Dell XPS 15 9500 vs Dell XPS 15 L502X

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XPS 15 9500 compared with XPS 15 L502X

	DellXPS 15 9500	DellXPS 15 L502X
Overview
Released
Released	May 2020	2011
Display
Screen size
Screen size	15.6″	15.6″
Resolution
Resolution	1920 × 1200 or 3840 × 2400 (better)	1920 × 1080
Refresh rate
Refresh rate	60 Hz	60 Hz
Brightness
Brightness	500 nits	–
Touchscreen
Touchscreen	No or Yes	No
Display type
Display type	15.6-inch WVA LCD; FHD+ 1920 × 1200 non-touch or UHD+ 3840 × 2400 touchscreen, both 60 Hz and 500 nits	15.6-inch TrueLife LCD; main Full HD RGBLED screen. HD WLED and HD multi-touch WLED options also appear in Dell's setup guide; 1366 × 768 HD resolution confirmed by Notebookcheck
Pixel density
Pixel density	145 ppi (FHD+); 290 ppi (UHD+)	–
Colour range
Colour range	100% sRGB (FHD+); 100% Adobe RGB (UHD+)	–
Screen finish
Screen finish	Anti-glare (FHD+); anti-reflective (UHD+)	Glossy TrueLife surface
Display features
Display features	Minimum contrast 1650:1 (FHD+) or 1600:1 (UHD+); Dell does not identify the panel technology beyond WVA in the setup guide	60 Hz refresh and up to 135° opening in the maker guide. Notebookcheck measured 262.2 cd/m² average brightness on the tested Full HD panel; maker brightness is not published
Performance
Processor
Processor	Intel Core i5-10300H or Intel Core i7-10750H	Intel Core i5-2410M
CPU cores
CPU cores	4 or 6	2
CPU threads
CPU threads	8 or 12	4
Graphics
Graphics	Intel UHD Graphics 630 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti	NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M
Memory
Memory	8 GB or 32 GB (better)	4 GB
Storage
Storage	512 GB to 1 TB (better)	500 GB
CPU
CPU	45 W Intel Core i5-10300H, i7-10750H, i7-10875H or i9-10885H; four, six or eight cores depending on processor	Second-generation Core i3, i5 or i7 options with Intel HM67 chipset. Listed Core i5-2410M, 4 GB, 500 GB and Full HD pairing is the exact April 2011 European Notebookcheck configuration
GPU
GPU	Intel UHD Graphics 630; optional NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti with 4 GB GDDR6	Intel HD Graphics with NVIDIA Optimus; GeForce GT 525M with 1 GB DDR3 or GeForce GT 540M with 2 GB DDR3
Memory type
Memory type	Two replaceable SO-DIMMs; dual-channel DDR4-2933; Dell lists 8, 16, 32 and 64 GB configurations	DDR3-1066 or DDR3-1333; two user-accessible SO-DIMM slots, 2 GB minimum and 8 GB maker maximum
Storage type
Storage type	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	Listed configuration has a 500 GB 7200 rpm SATA hard drive and Blu-ray combo drive. Hard-drive replacement requires further disassembly than the memory cover, according to Notebookcheck
Battery and size
Battery life (maker's claim)
Battery life (maker's claim)	Up to 25 hours	–
Battery capacity
Battery capacity	86 Wh	–
Weight
Weight	2.05 kg	–
Thickness
Thickness	18 mm (better)	38.2 mm
Width × depth
Width × depth	344.4 × 230.3 mm	381 × 265.4 mm
Battery life detail
Battery life detail	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	Six-cell or nine-cell lithium-ion packs, 11.1 V; maker does not publish capacity or a fixed runtime. Notebookcheck identifies its nine-cell pack as 90 Wh. Maker says configurable to less than 2.8 kg with six-cell battery; no exact minimum weight is published. Body height varies from 32.2 to 38.2 mm, and the nine-cell pack raises it further
Charger
Charger	90 W or 130 W USB-C power adapter, depending on configuration	90 W or 130 W adapter; 100–240 V AC input
Fast charging
Fast charging	Setup guide lists approximately three hours to charge either battery with the computer switched off	Approximately four hours with the computer switched off
Materials
Materials	Machined aluminium enclosure and carbon-fibre palm rest	Aluminium surfaces and silver finish described by Notebookcheck
Connections
Ports
Ports	2 × Thunderbolt 3, USB-C, SD card slot, headphone jack	3 × USB-A, HDMI, Ethernet, SD card slot, 2 × headphone jack
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi	Wi-Fi 6	Wi-Fi a/b/g/n, depending on installed module
Bluetooth
Bluetooth	5.0 / 5.2, depending on wireless module	Optional Bluetooth
Webcam
Webcam	720p at 30 fps, with IR	2 MP, 720p video
Operating system
Operating system	Windows	Windows
Port detail
Port detail	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	Two USB 3.0 Type-A and one eSATA/USB combo with PowerShare, HDMI, Mini DisplayPort, Gigabit Ethernet, headphone output, headphone/digital S/PDIF combo and microphone input; nine-format card reader. Optional TV tuner with MCX antenna connector, WWAN, WiMAX and WiDi depend on configuration
Keyboard
Keyboard	Backlit QWERTY keyboard; 80 keys for the UK layout	QWERTY, AZERTY or Kanji; 87 keys on European layout, optional backlighting
Trackpad
Trackpad	150 × 90 mm touchpad	100 × 56 mm active area with separate buttons and multi-touch gestures
Speakers
Speakers	Dell's setup guide lists two speakers with subwoofer support; Tom’s Hardware describes two top-firing speakers and two tweeters	Two 4 W main speakers and 12 W subwoofer; Realtek ALC665 audio controller
Microphones
Microphones	Dual-array microphones	–
Biometrics
Biometrics	IR camera for Windows Hello; fingerprint reader in the power button	–