Dell XPS 15 9500 vs Lenovo ThinkPad T510

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XPS 15 9500 compared with ThinkPad T510

	DellXPS 15 9500	LenovoThinkPad T510
Overview
Released
Released	May 2020	January 2010
Display
Screen size
Screen size	15.6″	15.6″
Resolution
Resolution	1920 × 1200 or 3840 × 2400 (better)	1366 × 768 or 1600 × 900
Refresh rate
Refresh rate	60 Hz	–
Brightness
Brightness	500 nits (better)	220 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 16:9 LED-backlit LCD: 1366 × 768 or 1600 × 900, both rated at 220 nits and 500:1 contrast
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+)	Anti-glare
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	–
Performance
Processor
Processor	Intel Core i5-10300H or Intel Core i7-10750H	Intel Core i5-520M or Intel Core i5-540M
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	Intel HD Graphics or NVIDIA NVS 3100M
Memory
Memory	8 GB or 32 GB (better)	2 GB or 4 GB
Storage
Storage	512 GB to 1 TB (better)	160 GB to 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	Core i5-520M (2.4 GHz, up to 2.93 GHz) or i5-540M (2.53 GHz, up to 3.06 GHz); two cores, Hyper-Threading and 3 MB cache; Intel QM57 chipset
GPU
GPU	Intel UHD Graphics 630; optional NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti with 4 GB GDDR6	Intel HD Graphics on 4349 configurations; NVIDIA NVS 3100M with 512 MB dedicated memory on represented 4314 configuration. These original discrete models are not the separately listed later Optimus configurations
Memory type
Memory type	Two replaceable SO-DIMMs; dual-channel DDR4-2933; Dell lists 8, 16, 32 and 64 GB configurations	PC3-8500 DDR3-1066 on represented configurations; two 204-pin SO-DIMM sockets; maximum 8 GB
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	Removable 2.5-inch SATA 3 Gb/s hard drive, 7200 rpm on represented configurations; Active Protection System; removable DVD burner in 12.7 mm Ultrabay Enhanced; optional second drive
Battery and size
Battery life (maker's claim)
Battery life (maker's claim)	Up to 25 hours	Up to 6.2 hours
Battery capacity
Battery capacity	86 Wh	–
Weight
Weight	2.05 kg (better)	2.57 kg
Thickness
Thickness	18 mm (better)	35.8 mm
Width × depth
Width × depth	344.4 × 230.3 mm	372.8 × 245.1 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	Main figures use the six-cell integrated configuration: starting at 2.57 kg and maker claim up to 6.2 hours. Integrated nine-cell models start at 2.72 kg and claim up to 10.4 hours. Original discrete models claim up to 4.7 hours with six cells or 7.8 hours with nine cells; represented 4314-2PU uses nine cells. Published body dimensions are 372.8 × 245.1 × 32–35.8 mm.
Charger
Charger	90 W or 130 W USB-C power adapter, depending on configuration	65 W on represented integrated configurations; 90 W on discrete configuration
Fast charging
Fast charging	Setup guide lists approximately three hours to charge either battery with the computer switched off	–
Materials
Materials	Machined aluminium enclosure and carbon-fibre palm rest	Glass-fibre reinforced plastic display cover; carbon-fibre reinforced plastic base; one-piece magnesium roll cage
Colours
Colours	–	Black
Connections
Ports
Ports	2 × Thunderbolt 3, USB-C, SD card slot, headphone jack	4 × USB-A, Ethernet, SD card slot, headphone jack
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi	Wi-Fi 6	ThinkPad 802.11b/g/n or Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6200 802.11a/b/g/n on represented configurations
Bluetooth
Bluetooth	5.0 / 5.2, depending on wireless module	Bluetooth 2.1 on represented configurations
Webcam
Webcam	720p at 30 fps, with IR	2-megapixel fixed-focus on represented configurations
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	Four USB 2.0 ports, one powered; discrete configuration combines one with eSATA. VGA, DisplayPort, Gigabit Ethernet, RJ-11 modem, four-pin FireWire 400, combination headphone/microphone socket, five-format card reader, ExpressCard/34 and docking connector
External displays
External displays	–	Maker maximum 2560 × 1600 at 60 Hz via DisplayPort; single-link DVI-D via optional cable
Keyboard
Keyboard	Backlit QWERTY keyboard; 80 keys for the UK layout	89-key spill-resistant keyboard; ThinkVantage button; ThinkLight illumination
Trackpad
Trackpad	150 × 90 mm touchpad	UltraNav multi-touch touchpad and TrackPoint pointing stick
Speakers
Speakers	Dell's setup guide lists two speakers with subwoofer support; Tom’s Hardware describes two top-firing speakers and two tweeters	Stereo speakers, 1 W each
Microphones
Microphones	Dual-array microphones	Dual-array microphones
Biometrics
Biometrics	IR camera for Windows Hello; fingerprint reader in the power button	TPM 1.2; fingerprint reader on 4349-2MU and 4314-2PU, absent on 4349-5EU