Dell Pro 16 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 16
- Includes an old-school USB-A port
- User-upgradable RAM (up to 64GB) and an SSD
Advantages of the Apple MacBook Air 15 M4 (2025)
- Around 3.7x better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test
- Significantly easier to carry: weighs 410 grams less (around 0.9 lbs)
- MacBook with the Apple M4 (10-Core) chip maintains its performance even when running on battery power.
- Features a much bigger (~48%) battery – 66.5 against 45 watt-hours
- Thinner bezels and 2% higher screen-to-body ratio
- Provides 67% higher max. screen brightness: 500 vs 300 nits
- 58% sharper screen – 224 versus 142 pixels per inch (PPI)
- Smaller footprint: 10% more compact case (125.4 vs 139.8 square inches)
Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 1.92 kg (4.23 lbs) | 1.51 kg (3.33 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 358 x 251.82 x 18.89-20.85 mm 14.09 x 9.91 x 0.74-0.82 inches |
340.4 x 237.6 x 11.5 mm 13.4 x 9.35 x 0.45 inches |
| Area | 902 cm2 (139.6 inches2) | 809 cm2 (125.3 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~82.3% | ~83.9% |
| Side bezels | 6.7 mm | 5.4 mm |
| Colors | Black, Silver | Black, Silver, Gold, Blue |
| Material | Magnesium alloy | Aluminum |
| Transformer | No | No |
| Opening angle | 180° | 130° |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | Active | Passive |
| Vapor chamber | No | No |
| Liquid metal | No | No |
| Number of fans | 1 | - |
Display
| Size | 16 inches | 15.3 inches |
| Type | IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | No |
| PPI | 142 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 | Yes |
Screen space comparison
Pro 16
16″ (16:10 ratio) = 115.1 in2
MacBook Air 15 M4 (2025)
15.3″ (16:10 ratio) = 105.2 in2
~9% more screen space
| Contrast | 1000:1 | 1641:1 |
| sRGB color space | 52% | 100% |
| Adobe RGB profile | - | 88.3% |
| DCI-P3 color gamut | 42% | 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 W | 35 / 70 W |
| Cable length | - | 2 meters |
| Weight of AC adapter | - | 188 / 208 grams |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 1.2 GHz | 4.46 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 4.5 GHz | - |
| Cores | 6 (2P + 4E) | 10 (4P + 6E) |
| Threads | 8 | 10 |
| L3 Cache | 10 MB | - |
| Integrated GPU | Intel UHD Graphics (64EU) | Apple M4 GPU (10-core) |
| Fabrication process | 10 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 | 15 W | 18 W |
| Type | Integrated | Integrated |
| Fabrication process | 10 nm | 3 nm |
| GPU base clock | 300 MHz | 500 MHz |
| GPU boost clock | 1250 MHz | 1470 MHz |
| FLOPS | 1.3 TFLOPS | 3.8 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | System Shared | System Shared |
| Memory type | DDR5 | LPDDR5X |
| Memory bus | - | 128 bit |
| Memory speed | 5.6 Gbps | 7.5 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 512 | 1280 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 32 | 80 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 16 | 40 |
| GPU performance | 1.3 TFLOPS | 3.8 TFLOPS |
| Blender GPU | - | 1001 |
| Solar Bay | - | 15130 |
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 1x8 GB | 2x8 GB |
| Clock | 5600 MHz | 7500 MHz |
| Type | DDR5 | LPDDR5X |
| 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 | 1x128 GB | 1x256 GB |
| Upgradable | Yes | No |
| Total slots | 1 | - |
| NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Audio chip | Realtek ALC3204 | - |
| Speakers | 2.0 | 2.4 (2 tweeters and 4 woofers) |
| Power | 2x2W | - |
| Dolby Atmos | No | Yes |
| Loudness | - | ~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 | 1920 x 1080 | 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 | Yes | No |
| Backlight | Optional | Yes |
| Key travel | - | 1 mm |
| Size | 11.5 x 8.0 cm | - |
| Surface | - | Glass |
| Windows Precision | Yes | No |
Further details
Notes on Pro 16:
- The 128 GB variant uses UFS 3.1 storage soldered directly to the motherboard.
*Disclaimer! Ports, speakers, display, and other specifications can vary depending on the laptop's specific configuration or region.
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