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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 XPS 15 9500
- Higher number of cutting-edge USB Type-C ports: 3 versus 1
- Slightly easier to carry: weighs 170 grams less (around 0.37 lbs)
- Thinner bezels and 21% higher screen-to-body ratio
- Much smaller footprint: 13% more compact case (122.6 vs 140.6 square inches)
Advantages of the ASUS TUF Dash F15 FX516
- Includes an old-school USB-A port
- Can run popular games at about 143-195% higher FPS
- Features a much bigger (~36%) battery – 76 against 56 watt-hours
Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 1.83 kg (4.04 lbs) | 2 kg (4.41 lbs) |
| Width | 344 mm (13.54 inches) | 360 mm (14.17 inches) |
| Height | 230 mm (9.06 inches) | 252 mm (9.92 inches) |
| Thickness | 18 mm (0.71 inches) | 19.9 mm (0.78 inches) |
| Area | 791 cm2 (122.7 inches2) | 907 cm2 (140.6 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~89.2% | ~74% |
| Side bezels | 4 mm | 7.3 mm |
| Colors | Silver | White, Black |
| Transformer | No | No |
| Opening angle | 140° | - |
| Cooling system | Active | Active |
| Vapor chamber | No | No |
| Number of fans | 2 | 2 |
| Max. fan speed (RPM) | 5000 RPM | - |
| Noise level | 46 dB | - |
Display
| Size | 15.6 inches | 15.6 inches |
| Type | IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 60 Hz |
| PPI | 145 ppi | 141 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 16:9 |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1200 pixels | 1920 x 1080 pixels |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | No |
| Touchscreen | No | No |
| Coating | Matte | Matte |
| Contrast | 1650:1 | - |
| sRGB color space | 100% | - |
| Adobe RGB profile | 89.5% | - |
| DCI-P3 color gamut | 94% | - |
| Response time | 43 ms | - |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Full charging time | 3:00 hr | - |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
| USB Power Delivery | Yes | Yes |
| Charging port position | Left, Right | Left |
| Charge power | 90 W | 200 W |
| Weigh of AC adapter | 481 gramm | - |
Sound
| Audio chip | Realtek ALC3281-CG | - |
| Speakers | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Power | 2x5W | 2x2W |
| Loudness | 84.2 dB | - |
| Microphones | 2 | 2 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v6 | v6 |
| Bluetooth | v5 | v5.2 |
| Fingerprint | Yes | No |
| Optical drive | No | No |
| Webcam | Above the display | - |
| Webcam resolution | 1280 x 720 | - |
| USB Type-C | 3x USB 3.1 | 1x USB 3.2 |
| USB-A | No | 3x USB 3.2 |
| HDMI | No | 1x HDMI 2.0 |
| DisplayPort | No | No |
| VGA | No | No |
| Audio jack (3.5 mm) | Yes | Yes |
| Ethernet (RJ45) | No | Yes |
| SD card reader | Yes | No |
| Proprietary charging port | No | Yes |
Input
| Keyboard type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | No | No |
| Backlight | Yes | Yes |
| Key travel | 1.3 mm | 1.7 mm |
| Size | 15.0 x 9.0 cm | - |
| Surface | Glass | Plastic |
| Windows Precision | Yes | Yes |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 2.5 GHz | 2.6-3.1 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 4.5 GHz | 4.4 GHz |
| Cores | 4 | 4 |
| Threads | 8 | 8 |
| L3 Cache | 8 MB | 8 MB |
| Integrated GPU | Intel UHD Graphics 630 | Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80 |
| Fabrication process | 14 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 | Dedicated | Dedicated |
| Fabrication process | 12 nm | 8 nm |
| GPU base clock | 1350 MHz | 816-1387 MHz |
| GPU boost clock | 1485 MHz | 1283-1703 MHz |
| FLOPS | 3.041 TFLOPS | 10.94 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | 4 GB | 6 GB |
| Memoty type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory bus | 128 bit | 192 bit |
| Memory clock | 1500 MHz (Effective - 12000 MHz) | 1750 MHz (Effective - 12000-14000 MHz) |
| Shading units | 1024 | 3840 |
| DirectX support | 12 | 12 |
| Max. resolution | - | 3840x2160 - 60 Hz |
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 2x4 GB | 1x16 GB |
| Clock | 2933 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Type | DDR4 | DDR4 |
| Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
| Total slots | 2 | 2 |
| Max. ram size | 32 GB | 32 GB |
Storage
Storage size
| Storage type | SSD (M2) | SSD (M2) |
| Channels | 1x256 GB | 1x512 GB |
| Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
| Total slots | 2 | - |
| NVMe | Yes | Yes |
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