/100
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[ WINNER ]
Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 10 (2025)
Lenovo

Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 10 (2025)

89/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Dell Alienware m17 R5 Ryzen Edition Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 10 (2025)
Gaming 28.0 Poor 92.0 Excellent WINNER
NanoReview Score 44.0 Poor 89.0 Very Good WINNER
Performance 52.0 Below Average 96.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell Alienware m17 R5 Ryzen Edition Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 10 (2025)
Battery type Li-Ion Li-Po
Charge power 180 / 240 W 400 W
Charging port position Bottom Left, Bottom
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) Yes Yes, 140 W
Fast charging Yes Yes
Full charging time 2:00 hr —
Replaceable No No
Voltage 15.2 V —
Weight of AC adapter 994 grams 1247 grams

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Dell Alienware m17 R5 Ryzen Edition Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 10 (2025)
Base frequency 3.2 GHz 2.7 GHz
Cores 8 24 (8P + 16E)
Fabrication process 6 nm 3 nm
Integrated GPU AMD Radeon 680M Arc Graphics (4-Cores)
L3 Cache 16 MB 36 MB
Threads 16 24
Turbo frequency 4.7 GHz 5.4 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Dell Alienware m17 R5 Ryzen Edition Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 10 (2025)
Area 1187 cm2(183.9 inches2) 1195 cm2(185.2 inches2)
Colors Black Black
Cooling system Active Active
Dimensions 397.3 x 298.7 x 26.7 mm15.64 x 11.76 x 1.05 inches 403 x 296.5 x 23.9-27.95 mm15.87 x 11.67 x 0.94-1.1 inches
Liquid metal No Yes
Material Top: AluminumMiddle: AluminumBottom: Plastic Aluminum
Noise level (max. load) 50.1 dB 56 dB
Number of fans 2 4
Opening angle 135° 180°
Screen-to-body ratio ~69.5% ~78.6%
Side bezels 7.2 mm 7.7 mm
Transformer No No
Vapor chamber No Yes
Weight 3.3 kg (7.28 lbs) 3.5 kg (7.72 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell Alienware m17 R5 Ryzen Edition Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 10 (2025)
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes Yes
Bluetooth v5.3 v5.4
DisplayPort No No
Ethernet (RJ45) Yes Yes
Fingerprint No No
HDMI 1x HDMI 2.1 1x HDMI 2.1
Infrared sensor Optional Yes
Optical drive No No
Proprietary charging port Yes Yes
SD card reader No Yes
Thunderbolt No Thunderbolt 5
USB Type-C 3x USB 3.2 3x USB 4.0
USB-A 2x USB 4.0 3x USB 3.2
VGA No No
Webcam Above the display Above the display
Webcam resolution 1280 x 720 2560 x 1440
Wi-Fi standard v6E v7

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell Alienware m17 R5 Ryzen Edition Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 10 (2025)
Ambient light sensor No —
Aspect ratio 16:9 16:10
Coating Matte Glossy
Contrast 1200:1 1200:1
HDR support No Yes, Dolby Vision
PPI 127 ppi 252 ppi
Refresh rate 165 Hz 240 Hz
Resolution 1920 x 1080 pixels 3840 x 2400 pixels
Response time 7 ms 3 ms
Size 17.3 inches 18 inches
Sync technology G-Sync (configurable) G-Sync
Touchscreen No No
Type IPS LCD Mini LED
sRGB color space 100% 100%
Adobe RGB profile — 96.8%
DCI-P3 color gamut — 88.9%

GPU Benchmarks

GPU Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Dell Alienware m17 R5 Ryzen Edition Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 10 (2025)
Blender GPU 1460 7717
Solar Bay 27768 123422

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell Alienware m17 R5 Ryzen Edition Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 10 (2025)
FLOPS 9.5 TFLOPS 42 TFLOPS
GPU base clock 1463 MHz 975 MHz
GPU boost clock 1695 MHz —
GPU performance 9.5 TFLOPS 42 TFLOPS
Memory bus 128 bit 256 bit
Memory size 4 GB 16 GB
Memory speed 12 Gbps ~28 Gbps
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR7
Nvidia Optimus Yes, Advanced Optimus MUX
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 48 96
Shading units (cores) 2560 7680
TGP 100 W 175 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 80 240

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Dell Alienware m17 R5 Ryzen Edition Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 10 (2025)
Backlight Yes Yes
Key travel 1.8 mm 1.6 mm
Keyboard type Island Island
Numpad No Yes
Surface Plastic Glass
Windows Precision Yes Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Dell Alienware m17 R5 Ryzen Edition Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 10 (2025)
Channels 1x8 GB 2x16 GB
Clock 4800 MHz 5600 MHz
Max. ram size 64 GB 192 GB
Total slots 2 4
Upgradable Yes Yes

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell Alienware m17 R5 Ryzen Edition Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 10 (2025)
Audio chip Realtek ALC3254 Realtek ALC3306
Dolby Atmos Yes No
Loudness ~82.6 dB ~79 dB
Microphones 2 2
Power 2x2W 2x2W, 2x2W
Speakers 2.0 2.2 (2 tweeters and 2 woofers)

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell Alienware m17 R5 Ryzen Edition Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 10 (2025)
Bus PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) PCI-E Gen 5.0 (4x)
NVMe Yes Yes
Storage type SSD (M2) SSD (M2)

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