Dell XPS 13 9350 vs Lenovo ThinkPad X390

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XPS 13 9350 compared with ThinkPad X390

	DellXPS 13 9350	LenovoThinkPad X390
Overview
Released
Released	September 2024	March 2019
Display
Screen size
Screen size	13.4″	13.3″
Resolution
Resolution	1920 × 1200, 2560 × 1600 or 2880 × 1800 (better)	1920 × 1080
Panel
Panel	IPS LCD or OLED	IPS LCD
Refresh rate
Refresh rate	120 Hz or 60 Hz	–
Brightness
Brightness	500 nits or 400 nits (better)	300 nits
Touchscreen
Touchscreen	No or Yes	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	Listed FHD ten-point-touch IPS panel, 72% NTSC; optional FHD non-touch IPS, HD 1366 × 768 TN at 250 nits or Privacy Guard FHD IPS at 400 nits
Pixel density
Pixel density	169 ppi (FHD+); 225 ppi (QHD+); 254 ppi (OLED)	–
Colour range
Colour range	100% sRGB (FHD+); 100% DCI-P3 (QHD+ and OLED)	–
Screen finish
Screen finish	Anti-glare (FHD+); anti-reflective (QHD+ and OLED)	Anti-glare
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	–
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 i7-8565U
CPU cores
CPU cores	8	4
CPU threads
CPU threads	8	8
Graphics
Graphics	Intel Arc 130V or Intel Arc 140V	Intel UHD Graphics
AI engine (NPU)
AI engine (NPU)	40 TOPS, 47 TOPS or 48 TOPS	–
Memory
Memory	16 GB or 32 GB (better)	16 GB
Storage
Storage	512 GB to 2 TB (better)	512 GB
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)	8th-generation Core i3/i5/i7; later 10th-generation Core i5/i7 outside EMEA; listed combination verified by Windows Central; available by March 2019 according to contemporaneous Notebookcheck coverage, ahead of maker's planned May launch
GPU
GPU	Intel Arc Graphics 130V or 140V	Integrated Intel UHD Graphics; no separate graphics option
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)	DDR4-2400 soldered to system board; no sockets; 4, 8, 16 or 32 GB; 32 GB unavailable on later 10th-generation models
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	One replaceable M.2 SATA or PCIe NVMe drive; PCIe 3.0 ×4 for 2280 or ×2 for 2242; listed 512 GB PCIe NVMe drive (Windows Central)
Battery and size
Battery life (maker's claim)
Battery life (maker's claim)	Up to 26 hours	Up to 17.6 hours
Battery capacity
Battery capacity	55 Wh (better)	48 Wh
Weight
Weight	1.18 kg (better)	1.28 kg
Thickness
Thickness	15.3 mm (better)	16.9 mm
Width × depth
Width × depth	295.3 × 199.1 mm	311.9 × 217.2 mm
Battery life detail
Battery life detail	3-cell lithium-ion	Integrated 48 Wh; up to 17.6 hours MobileMark 2014 or 19 hours JEITA 2.0; Rapid Charge up to 80% in one hour with 65 W adapter; weight and dimensions shown for PPS touch configuration, non-touch carbon-fibre FHD starts at 1.22 kg and 16.5 mm thickness
Charger
Charger	60 W USB-C adapter (can be left out in the UK)	45 W or 65 W USB-C adapter
Fast charging
Fast charging	ExpressCharge; full charge in about 2 hours with the laptop off	–
Materials
Materials	CNC-machined aluminium; Gorilla Glass 3	PPS or carbon-fibre display cover; magnesium-aluminium bottom; carbon-fibre cover offered only with non-touch FHD
Colours
Colours	Graphite or Platinum	Black
Connections
Ports
Ports	2 × Thunderbolt 4	2 × USB-A, 2 × USB-C, Thunderbolt, HDMI, microSD slot, headphone jack
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi	Wi-Fi 7	Intel Wireless-AC 9560, 2×2 802.11ac; optional Wi-Fi 6 AX200
Bluetooth
Bluetooth	5.4	Bluetooth 5.1 in current PSREF; earlier Windows configurations reported as 5.0
Webcam
Webcam	FHD with IR	Optional 720p or IR plus 720p hybrid, with ThinkShutter
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 USB-A 3.1 Gen 1, USB-C Gen 1 and USB-C Gen 2/Thunderbolt 3 with PD/DisplayPort, HDMI 1.4b, Ethernet extension connector, combo audio and side dock; optional microSD or microSD/nano-SIM combo slot, smart card reader; RJ-45 requires ThinkPad Ethernet Extension Adapter Gen 2
External displays
External displays	Two 4K displays with the laptop screen on; three 4K, one 5K or one 8K with it off	Up to three independent displays; HDMI up to 4096 × 2160 at 24 Hz, Thunderbolt up to 4096 × 2304 at 60 Hz
Keyboard
Keyboard	Backlit zero-lattice keyboard; capacitive touch function row; Copilot key	Six-row spill-resistant keyboard with optional LED backlight; removable without taking apart the main chassis (Notebookcheck)
Trackpad
Trackpad	Seamless glass haptic touchpad, 112.3 × 64.15 mm	Mylar multi-touch touchpad and TrackPoint
Speakers
Speakers	Quad speakers (two tweeters, two woofers), 2 W each (2.5 W peak)	Stereo speakers, 1 W × 2, Dolby Audio Premium
Microphones
Microphones	Dual digital-array microphones	Dual-array far-field microphones; no-microphone option for special bids
Biometrics
Biometrics	IR camera for Windows Hello face recognition and ExpressSign-in 2.0 (optional); fingerprint reader in the power button	Optional match-on-chip fingerprint reader or IR camera; discrete TPM 2.0
In the box
In the box	Laptop and 60 W USB-C power adapter (unless ordered without)	–