Dell 14 Premium vs Apple MacBook Air 13 M4 (2025)
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Performance
System and application performance
Gaming
Performance in popular 3D games
Display
Viewing angle, color accuracy, brightness
Battery Life
Potential battery life in light and average use
Connectivity
Ports, webcam and other interfaces
Portability
Design, materials, durability and usability
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Key Differences
Advantages of the Dell 14 Premium
- Higher screen refresh rate: 120 versus 60 Hz
- Higher number of cutting-edge USB Type-C ports: 3 versus 2
- Thinner bezels and 8% higher screen-to-body ratio
- Features a much bigger (~30%) battery – 70 against 53.8 watt-hours
- Around 14% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test
Advantages of the Apple MacBook Air 13 M4 (2025)
- Significantly easier to carry: weighs 420 grams less (around 0.93 lbs)
- MacBook with the Apple M4 (10-Core) chip maintains its performance even when running on battery power.
- 44% sharper screen – 225 versus 156 pixels per inch (PPI)
Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 1.66 kg (3.66 lbs) | 1.24 kg (2.73 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 320 x 215.97 x 18 mm 12.6 x 8.5 x 0.71 inches |
304.1 x 215 x 11.3 mm 11.97 x 8.46 x 0.44 inches |
| Area | 691 cm2 (107.1 inches2) | 654 cm2 (101.3 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~88.2% | ~82% |
| Side bezels | 3.8 mm | 5.6 mm |
| Colors | Silver, Gray | Black, Silver, Gold, Blue |
| Material | Aluminum | Aluminum |
| Transformer | No | No |
| Opening angle | - | 130° |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | Active | Passive |
| Vapor chamber | Yes | No |
| Liquid metal | No | No |
Display
| Size | 14.5 inches | 13.6 inches |
| Type | IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (30-120 Hz) | No |
| PPI | 156 ppi | 225 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 16:10 |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1200 pixels | 2560 x 1664 pixels |
| HDR support | - | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Sync technology | - | No |
| Touchscreen | No | No |
| Coating | Matte | Glossy (Antireflective) |
| Ambient light sensor | - | Yes |
Screen space comparison
14 Premium
14.5″ (16:10 ratio) = 94.5 in2
MacBook Air 13 M4 (2025)
13.6″ (16:10 ratio) = 83.1 in2
~13% more screen space
| Contrast | 2000:1 | 1494:1 |
| sRGB color space | 100% | 99.9% |
| Adobe RGB profile | - | 93.4% |
| DCI-P3 color gamut | - | 99.4% |
| Response time | 24 ms | - |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Voltage | 11.7 V | - |
| Full charging time | - | 2:40 hr |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
| Charging via USB (Power Delivery) | Yes | Yes, 70 W |
| Charging port position | Left, Right | Left |
| Charge power | 60 / 100 W | 30 / 35 / 70 W |
| Cable length | - | 2 meters |
| Weight of AC adapter | - | 170 / 183 / 207 grams |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 2.0 GHz | 4.46 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 5.1 GHz | - |
| Cores | 16 (6P + 10E) | 10 (4P + 6E) |
| Threads | 16 | 10 |
| L3 Cache | 24 MB | - |
| Integrated GPU | Arc Graphics 140T | Apple M4 GPU (10-core) |
| Fabrication process | 3 nm | 3 nm |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)
Graphics Card
GPU name
| TGP | 30 W | 18 W |
| Type | Dedicated | Integrated |
| Fabrication process | 5 nm | 3 nm |
| GPU base clock | - | 500 MHz |
| GPU boost clock | - | 1470 MHz |
| FLOPS | 7.9 TFLOPS | 3.8 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | 6 GB | System Shared |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | LPDDR5X |
| Memory bus | 96 bit | 128 bit |
| Memory speed | ~16 Gbps | 7.5 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 2560 | 1280 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 80 | 80 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 32 | 40 |
| GPU performance | 7.9 TFLOPS | 3.8 TFLOPS |
GPU Benchmarks
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Blender GPU | 1930 | 972 |
| Solar Bay | 25091 | 14646 |
Expected FPS based on average performance across 9 popular games. Details
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 2x8 GB | 2x8 GB |
| Clock | 6400 MHz | 7500 MHz |
| Type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Upgradable | No | No |
Storage
Storage size
| Bus | PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) | Custom |
| Storage type | SSD (M2) | SSD (M2) |
| Channels | 1x512 GB | 1x256 GB |
| Upgradable | Yes | No |
| Total slots | 1 | - |
| NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Audio chip | CirrusLogic CS42L43 | - |
| Speakers | 2.2 (2 tweeters and 2 woofers) | 2.2 (2 tweeters and 2 woofers) |
| Power | 2x2W, 2x2W | - |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
| Loudness | - | ~77 dB |
| Microphones | 2 | 3 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v7 | v6E |
| Bluetooth | v5.4 | v5.3 |
| Fingerprint | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared sensor | Yes | No |
| Optical drive | No | No |
| Webcam | Above the display | Above the display |
| Webcam resolution | 1920 x 1080 | 1920 x 1080 |
| USB-A | No | No |
| USB Type-C | 3x USB 4.0 | 2x USB 4.0 |
| Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt 4 | Thunderbolt 4 |
| HDMI | No | No |
| DisplayPort | No | No |
| VGA | No | No |
| Audio jack (3.5 mm) | Yes | Yes |
| Ethernet (RJ45) | No | No |
| SD card reader | Yes | No |
| Proprietary charging port | No | Yes |
Input
| Keyboard type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | No | No |
| Backlight | Yes | Yes |
| Key travel | - | 1 mm |
| Size | 14.9 x 7.4 cm | - |
| Surface | Glass | Glass |
| Windows Precision | Yes | No |
*Disclaimer! Ports, speakers, display, and other specifications can vary depending on the laptop's specific configuration or region.
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