Dell Inspiron 14 5445 vs Asus Zenbook 14 OLED (Q425)
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Review
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 Inspiron 14 5445
- Includes an old-school USB-A port
- User-upgradable RAM (up to 32GB)
Advantages of the Asus Zenbook 14 OLED (Q425)
- Can run popular games at about 126-172% higher FPS
- Easier to carry: weighs 280 grams less (around 0.62 lbs)
- Higher number of cutting-edge USB Type-C ports: 2 versus 1
- Features a much bigger (~83%) battery – 75 against 41 watt-hours
- Around 63% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test
- Thinner bezels and 3% higher screen-to-body ratio
- Display has support for touch input
- Provides 100% higher max. screen brightness: 500 vs 250 nits
Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 1.56 kg (3.44 lbs) | 1.28 kg (2.82 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 314 x 226.15 x 15.86-17.31 mm 12.36 x 8.9 x 0.62-0.68 inches |
312.4 x 220.1 x 14.9 mm 12.3 x 8.67 x 0.59 inches |
| Area | 710 cm2 (110 inches2) | 688 cm2 (106.6 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~80% | ~82.7% |
| Side bezels | 6.3 mm | 5.4 mm |
| Colors | Blue | Gray |
| Material | Aluminum | Aluminum |
| Transformer | No | No |
| Opening angle | 180° | 180° |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | Active | Active |
| Vapor chamber | No | No |
| Liquid metal | No | No |
| Number of fans | 1 | 1 |
| Noise level (max. load) | - | 51.4 dB |
Display
| Size | 14 inches | 14 inches |
| Type | TN LCD | OLED |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 60 Hz |
| PPI | 162 ppi | 162 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 | Yes |
| Coating | Matte | Glossy |
| Ambient light sensor | No | No |
| Contrast | 600:1 | 1000000:1 |
| sRGB color space | - | 100% |
| Adobe RGB profile | - | 99% |
| DCI-P3 color gamut | - | 100% |
| Response time | 35 ms | 1 ms |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Voltage | 11.25 V | - |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
| Charging via USB (Power Delivery) | Yes | Yes |
| Charging port position | Left | Right |
| Charge power | 65 W | 65 W |
| Cable length | 1 meters | - |
| Weight of AC adapter | 290 grams | 217 grams |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 3.7 GHz | 1.4 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 4.9 GHz | 4.8 GHz |
| Cores | 6 (2P + 4E) | 16 (6P + 10E) |
| Threads | 12 | 22 |
| L3 Cache | 16 MB | 24 MB |
| Integrated GPU | Radeon 740M | Arc Graphics (8-Cores) |
| Fabrication process | 4 nm | 7 nm |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)
Graphics Card
GPU name
| TGP | 15 W | 28 W |
| Type | Integrated | Integrated |
| Fabrication process | 4 nm | 5 nm |
| GPU base clock | 800 MHz | 300 MHz |
| GPU boost clock | 2800 MHz | 2250 MHz |
| FLOPS | 1.4 TFLOPS | 4.6 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | System Shared | System Shared |
| Memory type | DDR5 | LPDDR5X |
| Memory speed | 5.6 Gbps | 7.47 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 256 | 1024 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 16 | 64 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 8 | 32 |
| GPU performance | 1.4 TFLOPS | 4.6 TFLOPS |
GPU Benchmarks
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Blender GPU | 100 | - |
| Solar Bay | 5175 | - |
Expected FPS based on average performance across 9 popular games. Details
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 1x8 GB | 2x4 GB |
| Clock | 5600 MHz | 7467 MHz |
| Type | DDR5 | LPDDR5X |
| Upgradable | Yes | No |
| Total slots | 2 | - |
| Max. ram size | 32 GB | - |
Storage
Storage size
| Bus | PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) | PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) |
| Storage type | SSD (M2) | SSD (M2) |
| Channels | 1x256 GB | 1x512 GB |
| Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
| Total slots | 1 | 1 |
| NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Audio chip | Realtek ALC3254 | - |
| Speakers | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Power | 2x2W | 2x2W |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
| Loudness | - | ~79.4 dB |
| Microphones | 2 | 2 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v6 | v6E |
| Bluetooth | v5.3 | v5.3 |
| Fingerprint | Optional | No |
| Infrared sensor | No | 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 | 1x USB 3.2 |
| USB Type-C | 1x USB 3.2 | 2x USB 4.0 |
| Thunderbolt | No | Thunderbolt 4 |
| HDMI | 1x HDMI 1.4 | 1x HDMI 2.1 |
| 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 | Yes | No |
Input
| Keyboard type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | No | No |
| Backlight | Yes | Yes |
| Key travel | - | 1.4 mm |
| Size | 11.5 x 8.0 cm | 12.9 x 7.3 cm |
| Surface | Plastic | 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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