HP OMEN 16 (2022) vs Dell Alienware m16 R2 (2024) Side-by-Side Laptop Comparison

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Updated Sep 26, 2024 02:22 PM

Size16.1"

Operating SystemWindows 11

Size16"

Operating SystemWindows 11

Variants

OMEN 16 (16-k0023dx) (Shadow Black - 2.5K/i7/RTX 3060/16GB/1TB)
OMEN 16 (16-b1020nr) (Shadow Black - 2.5K/i7/RTX 3070/16GB/512GB)
OMEN 16 ( 16-k0013dx) (Shadow Black - FHD/144Hz/300 nits/i7/RTX 3050Ti/16GB/1TB)
OMEN 16 (16-k0018ca) (Shadow Black - FHD/144Hz/300 nits/i7/RTX 3060/16GB/1TB)
OMEN 16 (16-b1010nr) (Shadow Black - FHD/144Hz/300 nits/i7/RTX 3060/16GB/1TB)
OMEN 16 (16-b1075ng) (Shadow Black - FHD/144Hz/300 nits/i7/RTX 3060/16GB/512GB)
OMEN 16 (16-b1012ns) (Shadow Black - FHD/144Hz/300 nits/i7/RTX 3060/16GB/512GB)
OMEN 16 (16t-b100) (Shadow Black - FHD/60Hz/250 nits/i5/GTX 1650/8GB/512GB)

Alienware m16 R2 (AWM16) (Dark Metallic Moon - Ultra 7 155H/RTX 4060/16GB/1TB)
Alienware m16 R2 (AWM16-7032BLK-PUS) (Dark Metallic Moon - Ultra 7 155H/RTX 4060/16GB/1TB)
Alienware m16 R2 (AWM16-7025BLK-PUS) (Dark Metallic Moon - Ultra 7 155H/RTX 4070/16GB/1TB)
Alienware m16 R2 (AWM16-9487BLK-PUS) (Dark Metallic Moon - Ultra 9 185H/RTX 4070/32GB/1TB)

Review

See HP OMEN 16 (2022) review

See Dell Alienware m16 R2 (2024) review

Our Verdict

HP OMEN 16 (2022)

Dell Alienware m16 R2 (2024)

The Dell Alienware m16 R2 (2024) is better than the HP OMEN 16 (2022) for most uses. The Dell is available with faster CPUs and GPUs to deliver a smoother gaming experience. It doesn't have as many display options as the HP, but its 240Hz QHD screen is better than all of the HP's display options, as it has a higher refresh rate, faster response time, and VRR support. On the other hand, the HP has a more compact design that makes it easier to carry around. It also doesn't get as hot or loud under load.

Check Price

Shadow Black - 2.5K/i7/RTX 3060/16GB/1TB

OMEN 16 (16-k0023dx)

Dark Metallic Moon - Ultra 7 155H/RTX 4060/16GB/1TB

Alienware m16 R2 (AWM16)

Shadow Black - 2.5K/i7/RTX 3070/16GB/512GB

OMEN 16 (16-b1020nr)

Dark Metallic Moon - Ultra 7 155H/RTX 4060/16GB/1TB

Alienware m16 R2 (AWM16-7032BLK-PUS)

Shadow Black - FHD/144Hz/300 nits/i7/RTX 3050Ti/16GB/1TB

OMEN 16 ( 16-k0013dx)

Dark Metallic Moon - Ultra 7 155H/RTX 4070/16GB/1TB

Alienware m16 R2 (AWM16-7025BLK-PUS)

Shadow Black - FHD/144Hz/300 nits/i7/RTX 3060/16GB/1TB

OMEN 16 (16-k0018ca)

Dark Metallic Moon - Ultra 9 185H/RTX 4070/32GB/1TB

Alienware m16 R2 (AWM16-9487BLK-PUS)

Shadow Black - FHD/144Hz/300 nits/i7/RTX 3060/16GB/1TB

OMEN 16 (16-b1010nr)

Shadow Black - FHD/144Hz/300 nits/i7/RTX 3060/16GB/512GB

OMEN 16 (16-b1075ng)

Shadow Black - FHD/144Hz/300 nits/i7/RTX 3060/16GB/512GB

OMEN 16 (16-b1012ns)

Shadow Black - FHD/60Hz/250 nits/i5/GTX 1650/8GB/512GB

OMEN 16 (16t-b100)

