Alienware m15 Ryzen Edition laptop.

Alienware launches first AMD gaming laptop in over a decade

Alienware has launched the m15 Ryzen Edition R5 laptop, its first gaming laptop with a processor from Advanced Micro Devices in more than a decade.

The offering is part of a big slate of gaming and standard products coming from Alienware and Dell. Alienware was one of the last holdouts, as AMD has a rare jump on Intel when it comes to processor performance. That architectural advantage has enable AMD to gain market share every quarter for more than three years.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.