Dell XPS 13 9350 vs Dell XPS 15 9500

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XPS 13 9350 compared with XPS 15 9500

	DellXPS 13 9350	DellXPS 15 9500
Overview
Released
Released	September 2024	May 2020
Display
Screen size
Screen size	13.4″	15.6″
Resolution
Resolution	1920 × 1200, 2560 × 1600 or 2880 × 1800	1920 × 1200 or 3840 × 2400 (better)
Panel
Panel	IPS LCD or OLED	–
Refresh rate
Refresh rate	120 Hz or 60 Hz (better)	60 Hz
Brightness
Brightness	500 nits or 400 nits	500 nits
Touchscreen
Touchscreen	No or Yes	No or Yes
Display type
Display type	FHD+ (1920 × 1200) non-touch, anti-glare, 120 Hz; QHD+ (2560 × 1600) touchscreen, anti-reflective, 120 Hz; or 3K (2880 × 1800) OLED touchscreen, anti-reflective, 60 Hz	15.6-inch WVA LCD; FHD+ 1920 × 1200 non-touch or UHD+ 3840 × 2400 touchscreen, both 60 Hz and 500 nits
Pixel density
Pixel density	169 ppi (FHD+); 225 ppi (QHD+); 254 ppi (OLED)	145 ppi (FHD+); 290 ppi (UHD+)
Colour range
Colour range	100% sRGB (FHD+); 100% DCI-P3 (QHD+ and OLED)	100% sRGB (FHD+); 100% Adobe RGB (UHD+)
Screen finish
Screen finish	Anti-glare (FHD+); anti-reflective (QHD+ and OLED)	Anti-glare (FHD+); anti-reflective (UHD+)
Display features
Display features	2000:1 contrast (FHD+ and QHD+); OLED 400 nits typical, 1,000,000:1 contrast, 2 ms response; Eyesafe low blue light	Minimum contrast 1650:1 (FHD+) or 1600:1 (UHD+); Dell does not identify the panel technology beyond WVA in the setup guide
Performance
Processor
Processor	Intel Core Ultra 5 226V, Intel Core Ultra 7 256V, Intel Core Ultra 7 258V or Intel Core Ultra 7 268V	Intel Core i5-10300H or Intel Core i7-10750H
CPU cores
CPU cores	8	4 or 6
CPU threads
CPU threads	8	8 or 12
Graphics
Graphics	Intel Arc 130V or Intel Arc 140V	Intel UHD Graphics 630 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti
AI engine (NPU)
AI engine (NPU)	40 TOPS, 47 TOPS or 48 TOPS	–
Memory
Memory	16 GB or 32 GB	8 GB or 32 GB
Storage
Storage	512 GB to 2 TB (better)	512 GB to 1 TB
CPU
CPU	Intel Core Ultra 5 226V (up to 4.5 GHz), Core Ultra 7 256V or 258V (up to 4.8 GHz), Core Ultra 7 268V (up to 5 GHz) or Core Ultra 9 288V (up to 5.1 GHz); 8 cores, 8 threads; 17 W (30 W for the 288V)	45 W Intel Core i5-10300H, i7-10750H, i7-10875H or i9-10885H; four, six or eight cores depending on processor
GPU
GPU	Intel Arc Graphics 130V or 140V	Intel UHD Graphics 630; optional NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti with 4 GB GDDR6
AI engine
AI engine	Intel AI Boost NPU; Copilot+ PC	–
Memory type
Memory type	LPDDR5X at 8533 MT/s, not upgradeable; 16 GB (Core Ultra 5 226V and 7 256V) or 32 GB (258V, 268V and 288V)	Two replaceable SO-DIMMs; dual-channel DDR4-2933; Dell lists 8, 16, 32 and 64 GB configurations
Storage type
Storage type	One M.2 slot; 512 GB or 1 TB M.2 2230, or 2 TB or 4 TB M.2 2280, PCIe Gen 4 NVMe SSD	Two M.2 2230/2280 PCIe Gen 3 x4 NVMe SSD slots; up to 2 TB per drive. The i5/8 GB/512 GB configuration is Dell's battery-test configuration; the i7/32 GB/1 TB UHD+ configuration is the exact TechAdvisor review unit
Battery and size
Battery life (maker's claim)
Battery life (maker's claim)	Up to 26 hours	Up to 25 hours
Battery capacity
Battery capacity	55 Wh	86 Wh (better)
Weight
Weight	1.18 kg (better)	2.05 kg
Thickness
Thickness	15.3 mm (better)	18 mm
Width × depth
Width × depth	295.3 × 199.1 mm	344.4 × 230.3 mm
Battery life detail
Battery life detail	3-cell lithium-ion	56 Wh three-cell or 86 Wh six-cell lithium-ion. Dell claims up to 25 hours in MobileMark 2014 with i5-10300H, 8 GB RAM, 512 GB SSD, integrated graphics, FHD+ display and 86 Wh battery; this is not a claim for the UHD+ configuration
Charger
Charger	60 W USB-C adapter (can be left out in the UK)	90 W or 130 W USB-C power adapter, depending on configuration
Fast charging
Fast charging	ExpressCharge; full charge in about 2 hours with the laptop off	Setup guide lists approximately three hours to charge either battery with the computer switched off
Materials
Materials	CNC-machined aluminium; Gorilla Glass 3	Machined aluminium enclosure and carbon-fibre palm rest
Colours
Colours	Graphite or Platinum	–
Connections
Ports
Ports	2 × Thunderbolt 4	2 × Thunderbolt 3, USB-C, SD card slot, headphone jack
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi	Wi-Fi 7	Wi-Fi 6
Bluetooth
Bluetooth	5.4	5.0 / 5.2, depending on wireless module
Webcam
Webcam	FHD with IR	720p at 30 fps, with IR
Operating system
Operating system	Windows	Windows
Port detail
Port detail	2 × Thunderbolt 4 USB-C with DisplayPort 2.1 and Power Delivery; no headphone jack, card reader or lock slot	Two Thunderbolt 3 USB-C ports with DisplayPort and Power Delivery; one USB 3.2 Gen 2 USB-C port with DisplayPort and Power Delivery; SD card slot; headset jack; wedge-shaped cable lock slot
External displays
External displays	Two 4K displays with the laptop screen on; three 4K, one 5K or one 8K with it off	–
Keyboard
Keyboard	Backlit zero-lattice keyboard; capacitive touch function row; Copilot key	Backlit QWERTY keyboard; 80 keys for the UK layout
Trackpad
Trackpad	Seamless glass haptic touchpad, 112.3 × 64.15 mm	150 × 90 mm touchpad
Speakers
Speakers	Quad speakers (two tweeters, two woofers), 2 W each (2.5 W peak)	Dell's setup guide lists two speakers with subwoofer support; Tom’s Hardware describes two top-firing speakers and two tweeters
Microphones
Microphones	Dual digital-array microphones	Dual-array microphones
Biometrics
Biometrics	IR camera for Windows Hello face recognition and ExpressSign-in 2.0 (optional); fingerprint reader in the power button	IR camera for Windows Hello; fingerprint reader in the power button
In the box
In the box	Laptop and 60 W USB-C power adapter (unless ordered without)	–