Dell Pro 13 Plus vs Apple MacBook Air 15 M4 (2025)
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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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Key Differences
Advantages of the Dell Pro 13 Plus
- Includes an old-school USB-A port
- Easier to carry: weighs 280 grams less (around 0.62 lbs)
- Better webcam recording quality
- Much smaller footprint: 20% more compact case (100 vs 125.4 square inches)
Advantages of the Apple MacBook Air 15 M4 (2025)
- MacBook with the Apple M4 (10-Core) chip maintains its performance even when running on battery power.
- Around 87% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test
- Features a much bigger (~48%) battery – 66.5 against 45 watt-hours
- Thinner bezels and 6% higher screen-to-body ratio
- Provides 67% higher max. screen brightness: 500 vs 300 nits
- 32% sharper screen – 224 versus 170 pixels per inch (PPI)
Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 1.23 kg (2.71 lbs) | 1.51 kg (3.33 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 300 x 215 x 19.78-19.95 mm 11.81 x 8.46 x 0.78-0.79 inches |
340.4 x 237.6 x 11.5 mm 13.4 x 9.35 x 0.45 inches |
| Area | 645 cm2 (99.9 inches2) | 809 cm2 (125.3 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~79.5% | ~83.9% |
| Side bezels | 6.8 mm | 5.4 mm |
| Colors | Silver | Black, Silver, Gold, Blue |
| Material | Magnesium alloy | Aluminum |
| Transformer | No | No |
| Opening angle | - | 130° |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | Active | Passive |
| Vapor chamber | No | No |
| Liquid metal | No | No |
| Noise level (max. load) | 42 dB | - |
Display
| Size | 13.3 inches | 15.3 inches |
| Type | IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | No |
| PPI | 170 ppi | 224 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 16:10 |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1200 pixels | 2880 x 1864 pixels |
| HDR support | No | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Sync technology | No | No |
| Touchscreen | No | No |
| Coating | Matte | Glossy (Antireflective) |
| Ambient light sensor | - | Yes |
Screen space comparison
MacBook Air 15 M4 (2025)
15.3″ (16:10 ratio) = 105.2 in2
Pro 13 Plus
13.3″ (16:10 ratio) = 79.5 in2
~32% more screen space
| Contrast | 800:1 | 1641:1 |
| sRGB color space | - | 100% |
| Adobe RGB profile | - | 88.3% |
| DCI-P3 color gamut | - | 98.7% |
| Response time | 35 ms | 24 ms |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Voltage | 11.25 V | - |
| Full charging time | - | 2:44 hr |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
| Charging via USB (Power Delivery) | Yes | Yes, 70 W |
| Charging port position | Left, Right | Left |
| Charge power | 60 / 65 / 100 W | 35 / 70 W |
| Cable length | - | 2 meters |
| Weight of AC adapter | - | 188 / 208 grams |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 2.1 GHz | 4.46 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 4.5 GHz | - |
| Cores | 8 (4P + 4E) | 10 (4P + 6E) |
| Threads | 8 | 10 |
| L3 Cache | 8 MB | - |
| Integrated GPU | Intel Arc Graphics 130V | Apple M4 GPU (10-core) |
| 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 | 30 W | 18 W |
| Type | Integrated | Integrated |
| Fabrication process | 3 nm | 3 nm |
| GPU base clock | 600 MHz | 500 MHz |
| GPU boost clock | 1850 MHz | 1470 MHz |
| FLOPS | 3.3 TFLOPS | 3.8 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | System Shared | System Shared |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory bus | - | 128 bit |
| Memory speed | 8.53 Gbps | 7.5 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 896 | 1280 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | - | 80 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | - | 40 |
| GPU performance | 3.3 TFLOPS | 3.8 TFLOPS |
| Blender GPU | 562 | 1018 |
| Solar Bay | - | 15130 |
Expected FPS based on average performance across 9 popular games. Details
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 1x16 GB | 2x8 GB |
| Clock | 8533 MHz | 7500 MHz |
| Type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Upgradable | No | No |
Storage
Storage size
| Bus | PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) | Custom |
| Storage type | SSD (M2) | SSD (M2) |
| Channels | 1x256 GB | 1x256 GB |
| Upgradable | Yes | No |
| Total slots | 1 | - |
| NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Audio chip | Cirrus CS42L43 | - |
| Speakers | 2.0 | 2.4 (2 tweeters and 4 woofers) |
| Power | 2x2W | - |
| Dolby Atmos | No | Yes |
| Loudness | ~87 dB | ~85.8 dB |
| Microphones | 2 | 3 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v7 | v6E |
| Bluetooth | v5.4 | v5.3 |
| Fingerprint | Optional | Yes |
| Infrared sensor | Optional | No |
| Optical drive | No | No |
| Webcam | Above the display | Above the display |
| Webcam resolution | 2560 x 1440 | 1920 x 1080 |
| USB-A | 2x USB 3.2 | No |
| USB Type-C | 2x USB 4.0 | 2x USB 4.0 |
| Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt 4 | Thunderbolt 4 |
| HDMI | 1x HDMI 2.1 | No |
| 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 | Yes |
Input
| Keyboard type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | No | No |
| Backlight | Optional | Yes |
| Key travel | 1 mm | 1 mm |
| Size | 12.5 x 7.1 cm | - |
| Surface | Glass | Glass |
| Windows Precision | Yes | No |
*Disclaimer! Ports, speakers, display, and other specifications can vary depending on the laptop's specific configuration or region.
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