Dell XPS 15 9500

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Dell XPS has always been rated as one of the most attractive laptops on the market, from design, performance to other features. That is also the most worthy representative of Windows placed next to the MacBook. With the Dell XPS 15 9500, this product line is raised to a new level.

The previous XPS 15 series already had ultra-thin screen borders, but with the XPS 15 9500, Dell can still make the machine 5.5% smaller while the screen area increases by 5% compared to its predecessors. If you wonder why the size is unchanged, the area is larger. The reason is that Dell has switched to the 16:10 screen ratio like the MacBook instead of 16: 9 as before.

Increasing the screen height helps Dell make full use of the screen’s bottom edge, turning this into an extremely impressive laptop; all four edges are thinned to the maximum. Inside the “sexy” appearance, the Dell XPS 15 9500 also carries the power of the recently launched 10th generation Intel processor and discrete Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Max-Q graphics.

Configuration and price

Dell XPS 15 9500 is equipped by Dell with Intel’s latest 10th generation H-series processor with promising performance improvement compared to the previous 9th generation. The basic configuration of the XPS 15 9500 will have a 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5-10300H, 8GB of RAM, a 256GB PCIe SSD, an Intel UHD GPU, and a 15.6-inch, 1920 x 1200 display. This version will be suitable for those who do office work. The room needs a large-screen, high-performance laptop or image editing, light video collage.

The price of this version is 1,299 USD. There are also many other options like:

– Core i5-10300H, 8 MB Cache, 4 Core, 2.50 GHz to 4.50 GHz

– Core i7-10750H, 12 MB Cache, 6 Core, 2.60 GHz to 5 GHz

– Core i7-10875H, 16 MB Cache, 8 Core, 2.30 GHz to 5.10 GHz

– Core i9-10885H, 16 MB Cache, 8 Core, 2.40 GHz to 5.30 GHz

RAM from 8GB to 64GB, SSD up to 2TB, optional discrete card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Max-Q – 4 GB GDDR6. 56Wh or 86Wh battery, Full HD or 4K touch screen.

The version used for review in this article costs $2,399 and features a 2.6GHz Intel Core i7-10750H CPU, 32GB RAM, 512GB PCIe SSD, Intel UHD GPU + Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Max-Q with 4GB of RAM , 15.6 inch touch screen, 3840 x 2400.

Design

The XPS 15 9500 impresses from the outside with its platinum CNC aluminum lid and prominent Dell logo. Almost the entire palm rest is covered with carbon and a very large touchpad when opening the screen.

With the 86Wh battery version, the XPS 15 9500 weighs 2.05 kg, equivalent to the 16-inch MacBook Pro. The machine measures 18 mm x 344.72 mm x 230.14 mm, actually 5.5% smaller than the previous XPS 15.

Connecting port

Like the 13-inch line, the Dell XPS 15 9500 also no longer has a traditional USB-A port but instead has 3 Type-C ports. Two ports support Thunderbolt 3. The machine has its power port and still has a 3.5 mn audio jack, so it’s equivalent to a 16-inch MacBook Pro. But there is a commendable point that semi-professional photographers and videographers will like that there is still a full SD memory card slot.

Monitor

Increasing the screen ratio to 16:10 makes the screen resolution also increase to 3840 x 2400, making this the highest resolution laptop on the market. The device’s screen is also protected by a layer of Corning Gorilla Glass 6 for a solid feel; the touch operation is also more natural.

In terms of display quality, the Dell XPS 15 9500 4K version can reproduce 132% of the sRGB color gamut, which is more vivid than the 123% premium laptop average. That result is also better than the MacBook Pro’s 114%. In terms of brightness, the machine also reached 434 nits, higher than the 367 nit average and slightly higher than the MacBook Pro 429 nit.

XPS also provides Dell PremierColor for users to customize the color display mode easily.

Keyboard – Touchpad

Like the XPS 13, the Dell XPS 15 9500 2020 also has larger keys but still maintains an even distance between the keys, good bounce, quick response for a comfortable typing experience. In general, so far, the keyboard on the Dell XPS is still appreciated, although not as good as the legendary ThinkPad, still satisfying for fastidious users.

The Touchpad, which measures up to 15 x 8.9 cm, the Dell XPS 15 9500 is one of the laptops with the largest Touchpad on the market. Although still a bit smaller than the MacBook Pro 16 (15.5 x 9.9 cm), it can help you easily control the entire screen without ever reaching the edge of the Touchpad. The touchpad experience on the XPS has always been compared to the MacBook; combined with the significantly increased size, now the experience on the XPS 15 9500 is almost comparable to the legendary MacBook’s trackpad. But of course, still lose to Force Touch and the optimal capabilities of the software.

With a very large size, when using, you will touch the Touchpad part of the machine. Still, like the MacBook, the machine’s recognition ability is very good, rarely wrongly identified.

Sound

XPS 15 9500 is equipped with up to 4 speakers from Waves NX 3D. Including two full-range speakers and two tweeters that provide excellent sound reproduction, vivid 3D sound.

Performance

The XPS 15 scored 25,934 on the Geekbench 4.3 test, a pretty high number. But because the configuration used in the review is only i7 with six cores, it is still not comparable to the MacBook with i9 configuration with eight cores reaching 31,178 points.

The XPS 15 9500 decoded 4K video to 1080p in 10 minutes and 6 seconds. That’s much faster than the 18:44-minute category average, but the MacBook Pro is significantly faster, taking just 8 minutes.

Regarding the hard drive speed test, the XPS 15’s 512GB PCIe SSD duplicated 4.97GB of multimedia files in 8 seconds at 726MB/s. The MacBook Pro’s 2TB M.2 NVMe SSD hit 1,017.9 MBps. The XPS 15 9500 with a 2TB configuration can completely surpass the MacBook’s results.

The XPS 15 9500 is not a laptop born for gaming in terms of graphics performance. Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Max-Q graphics card is only suitable for moderate design, image editing, and editing needs. When testing with some games, the XPS 15 reached 42 fps at 1080p with GTA V.

Battery life

Quite surprising when the XPS 15 9500 owns a screen of 4K but can pass 8 hours in the battery test (continuous web surfing over Wi-Fi at 150 nits brightness). However, it still can’t match the 16-inch MacBook Pro (10 hours and 55 minutes), with a lower screen resolution and higher battery capacity.

Regarding temperature, the machine is quite cool when using light tasks like watching videos. Still, we need to wait for more detailed temperature tests after running heavy tasks like rendering on Only the highest configuration version of i9 knows if the machine’s cooling system is working effectively or not.

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