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Review
Performance
System and application performance
Gaming
Performance in popular 3D games
Display
Viewing angle, color accuracy, brightness
Battery Life
Potential battery life in light and average use
Connectivity
Ports, webcam and other interfaces
Case
Design, materials, durability and usability
NanoReview Score
Key Differences
Advantages of the MSI GF75 Thin
- Can run popular games at about 75-102% higher FPS
- Thinner bezels and 18% higher screen-to-body ratio
- User-upgradable RAM (up to 64GB)
Advantages of the Dell Alienware m15 R3
- Easier to carry: weighs 190 grams less (around 0.42 lbs)
- Around 29% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench R20 test
- Features a a little bigger (~10%) battery – 56 against 51 watt-hours
Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 2.3 kg (5.07 lbs) | 2.11 kg (4.65 lbs) |
| Width | 397 mm (15.63 inches) | 360.3 mm (14.19 inches) |
| Height | 260 mm (10.24 inches) | 276 mm (10.87 inches) |
| Thickness | 22-23.1 mm (0.87-0.91 inches) | 20.5 mm (0.81 inches) |
| Area | 1032 cm2 (160.1 inches2) | 994 cm2 (154.2 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~79.9% | ~67.5% |
| Side bezels | 7 mm | 7.5 mm |
| Colors | Black | Black, Gray |
| Transformer | No | No |
| Opening angle | - | 140° |
| Cooling system | Active | Active |
| Vapor chamber | No | Yes |
| Number of fans | 2 | 2 |
| Noise level | - | 50 dB |
Display
| Size | 17.3 inches | 15.6 inches |
| Type | IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| Refresh rate | 144 Hz | 144 Hz |
| PPI | 127 ppi | 141 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 16:9 | 16:9 |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1080 pixels | 1920 x 1080 pixels |
| HDR support | No | No |
| Touchscreen | No | No |
| Coating | Matte | Glossy (Antireflective) |
| Contrast | - | 800:1 |
| sRGB color space | 100% | 99.2% |
| Adobe RGB profile | - | 63.7% |
| DCI-P3 color gamut | - | 100% |
| Response time | 3 ms | 7 ms |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Voltage | - | 11.4 V |
| Full charging time | - | 2:30 hr |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
| USB Power Delivery | No | Yes |
| Charging port position | Bottom | Bottom |
| Charge power | 180 W | 130 / 180 / 240 W |
| Weigh of AC adapter | - | 895 gramm |
Sound
| Audio chip | Nahimic 3 | Realtek ALC3281-CG |
| Speakers | 2.0 | 2.2 |
| Power | 2x2W | 2x5W |
| Dolby Atmos | No | No |
| Loudness | - | 89.5 dB |
| Microphones | 2 | 2 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v6 | v6 |
| Bluetooth | v5.1 | v5.1 |
| Fingerprint | No | No |
| Optical drive | No | No |
| Webcam | Above the display | Above the display |
| Webcam resolution | 1280 x 720 | 1280 x 720 |
| USB Type-C | 1x USB 3.2 | 1x USB 3.1 |
| USB-A | 3x USB 3.2 | 3x USB 3.1 |
| HDMI | 1x HDMI 2.0 | 1x HDMI 2.0 |
| DisplayPort | No | 1x v1.4 |
| VGA | No | No |
| Audio jack (3.5 mm) | Yes | Yes |
| Ethernet (RJ45) | Yes | Yes |
| SD card reader | No | Yes |
| Proprietary charging port | Yes | Yes |
Input
| Keyboard type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | No | No |
| Backlight | Yes | Yes |
| Key travel | - | 1.7 mm |
| Size | - | 10.6 x 6.0 cm |
| Surface | Glass | Glass |
| Windows Precision | Yes | Yes |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 2.5 GHz | 2.6 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 4.5 GHz | 5 GHz |
| Cores | 4 | 6 |
| Threads | 8 | 12 |
| L3 Cache | 8 MB | 12 MB |
| Integrated GPU | Intel UHD Graphics 630 | Intel UHD Graphics 630 |
| Fabrication process | 14 nm | 14 nm |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
Graphics Card
GPU name
| Type | Dedicated | Dedicated |
| Fabrication process | 8 nm | 7 nm |
| GPU base clock | 816-1387 MHz | 1375 MHz |
| GPU boost clock | 1283-1703 MHz | 1645 MHz |
| FLOPS | 10.94 TFLOPS | 4.632 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | 6 GB | 4 GB |
| Memoty type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory bus | 192 bit | 128 bit |
| Memory clock | 1750 MHz (Effective - 12000-14000 MHz) | 1750 MHz (Effective - 14000 MHz) |
| Shading units | 3840 | 1408 |
| DirectX support | 12 | 12 |
| Max. resolution | 3840x2160 - 60 Hz | 3840x2160 - 60 Hz |
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 2x8 GB | 2x8 GB |
| Clock | 3200 MHz | 2666 MHz |
| Type | DDR4 | DDR4 |
| Upgradable | Yes | No |
| Total slots | 2 | 2 |
| Max. ram size | 64 GB | - |
Storage
Storage size
| Storage type | SSD (M2) | SSD (M2) |
| Channels | 1x256 GB | 1x256 GB |
| Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
| Total slots | 2 | 3 |
| NVMe | Yes | Yes |
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