Main Differences for

Threshold

0.10

School

7.1

Battery

5.3

6.4

Portability

6.5

5.5

Touchpad

8.8

6.8

Build Quality

7.5

9.0

Full Comparison

School

7.1

Gaming

7.3

8.8

Multimedia

6.8

Workstation

8.7

9.1

Business

7.8

8.0

Design

Style

Style Photo

Form Factor

Traditional (Clamshell)

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Build Quality

7.5

9.0

Build Quality Photo

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Hinge

7.9

9.4

Hinge Photo

Range

130°

180°

Stability

Decent

Good

One Finger Lift

Yes

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Portability

6.5

5.5

Dimensions Photo

Size

16.1"

16"

Thickness

1.1" (2.9 cm)

0.9" (2.3 cm)

Width

14.5" (36.8 cm)

14.4" (36.5 cm)

Depth

9.8" (24.8 cm)

9.8" (25.0 cm)

Volume

161.5 in³ (2,646.7 cm³)

128.1 in³ (2,098.8 cm³)

Weight

5.1 lbs (2.3 kg)

6.4 lbs (2.9 kg)

Charger Size

10.9 in³ (179.4 cm³)

12.4 in³ (204.0 cm³)

Charger Weight

0.9 lbs (0.4 kg)

2.0 lbs (0.9 kg)

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Serviceability

8.6

9.1

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Ease Of Access

8.0

9.0

RAM Slots

Storage Slots

Replaceable Battery

Yes

Replaceable Wireless Adapter

Yes

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In The Box

In The Box Photo

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Display

Screen Specs

Display Photo

Resolution

1920 x 1080

2560 x 1600

Aspect Ratio

16:9

16:10

Pixel Density

137 PPI

188 PPI

Panel Type

IPS

Touch Screen

Screen-To-Body Ratio

79%

82%

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Refresh Rate

5.9

9.6

Motion Blur

Refresh Rate

60 Hz

240 Hz

Variable Refresh Rate

G-SYNC

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Contrast

7.5

7.3

Contrast Photo

Native Contrast

1,442 : 1

1,300 : 1

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Brightness

7.1

6.9

Maximum Brightness

307 cd/m²

296 cd/m²

Minimum Brightness

15 cd/m²

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Reflections

7.6

7.1

Reflections Photo Off

Reflections Photo Max

Screen Finish

Matte

Total Reflections

4.53%

5.69%

Indirect Reflections

2.88%

3.97%

Calculated Direct Reflections

1.65%

1.72%

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Black Uniformity

6.5

7.0

Black Uniformity Photo

Uniformity (Std. Dev.)

1.673%

1.348%

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Horizontal Viewing Angle

6.6

6.3

Horizontal Viewing Angle Video

Horizontal Chroma Picture

Color Washout From Left

24°

23°

Color Washout From Right

28°

23°

Horizontal Hue Picture

Color Shift From Left

43°

28°

Color Shift From Right

46°

37°

Horizontal Lightness Picture

Brightness Loss From Left

27°

25°

Brightness Loss From Right

30°

26°

Black Level Raise From Left

60°

Black Level Raise From Right

60°

Gamma Shift From Left

23°

24°

Gamma Shift From Right

27°

26°

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Vertical Viewing Angle

6.9

6.4

Vertical Viewing Angle Video

Vertical Chroma Picture

Color Washout From Below

29°

23°

Color Washout From Above

28°

24°

Vertical Hue Picture

Color Shift From Below

36°

34°

Color Shift From Above

45°

31°

Vertical Lightness Picture

Brightness Loss From Below

28°

25°

Brightness Loss From Above

28°

25°

Black Level Raise From Below

45°

Black Level Raise From Above

45°

Gamma Shift From Below

29°

28°

Gamma Shift From Above

29°

28°

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Out-Of-The-Box Color Accuracy

