Dell XPS 13 9310 vs Asus Zenbook 14 OLED (UX3402)
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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 XPS 13 9310
- Easier to carry: weighs 190 grams less (around 0.42 lbs)
- Thinner bezels and 8% higher screen-to-body ratio
- Much smaller footprint: 15% more compact case (91.3 vs 107.3 square inches)
Advantages of the Asus Zenbook 14 OLED (UX3402)
- Includes an old-school USB-A port
- Higher screen refresh rate: 90 versus 60 Hz
- Around 2.9x better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test
- Can run popular games at about 39-53% higher FPS
- Features a much bigger (~44%) battery – 75 against 52 watt-hours
- Better webcam recording quality
- High-speed PCI Express Gen 4 interface
- 44% sharper screen – 243 versus 169 pixels per inch (PPI)
- Provides 20% higher max. screen brightness: 600 vs 500 nits
Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 1.2 kg (2.65 lbs) | 1.39 kg (3.06 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 296 x 199 x 15 mm 11.65 x 7.83 x 0.59 inches |
313.6 x 220.6 x 16.9 mm 12.35 x 8.69 x 0.67 inches |
| Area | 589 cm2 (91.2 inches2) | 692 cm2 (107.3 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~88.4% | ~82.2% |
| Side bezels | 3.7 mm | 6.1 mm |
| Colors | White, Black | Silver, Blue, Green |
| Material | Top: Aluminum Middle: Carbon fiber Bottom: Aluminum |
Aluminum |
| Transformer | No | No |
| Opening angle | 140° | 180° |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | Active | Active |
| Vapor chamber | No | No |
| Liquid metal | No | No |
| Number of fans | 2 | 1 |
| Noise level (max. load) | 36.6 dB | 47 dB |
Display
| Size | 13.4 inches | 14 inches |
| Type | IPS LCD | OLED |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 90 Hz |
| PPI | 169 ppi | 243 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 16:10 |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1200 pixels | 2880 x 1800 pixels |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, HDR10 |
| Sync technology | No | No |
| Touchscreen | No | No |
| Coating | Matte | Glossy |
| Ambient light sensor | Yes | No |
Screen space comparison
Zenbook 14 OLED (UX3402)
14″ (16:10 ratio) = 88.1 in2
XPS 13 9310
13.4″ (16:10 ratio) = 80.7 in2
~9% more screen space
| Contrast | 1200:1 | 1000000:1 |
| sRGB color space | 99.5% | 100% |
| Adobe RGB profile | 66% | - |
| DCI-P3 color gamut | - | 100% |
| Response time | 35 ms | 1 ms |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Voltage | 7.6 V | - |
| Full charging time | 2:00 hr | 1:50 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, Right | Right |
| Charge power | 45 W | 65 W |
| Cable length | 1 meters | - |
| Weight of AC adapter | 218 grams | - |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 1.7-3.0 GHz | 1.7 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 4.1 GHz | 4.4 GHz |
| Cores | 2 | 12 (4P + 8E) |
| Threads | 4 | 16 |
| L3 Cache | 6 MB | 12 MB |
| Integrated GPU | Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 | Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) |
| Fabrication process | 10 nm | 10 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 | 15 W |
| Type | Integrated | Integrated |
| Fabrication process | 10 nm | 10 nm |
| GPU base clock | 400 MHz | 300 MHz |
| GPU boost clock | 1250 MHz | 1300 MHz |
| FLOPS | 1 TFLOPS | 1.7 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | System Shared | System Shared |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory speed | 4.27 Gbps | 4.8 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 384 | 640 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 24 | 40 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 12 | 20 |
| GPU performance | 1 TFLOPS | 1.7 TFLOPS |
GPU Benchmarks
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Expected FPS based on average performance across 9 popular games. Details
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 4x2 GB | 2x4 GB |
| Clock | 4267 MHz | 4800 MHz |
| Type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5 |
| Upgradable | No | No |
Storage
Storage size
| Bus | PCI-E Gen 3.0 (4x) | PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) |
| Storage type | SSD (M2) | SSD (M2) |
| Channels | 1x256 GB | 1x256 GB |
| Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
| Total slots | 1 | 1 |
| NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Audio chip | Realtek ALC3281-CG | Realtek ALC3288 |
| Speakers | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Power | 2x2W | - |
| Dolby Atmos | No | Yes |
| Loudness | ~84.6 dB | ~79 dB |
| Microphones | 2 | 2 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v6 | v6E |
| Bluetooth | v5.1 | v5.3 |
| Fingerprint | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared sensor | No | No |
| Optical drive | No | No |
| Webcam | Above the display | Above the display |
| Webcam resolution | 1280 x 720 | 1920 x 1080 |
| USB-A | No | 1x USB 3.2 |
| USB Type-C | 2x USB 3.1 | 2x USB 4.0 |
| Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt 4 | Thunderbolt 4 |
| HDMI | No | 1x HDMI 2.1 |
| 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 | No |
Input
| Keyboard type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | No | No |
| Backlight | Yes | Yes |
| Key travel | 1 mm | 1.4 mm |
| Size | 11.2 x 6.4 cm | 13.0 x 7.4 cm |
| Surface | Glass | 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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