Synthetic performances
Synthetic performance
The Alienware X14 is equipped with an Intel Alder Lake processor, the i7-12700H which is an H version, aimed at heavy applications. However, it requires a better cooling and the autonomy can be impacted.
It has 6 performance cores boosting to 4.7 GHz and 8 efficiency cores at 3.5 GHz. The PL1 of the processor is 45W with a PL2 at 115W.
Cinebench R20 and R23
On cinebench R20, the 12700H gets a score of 6295 points in multi-core and 666 points in single-core. In comparison, only the X17 R2 from Alienware equipped with the same chip manages to do better thanks to its better cooling. We took the opportunity to investigate the difference with the DELL Inspiron 14 plus which also has an i7 12700H. The difference would come from a power limit of 90W on the Dell against 115W on the Alienware.
With the R23 version, we are on 16162 points in multi-core and 1704 points in single-core.
On both benchmarks, we are above the 1280P of a 17″ gaming laptop for a very low price and a similar configuration. The 12700H and 1280P use the same core configuration but the 12700H has a higher PL. Although limited by the heat, this Alienware X14 does pretty well on the CPU side.
Geekbench 5
In geekbench 5, the processor rises to 1715 points in single-core and 12639 points in multi-core. Here too, just like Cinebench, we notice a gap on the multi-core. However, it remains slightly behind the Alienware X17.
3DMark CPU
On 3Dmark CPU, we are on 970 points in single-core and 7009 in multi-core.
AIDA64
In terms of RAM and latency, the LPDDR5-5200 in gear 2 goes up to over 103 ns. This is due to the rather slack memory timings with a tCL of 60. The proposed data rates are about 74 GB/s for writing and copying and 64 GB/s for reading. Quite high throughputs thanks to the 5200 Mt/s of this LPDDR5 memory.
The processor shows very good performance despite the restrictions of the formfactor in terms of cooling. A cooling that seems to be behind the Dell Inspiron 14 plus, needs to dissipate 115W against 90W on the Dell.
3DMark Fire Strike
On Fire Strike and Fire Strike Extreme, the RTX 3060 max-Q performs very well considering the limited cooling of a 14-inch device. Considering the noise generated by so much power to dissipate in such a small space, it will not be necessary to use headphones. A use that does not correspond very well to a mobile workstation type of use.
3DMark Time Spy
Then, on Time Spy and Time Spy Extreme the gap remains the same with the RTX 3060 powering the Stealth 17M.
Just like the CPU part, this Alienware X14 is a real power pack in a chassis not really adapted to so much heat release. However, it will manage to perform heavy tasks without difficulty, provided that you wear headphones (even open headphones cover the noise well).