7.6

5.1

White Balance Screencap

Gamma Curve Screencap

Color Screencap

Avg. White Balance dE

1.3

5.29

Avg. Gamma

2.1

2.31

Avg. Color dE

4.7

4.36

Avg. Color Temperature

6,525.6 K

5,675.9 K

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Color Gamut

4.1

8.8

Gamut SDR

sRGB xy

65.82%

99.96%

sRGB uv

54.24%

99.85%

Adobe RGB xy

48.91%

81.04%

Adobe RGB uv

46.78%

91.01%

Gamut HDR

DCI P3 xy

48.64%

83.58%

DCI P3 uv

43.46%

89.01%

Rec. 2020 xy

34.9%

60.1%

Rec. 2020 uv

31.68%

65.41%

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Flicker

Flicker Graph

Flicker-Free

Yes

Flicker Frequency

No Flicker

Flicker Active Below

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Interface

Keyboard

8.0

8.8

Keyboard Photo

Typing Quality

8.0

8.5

Numpad

Backlighting

On / Off

Per-Key RGB

Key Switch Actuation Graph

Operating Force

70 gf

75 gf

Actuation Force

33 gf

38 gf

Pre-Travel

1.04 mm

1.29 mm

Total Travel

1.42 mm

1.74 mm

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Touchpad

8.8

6.8

Touchpad Photo

Tracking Quality

9.0

6.5

Size

15.5 in² (100.0 cm²)

12.5 in² (80.5 cm²)

Material

Glass

Dedicated Buttons

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Speakers

8.9

8.3

Frequency Response Plot

Max Volume

81 dB SPL

76 dB SPL

Standard Error @ Normal Vol. (65 dB)

5.4 dB

4.4 dB

Slope @ Normal Vol. (65 dB)

1.5

0.4

Bass Extension (Low-Frequency Ext.)

236 Hz

Treble Extension (High-Frequency Ext.)

14 kHz

20 kHz

Dynamic Range Compression @ Max Vol.

1.0 dB

0.7 dB

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Webcam & Microphone

7.0

Webcam Video Sample

Video Quality

7.0

Resolution

720p

1080p

Position

Top Center

Privacy Cover

Face Unlock

Yes

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Connectivity

Ports

9.0

Ports Photo

USB-A Ports

USB-C Ports

Thunderbolt

Thunderbolt 4

USB-C Charging

Yes

USB-C Display Out

Yes

HDMI

2.0

2.1

DisplayPort

Mini DisplayPort 1.4

3.5mm Jack

Combo mic/headphone

Card Reader

SD UHS 1

MicroSD UHS 2

Ethernet

Yes

Proprietary Port

Alienware Power Adapter Port

Security Lock

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Wireless Communication

Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax)

Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be)

Bluetooth

5.2

5.4

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Configuration

CPU

Brand

Intel

Model

Core i5-12500H

Core Ultra 7 155H

Core Count

Thread Count

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GPU

Brand

NVIDIA

Model

Geforce GTX 1650

GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU

Dedicated/Integrated

Dedicated

VRAM Size

4 GB

8 GB

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RAM

Capacity

8 GB

16 GB

Modules

Type

DDR5

Speed

4,800 MHz

5,600 MHz

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Storage

Advertised Capacity

512 GB

1,000 GB

Usable Capacity

440 GB

921 GB

Drive 1

Samsung MZVL2512HCJQ-00BH1

Samsung PM9A1 NVMe 1024GB

Drive 1 Type

SSD

Drive 2

No 2nd Drive

Drive 2 Type

No 2nd Drive

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Performance

Geekbench 5 (Synthetics)

9.2

9.9

Geekbench Image

CPU Single-Thread

1,637 points

1,770 points

CPU Multi-Thread

8,621 points

16,673 points

GPU Compute

40,577 points

108,092 points

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Cinebench R23 (CPU Rendering)

9.8

Cinebench R23 Photo

Single-Thread

1,730 points

1,807 points

Multi-Thread

13,948 points

18,673 points

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Blender (3D Rendering)

8.9

9.4

Blender Image

CPU Render Time

3.7 min

2.2 min

GPU Render Time

1.1 min

0.4 min

GPU Render Time (Optix)

N/A

9 s

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Basemark GPU (Game Scene)

7.3

9.8

Basemark Image

Overall Score

44,242

120,228

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Storage Drive Performance

9.6

Storage Performance Image

Sequential Write Speed

1,592.7 MB/s

2,108.1 MB/s

Sequential Read Speed

4,334.3 MB/s

2,705.8 MB/s

Random Write Speed

107.6 MB/s

129.5 MB/s

Random Read Speed

69.2 MB/s

77.2 MB/s

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Battery

5.3

6.4

Capacity

83 Wh

90 Wh

Battery Life (Web Browsing)

6.9 hrs

Battery Life (Video Playback)

2.9 hrs

7.8 hrs

Battery Life (Gaming)

