Dell XPS 13 9310 vs Acer Swift 3 (SF313-53)
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Dell XPS 13 9310
From $949
Acer Swift 3 (SF313-53)
From $699
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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
Case
Design, materials, durability and usability
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Key Differences
Advantages of the Dell XPS 13 9310
- Higher number of cutting-edge USB Type-C ports: 2 versus 1
- Thinner bezels and 15% higher screen-to-body ratio
- Much smaller footprint: 17% more compact case (91.3 vs 109.7 square inches)
- Provides 14% higher max. screen brightness: 500 vs 440 nits
Advantages of the Acer Swift 3 (SF313-53)
- Includes an old-school USB-A port
- Can run popular games at about 37-51% higher FPS
- Features a a little bigger (~8%) battery – 56 against 52 watt-hours
- Display has support for touch input
- 19% sharper screen – 201 versus 169 pixels per inch (PPI)
Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 1.2 kg (2.65 lbs) | 1.2 kg (2.65 lbs) |
| Width | 296 mm (11.65 inches) | 302.5 mm (11.91 inches) |
| Height | 199 mm (7.83 inches) | 233.9 mm (9.21 inches) |
| Thickness | 15 mm (0.59 inches) | 16 mm (0.63 inches) |
| Area | 589 cm2 (91.2 inches2) | 708 cm2 (109.7 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~88.4% | ~76.7% |
| Side bezels | 3.7 mm | 8.6 mm |
| Colors | White, Black | Silver |
| Transformer | No | No |
| Cooling system | Active | Active |
| Vapor chamber | No | No |
| Number of fans | 2 | 1 |
| Noise level | 36.6 dB | 40 dB |
Display
| Size | 13.4 inches | 13.5 inches |
| Type | IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 60 Hz |
| PPI | 169 ppi | 201 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 3:2 |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1200 pixels | 2256 x 1504 pixels |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | No |
| Touchscreen | No | Yes |
| Coating | Glossy (Antireflective) | Glossy |
| Contrast | 1200:1 | 1494:1 |
| sRGB color space | 100% | 98.7% |
| Adobe RGB profile | - | 70.1% |
| DCI-P3 color gamut | - | 73.3% |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Voltage | 7.6 V | - |
| Full charging time | 3:00 hr | 2:00 hr |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
| USB Power Delivery | Yes | Yes |
| Charging port position | Left, Right | Left |
| Charge power | 45 W | 65 W |
| Weigh of AC adapter | 218 gramm | - |
Sound
| Audio chip | Realtek ALC3281-CG | - |
| Speakers | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Power | 2x2.5W | - |
| Dolby Atmos | No | No |
| Loudness | 84.6 dB | - |
| Microphones | 2 | 2 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v6 | v6 |
| Bluetooth | v5.1 | v5 |
| Fingerprint | Yes | Yes |
| Optical drive | No | No |
| Webcam | Above the display | Above the display |
| Webcam resolution | 1280 x 720 | 1280 x 720 |
| USB Type-C | 2x USB 3.1 | 1x USB 3.2 |
| USB-A | No | 2x USB 3.2 |
| HDMI | No | 1x HDMI 1.4 |
| 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 | No | Yes |
Input
| Keyboard type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | No | No |
| Backlight | Yes | Yes |
| Key travel | 1 mm | - |
| Size | 11.2 x 6.4 cm | - |
| Surface | Glass | Plastic |
| Windows Precision | Yes | Yes |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 1.7-3.0 GHz | 0.9-2.4 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 4.1 GHz | 4.2 GHz |
| Cores | 2 | 4 |
| Threads | 4 | 8 |
| L3 Cache | 8 MB | 8 MB |
| Integrated GPU | Intel Iris Xe Graphics G4 | Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EU |
| Fabrication process | 10 nm | 10 nm |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
Graphics Card
GPU name
| Type | Integrated | Integrated |
| Fabrication process | 10 nm | 10 nm |
| GPU base clock | 300 MHz | 300 MHz |
| GPU boost clock | 1100 MHz | 1100 MHz |
| FLOPS | 0.84 TFLOPS | 1.41 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | 0 GB | 0 GB |
| Memoty type | System Shared | System Shared |
| Memory clock | 0 MHz (Effective - 0 MHz) | 0 MHz (Effective - 0 MHz) |
| Shading units | 384 | 640 |
| DirectX support | 12 | 12 |
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 2x4 GB | - |
| Clock | 4267 MHz | 3733 MHz |
| Type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Upgradable | No | No |
| Total slots | 2 | 2 |
Storage
Storage size
| Storage type | SSD (M2) | SSD (M2) |
| Channels | 1x256 GB | 1x512 GB |
| Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
| Total slots | 1 | 1 |
| NVMe | Yes | Yes |
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