Dell XPS 16 DA16260 vs Sony VAIO F (VPCF11Z1E)

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XPS 16 DA16260 compared with VAIO F (VPCF11Z1E)

	DellXPS 16 DA16260	SonyVAIO F (VPCF11Z1E)
Overview
Released
Released	January 2026	January 2010
Display
Screen size
Screen size	16″	16.4″
Resolution
Resolution	1920 × 1200 or 3200 × 2000 (better)	1920 × 1080
Panel
Panel	IPS LCD or OLED	–
Refresh rate
Refresh rate	120 Hz	–
Brightness
Brightness	500 nits or 400 nits	–
HDR peak brightness
HDR peak brightness	500 nits	–
Touchscreen
Touchscreen	No or Yes	No
Display type
Display type	2K (1920 × 1200) WLED LCD, non-touch, anti-glare, 1–120 Hz; or 3.2K (3200 × 2000) OLED touchscreen, anti-reflective and anti-smudge, 20–120 Hz	VAIO Display Premium LCD
Pixel density
Pixel density	142 ppi (LCD); 235.8 ppi (OLED)	–
Colour range
Colour range	100% sRGB (LCD); 100% DCI-P3 (OLED)	–
Screen finish
Screen finish	Anti-glare (LCD); anti-reflective, anti-smudge (OLED)	Anti-glare screen (Sony UK launch)
Display features
Display features	2000:1 contrast (LCD); OLED 400 nits typical, 500 nits peak, 1,000,000:1 contrast, 1 ms typical response; TÜV Rheinland low blue light; Eyesafe	Automatic luminance control and Display Off button
Performance
Processor
Processor	Intel Core Ultra 5 325, Intel Core Ultra 7 355, Intel Core Ultra X7 358H or Intel Core Ultra X9 388H	Intel Core i7-720QM
CPU cores
CPU cores	8 or 16	4
CPU threads
CPU threads	8 or 16	8
Graphics
Graphics	Intel Graphics or Intel Arc B390 GPU	NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M
AI engine (NPU)
AI engine (NPU)	47 TOPS, 49 TOPS or 50 TOPS	–
Memory
Memory	16 GB, 32 GB or 64 GB (better)	8 GB
Storage
Storage	512 GB to 4 TB (better)	500 GB
CPU
CPU	Core Ultra 5 325 or Core Ultra 7 355 (8 cores, 25 W base, 45 W turbo); Core Ultra X7 358H or X9 388H (16 cores, 25 W base, 65 W turbo); Dell UK also sells a Core Ultra 7 366H	Intel Core i7-720QM at 1.6 GHz, up to 2.8 GHz; 6MB cache; Intel PM55 Express chipset
GPU
GPU	Intel Graphics (Core Ultra 5 and 7); Intel Arc B390 graphics with 12 Xe cores (Core Ultra X7 and X9)	NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M with 1GB GDDR3
AI engine
AI engine	Intel AI Boost NPU, up to 47–50 TOPS depending on processor; Copilot+ PC	–
Memory type
Memory type	LPDDR5X, soldered; 16 GB at 7467 MT/s (Core Ultra 5 and 7); 32 or 64 GB at 9600 MT/s (Core Ultra X7 and X9)	8GB DDR3 SDRAM, PC3-10600 at 1333 MHz; maximum 8GB
Storage type
Storage type	One M.2 slot; 512 GB or 1 TB M.2 2230 PCIe Gen 4 SSD, or 2 TB or 4 TB M.2 2280 PCIe Gen 5 SSD	500GB Serial ATA hard drive at 5400 rpm; Blu-ray BD-R/-RE/-ROM writer with DVD±RW/±R DL/RAM support
Cooling
Cooling	Fans, which Dell says are its largest and thinnest yet; bursts up to 65 W	–
Battery and size
Battery life (maker's claim)
Battery life (maker's claim)	Up to 31 hours	–
Battery capacity
Battery capacity	70 Wh (better)	54 Wh
Weight
Weight	1.74 kg (better)	3.2 kg
Thickness
Thickness	15.4 mm (better)	41 mm
Width × depth
Width × depth	352.58 × 237.47 mm	387.2 × 263 mm
Battery life detail
Battery life detail	70 Wh 3-cell; up to 31 hours of Netflix streaming with the 2K LCD (250 nits) or 17 hours with the OLED (Core Ultra X7 358H, 200 nits); 43 h 20 min of local video playback (2K LCD, 150 nits), all Dell tests	Six-cell VGP-BPS21A lithium-ion battery, 54Wh/10.8V/5000mAh; Sony claims 190 minutes using MobileMark 2007; 220-minute charge time; weight includes supplied battery and optical drive
Charger
Charger	100 W USB-C adapter (can be left out in the UK)	VGP-AC19V16 AC adapter
Fast charging
Fast charging	ExpressCharge Boost with the 100 W adapter; 0–35% in 20 minutes, 0–80% in one hour	–
Materials
Materials	CNC aluminium top and bottom covers; Gorilla Glass 3 palm rest	Premium Black finish; 31–41 mm chassis height
Colours
Colours	Graphite	–
Connections
Ports
Ports	3 × Thunderbolt 4, headphone jack	3 × USB-A, HDMI, SD card slot, headphone jack, Ethernet
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi	Wi-Fi 7	802.11a/b/g/n
Bluetooth
Bluetooth	6	2.1 + EDR
Webcam
Webcam	8MP with IR	0.3MP; 640 × 480
Operating system
Operating system	Windows	Windows
Port detail
Port detail	3 × Thunderbolt 4 USB-C with USB4, DisplayPort 2.1 and Power Delivery; 3.5 mm headset jack; lock slot through the USB-C ports	Two USB 2.0 Type-A sockets plus one combined eSATA/USB socket; VGA, microphone jack, ExpressCard/34, four-pin i.Link IEEE 1394 and Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo/MagicGate; optical S/PDIF output shares the headphone socket
Keyboard
Keyboard	Backlit zero-lattice keyboard; capacitive touch function row	Isolation keyboard with numeric keypad, 19.05 mm key pitch and 2 mm stroke; VAIO, Assist, S1 and AV buttons
Trackpad
Trackpad	Seamless glass haptic touchpad, 150 × 90 mm	Multi-touch touchpad
Speakers
Speakers	Quad speakers (two woofers, two tweeters), 10 W total	Built-in speakers; Dolby Home Theater v3
Microphones
Microphones	Dual digital-array microphones	Built-in monaural microphone
Biometrics
Biometrics	IR camera for Windows Hello face recognition	–
In the box
In the box	Laptop and 100 W USB-C power adapter (unless ordered without)	AC adapter and power cord; Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit