Dell XPS 14 9440 vs Dell XPS 15 9500

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XPS 14 9440 compared with XPS 15 9500

	DellXPS 14 9440	DellXPS 15 9500
Overview
Released
Released	February 2024	May 2020
Display
Screen size
Screen size	14.5″	15.6″
Resolution
Resolution	1920 × 1200 or 3200 × 2000	1920 × 1200 or 3840 × 2400 (better)
Panel
Panel	IPS LCD or OLED	–
Refresh rate
Refresh rate	120 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) WLED IPS, non-touch, anti-glare, 30–120 Hz; or 3.2K (3200 × 2000) OLED touchscreen, anti-reflective, 48–120 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	156 ppi (LCD); 260 ppi (OLED)	145 ppi (FHD+); 290 ppi (UHD+)
Colour range
Colour range	100% sRGB (LCD); 100% DCI-P3 (OLED)	100% sRGB (FHD+); 100% Adobe RGB (UHD+)
Screen finish
Screen finish	Anti-glare (LCD); anti-reflective (OLED)	Anti-glare (FHD+); anti-reflective (UHD+)
Display features
Display features	2000:1 contrast, 24 ms response (LCD); OLED 400 nits typical, 1,000,000:1 contrast, 1 ms response; TÜV Rheinland 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 7 155H or Intel Core Ultra 7 165H	Intel Core i5-10300H or Intel Core i7-10750H
CPU cores
CPU cores	16	4 or 6
CPU threads
CPU threads	22	8 or 12
Graphics
Graphics	Intel Arc Graphics or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050	Intel UHD Graphics 630 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti
AI engine (NPU)
AI engine (NPU)	11 TOPS	–
Memory
Memory	16 GB or 64 GB (better)	8 GB or 32 GB
Storage
Storage	512 GB to 4 TB (better)	512 GB to 1 TB
CPU
CPU	Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (up to 4.8 GHz) or Core Ultra 7 165H (up to 5 GHz); 16 cores, 22 threads, 28 W	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; or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 with 6 GB GDDR6	Intel UHD Graphics 630; optional NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti with 4 GB GDDR6
AI engine
AI engine	Intel AI Boost NPU	–
Memory type
Memory type	LPDDR5X, soldered, dual-channel; 16 or 32 GB at 6400 MT/s with integrated graphics; 16, 32 or 64 GB at 7467 MT/s with the RTX 4050	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 for a 2230 (up to 1 TB) or 2280 (up to 4 TB) 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 25 hours
Battery capacity
Battery capacity	70 Wh	86 Wh (better)
Weight
Weight	1.68 kg (better)	2.05 kg
Thickness
Thickness	18.03 mm	18 mm (better)
Width × depth
Width × depth	320 × 215.98 mm	344.4 × 230.3 mm
Battery life detail
Battery life detail	70 Wh 6-cell lithium-ion polymer	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 or 100 W USB-C adapter	90 W or 130 W USB-C power adapter, depending on configuration
Fast charging
Fast charging	ExpressCharge; 0–80% in one hour, 0–100% in two hours	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	3 × Thunderbolt 4, microSD slot, headphone jack	2 × Thunderbolt 3, USB-C, SD card slot, headphone jack
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi	Wi-Fi 6E	Wi-Fi 6
Bluetooth
Bluetooth	5.3	5.0 / 5.2, depending on wireless module
Webcam
Webcam	1080p with IR	720p at 30 fps, with IR
Operating system
Operating system	Windows	Windows
Port detail
Port detail	3 × Thunderbolt 4 USB-C with Power Delivery and DisplayPort; microSD card reader (v6.0); 3.5 mm headset jack; no 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	Up to 3 with the laptop screen on, or 4 with it off (Intel Arc Graphics)	–
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, 149 × 74 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; fingerprint reader in the power button	IR camera for Windows Hello; fingerprint reader in the power button