Dell may have enabled all possible CUDA cores on the Alienware m15 R5, but that has not necessarily improved GPU performance across the board. Instead, activating 10% more CUDA cores can reduce FPS in some games, albeit with reduced GPU temperatures.
https://www.notebookcheck.net/More-CUDA-cores-do-not-necessarily-mean-better-performance-for-the-Alienware-m15-R5.545958.0.html
As an owner of a Dell device (G5 SE) that has seen severe and completely unnecessary performance regressions from some of the later BIOS releases, I don't trust Dell to do these things properly anymore.
Quote from: Andrew Taylor on June 17, 2021, 15:40:42
As an owner of a Dell device (G5 SE) that has seen severe and completely unnecessary performance regressions from some of the later BIOS releases, I don't trust Dell to do these things properly anymore.
Isn't the wisdom (contained even in manuals) that you shouldn't update BIOS unless you are fixing a problem? Also known as don't fix it if it ain't broken. Not to defend Dell. Just saying that willy-nilly BIOS updates might not be the brightest idea.
This makes me think about returning my M15 R5. I can't fully comprehend how this is inferior to a Omen 15 Ryzen/3070 Q at 100 Max wattage.