1.4 hrs

1.9 hrs

Charge Time

2.2 hrs

2.8 hrs

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Borderlands 3

4.6

7.8

Borderlands 3 Graph

Avg. FPS

37 fps

101 fps

1% Low

15 fps

60 fps

0.1% Low

6 fps

35 fps

1% Low Delta

40 ms

7 ms

0.1% Low Delta

137 ms

18 ms

Avg. FPS On Very Low

82 fps

130 fps

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Civilization VI

7.3

9.0

Civilization VI Graph

Avg. FPS

65 fps

168 fps

1% Low

42 fps

109 fps

0.1% Low

40 fps

102 fps

1% Low Delta

8 ms

3 ms

0.1% Low Delta

9 ms

4 ms

Avg. FPS On Minimum

219 fps

330 fps

Avg. Turn Time

7.5 s

5.99 s

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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

9.5

CS:GO graph

Avg. FPS

226 fps

1% Low

133 fps

0.1% Low

91 fps

1% Low Delta

3 ms

0.1% Low Delta

7 ms

Avg. FPS On Low

411 fps

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Counter-Strike 2

9.1

CS2 Graph

Avg. FPS

227fps

1% Low

99fps

0.1% Low

61fps

1% Low Delta

6 ms

0.1% Low Delta

12 ms

Avg. FPS On Low

324fps

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Shadow Of The Tomb Raider

6.0

8.4

SOTTR Graph

Avg. FPS

56 fps

133 fps

1% Low

31 fps

80 fps

0.1% Low

11 fps

44 fps

1% Low Delta

14 ms

5 ms

0.1% Low Delta

74 ms

15 ms

Avg. FPS On Lowest

93 fps

155 fps

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Thermals And Noise

8.2

5.8

Keyboard Temps Picture

Keyboard Temp While Idle

31 °C (87 °F)

38 °C (100 °F)

Keyboard Temp Under Load

42 °C (107 °F)

51 °C (124 °F)

Fan Noise While Idle

28.0 dBA

25.0 dBA

Fan Noise Under Load

38.0 dBA

53.0 dBA

Power & Fan Control App

Yes

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Performance Over Time

7.8

8.0

Performance Over Time Graph

CPU Temp (Cinebench)

90 °C

100 °C

CPU Perf. Loss (Cinebench)

15% loss

13% loss

GPU Temp (Heaven)

64 °C

62 °C

GPU Perf. Loss (Heaven)

0% loss

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Additional Features And Software

Software

Operating System

Windows 11

Additional Software

Yes

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Extra Features

RGB Illumination

Yes

Touch Pen

Secondary Display

Biometrics

Face Recognition

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Check Price

Shadow Black - 2.5K/i7/RTX 3060/16GB/1TB

OMEN 16 (16-k0023dx)

Dark Metallic Moon - Ultra 7 155H/RTX 4060/16GB/1TB

Alienware m16 R2 (AWM16)

Shadow Black - 2.5K/i7/RTX 3070/16GB/512GB

OMEN 16 (16-b1020nr)

Dark Metallic Moon - Ultra 7 155H/RTX 4060/16GB/1TB

Alienware m16 R2 (AWM16-7032BLK-PUS)

Shadow Black - FHD/144Hz/300 nits/i7/RTX 3050Ti/16GB/1TB

OMEN 16 ( 16-k0013dx)

Dark Metallic Moon - Ultra 7 155H/RTX 4070/16GB/1TB

Alienware m16 R2 (AWM16-7025BLK-PUS)

Shadow Black - FHD/144Hz/300 nits/i7/RTX 3060/16GB/1TB

OMEN 16 (16-k0018ca)

Dark Metallic Moon - Ultra 9 185H/RTX 4070/32GB/1TB

Alienware m16 R2 (AWM16-9487BLK-PUS)

Shadow Black - FHD/144Hz/300 nits/i7/RTX 3060/16GB/1TB

OMEN 16 (16-b1010nr)

Shadow Black - FHD/144Hz/300 nits/i7/RTX 3060/16GB/512GB

OMEN 16 (16-b1075ng)

Shadow Black - FHD/144Hz/300 nits/i7/RTX 3060/16GB/512GB

OMEN 16 (16-b1012ns)

Shadow Black - FHD/60Hz/250 nits/i5/GTX 1650/8GB/512GB

OMEN 16 (16t-b100)