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Lenovo LOQ 15IRH11E vs Dell Alienware 15 (2026)

44 out of 100
Lenovo LOQ 15IRH11E
VS
42 out of 100
Dell Alienware 15 (2026)
Lenovo LOQ 15IRH11E
Dell Alienware 15 (2026)
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Review

Evaluation of Lenovo LOQ 15IRH11E and Dell Alienware 15 (2026) important characteristics
Performance
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Gaming
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Display
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Battery Life
Potential battery life in light and average use
Connectivity
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Portability
Design, materials, durability and usability
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between the notebooks
Advantages of the Lenovo LOQ 15IRH11E
  • Slightly easier to carry: weighs 100 grams less (around 0.22 lbs)
  • Can run popular games at about 31-42% higher FPS
  • Performs significantly better (up to 48%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
  • Features a bigger (~11%) battery – 60 against 54 watt-hours
Advantages of the Dell Alienware 15 (2026)
  • Higher number of cutting-edge USB Type-C ports: 2 versus 1

Tests and Specifications

Comparison table of test results and technical specs
Laptop:
LOQ 15IRH11E
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Alienware 15 (2026)

Case

Weight 2.1 kg (4.63 lbs) 2.2 kg (4.85 lbs)
Dimensions 344.9 x 254.83 x 20.9-23.25 mm
13.58 x 10.03 x 0.82-0.92 inches		 349.5 x 250.3 x 20.7-22.95 mm
13.76 x 9.85 x 0.81-0.9 inches
Area 879 cm2 (136.2 inches2) 875 cm2 (135.5 inches2)
Screen-to-body ratio ~77.2% ~77.6%
Side bezels 7.7 mm 10 mm
Colors Gray Black
Material Plastic Plastic
Transformer No No
Opening angle 180° 180°
Size comparison
Cooling solution
Cooling system Active Active
Vapor chamber No No
Liquid metal No No
Number of fans 2 2
Noise level (max. load) - 53.4 dB

Display

Size 15.3 inches 15.3 inches
Type IPS LCD IPS LCD
Refresh rate 165 Hz 165 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No No
PPI 148 ppi 148 ppi
Aspect ratio 16:10 16:10
Resolution 1920 x 1200 pixels 1920 x 1200 pixels
HDR support No No
Touchscreen No No
Coating Matte Matte
Ambient light sensor No No
Display tests
Contrast 1000:1 1200:1
sRGB color space 100% 62.5%
Adobe RGB profile - 38.1%
DCI-P3 color gamut - 39.2%
Response time 9 ms 25 ms
Max. brightness
LOQ 15IRH11E
300 nits
Alienware 15 (2026)
300 nits

Battery

Capacity
Voltage - 15 V
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Fast charging Yes Yes
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) Yes, 100 W Yes
Charging port position Right, Bottom Bottom
Charge power 135 W 130 / 180 W
Weight of AC adapter 503 grams 687 grams

CPU

CPU name
Base frequency 2.2 GHz 2.2 GHz
Turbo frequency 4.8 GHz 4.8 GHz
Cores 8 (4P + 4E) 8 (4P + 4E)
Threads 12 12
L3 Cache 12 MB 12 MB
Integrated GPU No Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 (48EU)
Fabrication process 10 nm 10 nm

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)
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Graphics Card

GPU name
TGP 75 W -
Nvidia Optimus Yes, Advanced Optimus Yes, Advanced Optimus
Type Dedicated Dedicated
Fabrication process 8 nm 8 nm
GPU base clock 1403 MHz -
GPU boost clock 1635 MHz -
FLOPS 6.7 TFLOPS 4.3-7.1 TFLOPS
Memory size 4 GB 6 GB
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory bus 128 bit 128 bit
Memory speed 12 Gbps ~12 Gbps
Shading units (cores) 2048 2048
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 64 64
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 40 40
GPU performance 6.7 TFLOPS 4.3-7.1 TFLOPS

GPU Benchmarks

Steel Nomad Lite Score
Blender GPU 1179 820
Solar Bay 21072 15788
Expected FPS based on average performance across 9 popular games. Details
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RAM

RAM size
Channels 2x8 GB 1x8 GB
Clock 5200 MHz 5600 MHz
Type DDR5 DDR5
Upgradable Yes Yes
Total slots 2 2
Max. ram size 32 GB 32 GB

Storage

Storage size
Bus PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
Storage type SSD (M2) SSD (M2)
Channels 1x512 GB 1x512 GB
Upgradable Yes Yes
Total slots 2 2
NVMe Yes Yes

Sound

Audio chip Realtek ALC3287 Realtek ALC3204
Speakers 2.0 2.0
Power 2x2W 2x2W
Dolby Atmos No Yes
Loudness - ~78 dB
Microphones 2 2

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard v6 v6
Bluetooth v5.3 v5.2
Fingerprint No No
Infrared sensor No No
Optical drive No No
Webcam Above the display Above the display
Webcam resolution 1280 x 720 1280 x 720
Ports
USB-A 2x USB 3.2 2x USB 3.2
USB Type-C 1x USB 4.0 2x USB 4.0
Thunderbolt No No
HDMI 1x HDMI 2.1 1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort No No
VGA No No
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes Yes
Ethernet (RJ45) Yes Yes
SD card reader No No
Proprietary charging port Yes Yes

Input

Keyboard
Keyboard type Island Island
Numpad Yes Yes
Backlight Yes Yes
Key travel 1.6 mm -
Touchpad
Size 12.0 x 7.5 cm 11.5 x 8.0 cm
Surface Plastic Plastic
Windows Precision Yes Yes
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