Aurora 16X marks Alienware's mid-range comeback with 240 Hz display and Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 GPU

Alienware has presented the Aurora 16X today alongside the Aurora 16, launch details for which we have covered separately. While the pair look similar, the Aurora 16X can be configured with considerably more powerful hardware than the Aurora 16. Accordingly, the Aurora 16X is thicker and heavier than its sibling at 23.4 mm and 2.66 kg, respectively.

According to Alienware, the Aurora 16X can be configured with Intel Arrow Lake processors from the Core Ultra 5 235HX to the Core Ultra 9 275HX. The machine also starts with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 but can be configured with a GeForce RTX 5070, too. In that sense, the Aurora 16X arguably replaces last year's Alienware X16 R2 in terms of performance (curr. $1,834.99 on Amazon). Both dGPU options have 115 W TGPs with an extra 15 W in Dynamic Boost, though.

Meanwhile, Alienware has equipped the Aurora 16X with a 16-inch IPS display that resolves at 2,560 x 1,600 pixels with full DCI-P3 colour space coverage, 500 nits peak brightness and a 240 Hz refresh rate. A 90 Wh battery is onboard, as are two M.2 SSD slots and an RGB backlight keyboard that the cheaper Aurora 16 misses out on. Currently, Dell expects to begin selling the Aurora 16X in the Eurozone from May 27 with a starting price of €1,699 (~$1,923).