ⓘ Alex Wätzel / Notebookcheck

The Sony Inzone M10S II backs up its native 540 Hz refresh rate with a whole host of additional features and creature comforts, like the matte coating, for example, and thanks to the tandem OLED panel, it also boasts much higher overall brightness and a far superior HDR experience, compared to the Alienware for example. But does it really justify spending 3x as much over a standard 240 Hz QD-OLED? 
Or is it a luxury product aimed at enthusiasts and e-sports pros?

The $1,000+ price tag on the Sony Inzone M10S II mainly pays for extreme speed designed for competitive esports. While we would say the Alienware AW2726DM’s 240 Hz QD-OLED is fast enough for 95% of (casual) gamers, the Sony pushes motion smoothness to its absolute limit, and it's a truly terrific gaming experience.

• Alienware AW2726DM (240 Hz): Easily driven by mainstream hardware (like an RTX 5050/5060 notebook) and provides smooth, tear-free gaming for casual esports and single-player titles with existing, but limited HDR capabilities.
• Sony Inzone M10S II (540 Hz / 720 Hz): Requires top-tier hardware (e.g., RTX 5090 + Ryzen 7 9850X3D) to hit its native 540 Hz limit even in popular esports titles. The experimental 720 Hz mode drops resolution to 720p, resulting in severe pixelation on a 27" panel that isn't worth the visual sacrifice. Thanks to the much higher brightness, properly supported HDR games offer a much more impressive experience, though. 

The age-old question of matte vs. glossy, and while the Sony loses a little of the typical "OLED-Wow-Effect", the matte coating makes it a lot more flexible in challenging lighting conditions.

• Glossy QD-OLED (Alienware): Delivers incredible perceived depth and punchy colors, but full-screen SDR brightness caps out at ~186 Nits. Reflections can become an issue if you have a window directly behind your desk.
• Matte Tandem OLED (Sony): Features an advanced anti-reflective coating paired with a high ~306 Nit SDR brightness and a massive 1,411 Nit HDR peak, allowing you to place the screen anywhere in a bright room without glare.

While OLEDs are generally very well suited for creator tasks in visual professions (photo/video editing) thanks to their high color gamut coverage, color accuracy varies drastically between our two contenders, and the much cheaper Alienware actually does a lot better than the Inzone. 

• Alienware AW2726DM: Post-calibration testing yielded an average ColorChecker DeltaE of 1.9, making it a viable secondary monitor for photo and video editing.
• Sony Inzone M10S II: Suffers from poor out-of-the-box color accuracy that cannot be brought down to trustworthy levels even with manual calibration, making it unsuitable for (professional) color-critical work.

Apart from the overall brightness numbers, both panels share the same characteristic, inherent to all OLEDs. 

• SDR Brightness: 186.1 Nits
• HDR Peak Brightness: 385 Nits (9% APL) / 189 Nits (100% APL)
• Response Times: 0.32 ms (BtW) / 0.24 ms (GtG)
• PWM: 240 Hz
• Color Gamut: 100% sRGB, 93.98% AdobeRGB, 99.84% Display P3
• Color Accuracy: DeltaE 3.4 - 1.9 (Calibrated)

• SDR Brightness: 306.8 Nits (100% APL)
• HDR Peak Brightness: 1,411 Nits (1% APL) / 647.8 Nits (9% APL)
• Response Times: 0.13 ms (BtW) / 0.13 ms (GtG)
• PWM: 573 Hz
• Color Gamut: 99.9% sRGB, 94.6% AdobeRGB, 99.3% Display P3
• Color Accuracy: Greyscale DeltaE 4.7 (Factory) - 4.2 (Calibrated)

• Buy the Alienware AW2726DM if: You want a $350 entry point into OLED contrast, great color accuracy for productivity, and gaming in a room without windows directly behind your screen.
• Buy the Sony Inzone M10S II if: You are an esports professional or hardcore competitive gamer with high-end hardware (RTX 5090 class), prefer the cleaner design, or want top-tier HDR brightness, a matte glare-free finish, and native 540 Hz motion clarity.

If you want to see our full standalone testing, detailed color measurements, and daily driver impressions of Dell's entry-level QD-OLED, check out our Alienware AW2726DM Video Review

Alex Wätzel - Senior Tech Writer - 308 articles published on Notebookcheck since 2022

Usually my first coffee is accompanied by photoshop on my pc for the majority of my workday. After an average of 5 cups and about 8-10h later I switch from the adobe suite to steam or the xbox game pass. I startet my career as a professional retoucher more than 10 years ago still on a mac. After a few years I transitioned back to windows machines for a number of reasons. The new found freedom when it comes to hardware got me into building my own workstations and also allowed me to get familier with professional grade laptops and well, it also got me gaming again. Since my job only requires a speedy laptop and reliable internet connection, I took full advantage of it and travelled all over the world while working remotely. I always like a challenge and try to push myself whenever possible. Lately that meant getting more familiar and proficient with video production and of course starting to write for Notebookcheck.