Dell Latitude 7650 vs Latitude 5550
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Performance
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Gaming
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Display
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Battery Life
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Connectivity
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Portability
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Key Differences
Advantages of the Dell Latitude 7650
- Thinner bezels and 3% higher screen-to-body ratio
Advantages of the Dell Latitude 5550
- Easier to carry: weighs 210 grams less (around 0.46 lbs)
- Features a bigger (~11%) battery – 42 against 38 watt-hours
- User-upgradable RAM (up to 64GB)
- Provides 60% higher max. screen brightness: 400 vs 250 nits
- Smaller footprint: 7% more compact case (129.4 vs 139 square inches)
Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 1.83 kg (4.04 lbs) | 1.62 kg (3.57 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 358 x 250.42 x 18.4-19.5 mm 14.09 x 9.86 x 0.72-0.77 inches |
357.8 x 233.3 x 20.8 mm 14.09 x 9.19 x 0.82 inches |
| Area | 897 cm2 (138.9 inches2) | 835 cm2 (129.5 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~82.8% | ~80.4% |
| Side bezels | 6.7 mm | 6.2 mm |
| Colors | Gray | Gray |
| Material | Top: Aluminum Middle: Plastic Bottom: Plastic |
Top: 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 |
Display
| Size | 16 inches | 15.6 inches |
| Type | IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 60 Hz |
| PPI | 142 ppi | 141 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 16:9 |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1200 pixels | 1920 x 1080 pixels |
| HDR support | No | No |
| Sync technology | No | No |
| Touchscreen | No | No |
| Coating | Matte | Matte |
| Ambient light sensor | Yes | Yes |
Screen space comparison
Latitude 7650
16″ (16:10 ratio) = 115.1 in2
Latitude 5550
15.6″ (16:9 ratio) = 104 in2
~10% more screen space
| Contrast | 800:1 | 800:1 |
| sRGB color space | - | 100% |
| Response time | 35 ms | 35 ms |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Voltage | 7.6 V | 11.4 V |
| Full charging time | - | 1:30 hr |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
| Charging via USB (Power Delivery) | Yes | Yes |
| Charging port position | Left | Left |
| Charge power | 60 / 65 / 100 W | 60 / 65 / 100 W |
| Cable length | 1 meters | 1 meters |
| Weight of AC adapter | 275 / 288 / 350 grams | - |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 1.3 GHz | 1.3 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 4.3 GHz | 4.3 GHz |
| Cores | 12 (2P + 10E) | 12 (2P + 10E) |
| Threads | 14 | 14 |
| L3 Cache | 12 MB | 12 MB |
| Integrated GPU | Arc Graphics (4-Cores) | Arc Graphics (4-Cores) |
| Fabrication process | 7 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 | 14 W | 14 W |
| Type | Integrated | Integrated |
| Fabrication process | 5 nm | 5 nm |
| GPU base clock | 300 MHz | 300 MHz |
| GPU boost clock | 1850 MHz | 1850 MHz |
| FLOPS | 1.9 TFLOPS | 1.9 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | System Shared | System Shared |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | DDR5 |
| Memory speed | 6.4 Gbps | 5.6 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 512 | 512 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 32 | 32 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 16 | 16 |
| GPU performance | 1.9 TFLOPS | 1.9 TFLOPS |
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 2x8 GB | 1x8 GB |
| Clock | 6400 MHz | 5600 MHz |
| Type | LPDDR5X | DDR5 |
| Upgradable | No | Yes |
| Total slots | - | 2 |
| Max. ram size | - | 64 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 | 1x256 GB |
| Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
| Total slots | 1 | 2 |
| NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Audio chip | Realtek ALC3281 | Realtek Waves, MaxxAudio 13.0 |
| Speakers | 4.0 | 2.0 |
| Power | 4x2W | 2x2W |
| Dolby Atmos | No | No |
| Microphones | 2 | 2 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v7 | v6E |
| Bluetooth | v5.4 | v5.3 |
| Fingerprint | Optional | Optional |
| Infrared sensor | Yes | Optional |
| 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 | Thunderbolt 4 |
| 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 | Yes |
| SD card reader | No | Yes |
| Proprietary charging port | No | No |
Input
| Keyboard type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | No | Yes |
| Backlight | Optional | Optional |
| Size | 13.3 x 9.0 cm | 11.5 x 6.7 cm |
| Surface | Plastic | - |
| 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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