Dell 16S vs Asus Vivobook S 16 (S5608)
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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 16S
- Features a much bigger (~40%) battery – 70 against 50 watt-hours
- Provides 33% higher max. screen brightness: 400 vs 300 nits
Advantages of the Asus Vivobook S 16 (S5608)
- Slightly easier to carry: weighs 170 grams less (around 0.37 lbs)
- Can run popular games at about 23-32% higher FPS
- Thinner bezels and 2% higher screen-to-body ratio
- Around 15% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test
Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 1.77 kg (3.9 lbs) | 1.6 kg (3.53 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 356.8 x 251.4 x 11.37-15.4 mm 14.05 x 9.9 x 0.45-0.61 inches |
352 x 248.7 x 14.9-16.9 mm 13.86 x 9.79 x 0.59-0.67 inches |
| Area | 897 cm2 (139.1 inches2) | 875 cm2 (135.7 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~82.8% | ~84.8% |
| Side bezels | 6.1 mm | 3.7 mm |
| Colors | Blue | Gray, Blue |
| Material | Top: Aluminum |
Aluminum |
| Transformer | No | No |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | Active | Active |
| Vapor chamber | No | No |
| Liquid metal | No | No |
| Number of fans | 1 | - |
Display
| Size | 16 inches | 16 inches |
| Type | IPS LCD | OLED |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (48-60 Hz) | No |
| PPI | 142 ppi | 142 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 16:10 |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1200 pixels | 1920 x 1200 pixels |
| HDR support | No | Yes, HDR10 |
| Sync technology | No | No |
| Touchscreen | No | No |
| Coating | Matte | Matte |
| Ambient light sensor | Yes | - |
| Contrast | 1000:1 | 1000000:1 |
| sRGB color space | - | 100% |
| DCI-P3 color gamut | - | 100% |
| Response time | 35 ms | 1 ms |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Voltage | 11.7 V | - |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
| Charging via USB (Power Delivery) | Yes | Yes |
| Charging port position | Left | Left |
| Charge power | 65 W | 68 W |
| Weight of AC adapter | 325 grams | - |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 2.5 GHz | 3.0 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 4.4 GHz | - |
| Cores | 6 (2P + 4E) | 8 |
| Threads | 6 | 8 |
| L3 Cache | 12 MB | 6 MB |
| Integrated GPU | Intel Xe3 Graphics (2-Core) | Qualcomm Adreno X1-45 |
| Fabrication process | 2 nm | 4 nm |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)
Graphics Card
GPU name
| TGP | 25 W | - |
| Type | Integrated | Integrated |
| Fabrication process | 3 nm | 4 nm |
| GPU base clock | 300 MHz | 280 MHz |
| GPU boost clock | 2300 MHz | 1107 MHz |
| FLOPS | 1.2 TFLOPS | 1.7 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | System Shared | System Shared |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory speed | 8.53 Gbps | 8.45 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 256 | 768 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 16 | 48 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 8 | 24 |
| GPU performance | 1.2 TFLOPS | 1.7 TFLOPS |
| Solar Bay | - | 4860 |
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 2x8 GB | 2x8 GB |
| Clock | 8533 MHz | 8448 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 | Cirrus Logic SmartAmps | - |
| Speakers | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Power | 2x2W | - |
| Dolby Atmos | No | Yes |
| Microphones | 2 | 2 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v7 | v6E |
| Bluetooth | v5.4 | v5.3 |
| Fingerprint | No | No |
| 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 | 2x USB 3.2 | 2x USB 3.2 |
| USB Type-C | 2x USB 4.0 | 2x USB 4.0 |
| Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt 4 | No |
| HDMI | 1x HDMI 2.1 | 1x HDMI 2.1 |
| DisplayPort | No | No |
| VGA | No | No |
| Audio jack (3.5 mm) | Yes | Yes |
| Ethernet (RJ45) | No | No |
| SD card reader | No | No |
| Proprietary charging port | No | No |
Input
| Keyboard type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | Yes | Yes |
| Backlight | Yes | Yes |
| Key travel | - | 1.7 mm |
| Size | 13.0 x 9.0 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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