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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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Value for money (Beta)
Key Differences
Advantages of the Dell 16 Premium
- Features a much bigger (~42%) battery – 99.5 against 70 watt-hours
- Thinner bezels and 2% higher screen-to-body ratio
- Performs better (up to 21%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
Advantages of the Dell 14 Premium
- Significantly easier to carry: weighs 410 grams less (around 0.9 lbs)
- Much smaller footprint: 20% more compact case (107.1 vs 133.3 square inches)
Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 2.07 kg (4.56 lbs) | 1.66 kg (3.66 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 358.18 x 240.05 x 18.7 mm 14.1 x 9.45 x 0.74 inches |
320 x 215.97 x 18 mm 12.6 x 8.5 x 0.71 inches |
| Area | 860 cm2 (133.2 inches2) | 691 cm2 (107.1 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~89.6% | ~88.2% |
| Side bezels | 3.5 mm | 3.8 mm |
| Colors | Silver, Gray | Silver, Gray |
| Material | Aluminum | Aluminum |
| Transformer | No | No |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | Active | Active |
| Vapor chamber | Yes | Yes |
| Liquid metal | No | No |
| Number of fans | 2 | - |
| Noise level (max. load) | 48.9 dB | - |
Display
| Size | 16.3 inches | 14.5 inches |
| Type | IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (30-120 Hz) | Yes (30-120 Hz) |
| PPI | 139 ppi | 156 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 16:10 |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1200 pixels | 1920 x 1200 pixels |
| Sync technology | G-Sync | - |
| Touchscreen | No | No |
| Coating | Matte | Matte |
Screen space comparison
16 Premium
16.3″ (16:10 ratio) = 119.4 in2
14 Premium
14.5″ (16:10 ratio) = 94.5 in2
~26% more screen space
| Contrast | 2000:1 | 2000:1 |
| sRGB color space | 100% | 100% |
| Response time | 35 ms | 24 ms |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Voltage | 11.7 V | 11.7 V |
| Full charging time | 2:00 hr | - |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
| Charging via USB (Power Delivery) | Yes | Yes |
| Charging port position | Left, Right | Left, Right |
| Charge power | 130 W | 60 / 100 W |
| Weight of AC adapter | 462 grams | - |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 2.0 GHz | 2.0 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 5.1 GHz | 5.1 GHz |
| Cores | 16 (6P + 10E) | 16 (6P + 10E) |
| Threads | 16 | 16 |
| L3 Cache | 24 MB | 24 MB |
| Integrated GPU | Arc Graphics 140T | Arc Graphics 140T |
| 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 | 45 W | 30 W |
| Type | Dedicated | Dedicated |
| Fabrication process | 5 nm | 5 nm |
| FLOPS | 8.6 TFLOPS | 7.9 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | 8 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory type | GDDR7 | GDDR6 |
| Memory bus | 128 bit | 96 bit |
| Memory speed | ~24 Gbps | ~16 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 2560 | 2560 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 80 | 80 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 32 | 32 |
| GPU performance | 8.6 TFLOPS | 7.9 TFLOPS |
GPU Benchmarks
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Blender GPU | 2108 | 1930 |
| Solar Bay | 30781 | 25091 |
Expected FPS based on average performance across 9 popular games. Details
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 2x8 GB | 2x8 GB |
| Clock | 7467 MHz | 6400 MHz |
| Type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Upgradable | No | No |
Storage
Storage size
| Bus | PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) | PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) |
| Storage type | SSD (M2) | SSD (M2) |
| Channels | 1x512 GB | 1x512 GB |
| Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
| Total slots | 1 | 1 |
| NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Audio chip | CirrusLogic CS42L43 | CirrusLogic CS42L43 |
| Speakers | 2.2 (2 tweeters and 2 woofers) | 2.2 (2 tweeters and 2 woofers) |
| Power | 2x2W, 2x3W | 2x2W, 2x2W |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
| Loudness | ~84.2 dB | - |
| Microphones | 2 | 2 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v7 | v7 |
| Bluetooth | v5.4 | v5.4 |
| Fingerprint | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared sensor | Yes | Yes |
| 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 | 3x USB 4.0 |
| Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt 5 | 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 | Yes |
| Proprietary charging port | No | No |
Input
| Keyboard type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | No | No |
| Backlight | Yes | Yes |
| Key travel | 1 mm | - |
| Size | 14.8 x 9.0 cm | 14.9 x 7.4 cm |
| Surface | Glass | Glass |
| Windows Precision | Yes | Yes |
*Disclaimer! Ports, speakers, display, and other specifications can vary depending on the laptop's specific configuration or region.
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