Dell Precision 5560 vs Apple MacBook Pro 16 (2021)
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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
Case
Design, materials, durability and usability
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Key Differences
Advantages of the Dell Precision 5560
- Thinner bezels and 3% higher screen-to-body ratio
- User-upgradable RAM (up to 64GB) and an SSD
- Smaller footprint: 10% more compact case (122.9 vs 136.7 square inches)
Advantages of the Apple MacBook Pro 16 (2021)
- Can run popular games at about 331-451% higher FPS
- Higher screen refresh rate: 120 versus 60 Hz
- Features a much bigger (~79%) battery – 100 against 56 watt-hours
- Around 25% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench R23 test
- Better webcam recording quality
- 75% sharper screen – 254 versus 145 pixels per inch (PPI)
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Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 2.04 kg (4.5 lbs) | 2.1 kg (4.63 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 344.4 x 230.3 x 18.5 mm 13.56 x 9.07 x 0.73 inches |
355.7 x 248.1 x 16.8 mm 14 x 9.77 x 0.66 inches |
| Area | 793 cm2 (123 inches2) | 882 cm2 (136.8 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~89% | ~86.2% |
| Side bezels | 4.2 mm | 3.4 mm |
| Colors | Silver | Silver, Gray |
| Transformer | No | No |
| Opening angle | - | 135° |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | Active | Active |
| Vapor chamber | No | No |
| Number of fans | 2 | 2 |
| Noise level | 50 dB | 37.4 dB |
Display
| Size | 15.6 inches | 16.2 inches |
| Type | IPS LCD | Mini LED |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 120 Hz |
| PPI | 145 ppi | 254 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 16:10 |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1200 pixels | 3456 x 2234 pixels |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10 | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touchscreen | No | No |
| Coating | Matte | Glossy (Antireflective) |
| Contrast | 1650:1 | 25700:1 |
| sRGB color space | 100% | 100% |
| Adobe RGB profile | - | 88% |
| DCI-P3 color gamut | - | 99.1% |
| Response time | 35 ms | 67 ms |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Voltage | 11.4 V | - |
| Full charging time | - | 1:25 hr |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
| USB Power Delivery | Yes | Yes |
| Charging port position | Left | Left, Right |
| Charge power | 90 / 130 W | 140 W |
| Cable length | - | 2 meters |
| Weigh of AC adapter | 481 gramm | 353 gramm |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 2.4-2.9 GHz | 2.0 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 4.6 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
| Cores | 6 | 10 |
| Threads | 12 | 10 |
| L3 Cache | 12 MB | - |
| Integrated GPU | Intel UHD Graphics for 11th Gen (32 EU) | Apple M1 Pro GPU (16-core) |
| Fabrication process | 10 nm | 5 nm |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Graphics Card
GPU name
| TGP | 15 W | 30 W |
| Type | Integrated | Integrated |
| Fabrication process | 10 nm | 5 nm |
| GPU base clock | 350 MHz | 450 MHz |
| GPU boost clock | 1450 MHz | 1296 MHz |
| FLOPS | 0.742 TFLOPS | 5.2 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | System Shared | System Shared |
| Memory type | DDR4 | LPDDR5 |
| Memory bus | - | 256 bit |
| Memory speed | 3.2 Gbps | 6.4 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 256 | 2048 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 16 | 128 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 8 | 64 |
GPU performance
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 1x8 GB | 4x4 GB |
| Clock | 3200 MHz | 6400 MHz |
| Type | DDR4 | LPDDR5 |
| Upgradable | Yes | No |
| Total slots | 2 | - |
| Max. ram size | 64 GB | - |
Storage
Storage size
| Bus | PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) | Custom |
| Storage type | SSD (M2) | SSD (M2) |
| Channels | 1x256 GB | 1x512 GB |
| Upgradable | Yes | No |
| Total slots | 2 | - |
| NVMe | Yes | - |
Sound
| Audio chip | Realtek ALC3281-CG | - |
| Speakers | 2.0 | 4.2 |
| Power | 2x2.5W, 2x1.5W | - |
| Dolby Atmos | No | Yes |
| Loudness | 75.2 dB | 84.7 dB |
| Microphones | 2 | 3 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v6 | v6 |
| Bluetooth | v5.2 | v5 |
| Fingerprint | Yes | Yes |
| Optical drive | No | No |
| Webcam | Above the display | Above the display |
| Webcam resolution | 1280 x 720 | 1920 x 1080 |
| USB-A | No | No |
| USB Type-C | 3x USB 3.2 | 3x USB 4.0 |
| Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt 4 | Thunderbolt 4 |
| HDMI | No | 1x HDMI 2.0 |
| 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 | Yes |
Input
| Keyboard type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | No | No |
| Backlight | Yes | Yes |
| Key travel | 1.3 mm | 1 mm |
| Size | 15.0 x 9.0 cm | 15.5 x 9.9 cm |
| Surface | Glass | Glass |
| Windows Precision | Yes | No |
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