Dell Latitude 5480 vs. Dell Latitude 5430
Here is a side by side comparison between Dell Latitude 5480 and Dell Latitude 5430 specs including CPU, RAM, storage, battery, display, and more.
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Dell Latitude 5480 Pros
Reasons that Dell Latitude 5480 is better than Dell Latitude 5430.
Dell Latitude 5480 has more ports and slots count than the Dell Latitude 5430. It has twelve versus ten amount of ports and slots on the Dell Latitude 5430.
Ports | Dell Latitude 5480 | Dell Latitude 5430 |
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HDMI | Yes | Yes |
headphone jack | Yes | Yes |
lock slot | Yes | Yes |
microSD card slot | Yes | Yes |
power port | Yes | No |
RJ-45 | Yes | Yes |
SIM card slot | Yes | No |
Smart Card Reader | No | Yes |
Thunderbolt 3 | Yes | No |
Thunderbolt 4 | No | Yes x2 |
USB-A | Yes x3 | Yes x2 |
VGA | Yes | No |
Total | 12 | 10 |
Dell Latitude 5480 has better versatile I/O connectivity than the Dell Latitude 5430. It has eight versus six commonly used ports and slots on the Dell Latitude 5430.
Ports | Dell Latitude 5480 | Dell Latitude 5430 |
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HDMI | Yes | Yes |
headphone jack | Yes | Yes |
microSD card slot | Yes | Yes |
RJ-45 | Yes | Yes |
USB-A | Yes | Yes |
power port | Yes | No |
Thunderbolt 3 | Yes | No |
Thunderbolt 4 | No | Yes |
VGA | Yes | No |
Dell Latitude 5430 Pros
Reasons that Dell Latitude 5430 is better than Dell Latitude 5480.
2022 vs. 2017
Intel Core i7-1265U inside Dell Latitude 5430 has a 77% better multi-core CPU performance score than the Intel Core i7-7820HQ inside Dell Latitude 5480.
Dell Latitude 5430 supports a larger memory capacity than the Dell Latitude 5480. It supports up to 64GB versus 16GB of system memory on the Dell Latitude 5480.
Dell Latitude 5430 supports a faster memory speed than the Dell Latitude 5480. It supports up to 3200MHz versus 2400MHz of system memory on the Dell Latitude 5480.
Dell Latitude 5430 weighed 3.01 pounds, 15% lighter than the 3.52 pounds Dell Latitude 5480.
Weight | Dell Latitude 5480 | Dell Latitude 5430 |
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Pound | 3.52 lbs. | 3.01 lbs. |
Kilogram | 1.60 kg | 1.37 kg |
Dell Latitude 5480: Our analysis and reviews

What we like
Reasons to like about Dell Latitude 5480.
Dell Latitude 5480 comes with a single removable M.2 SSD slot that you can replace and upgrade in the future. On top of that, it also has a single SATA slot that users can use to install a 2.5-inch SATA SSD, SSHD, or a hard disk drive to add even more storage. Learn more.
What we don't like
Reasons not to like about Dell Latitude 5480.
Requirements | Dell Latitude 5480 |
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Secure Boot | Yes |
TPM 2.0 | TPM 2.0 |
Processor | Intel Core i3-6100U → Intel Core i7-7820HQ |
4GB RAM | 4GB → 16GB |
64GB Drive | 256GB → 4TB |
2 Cores CPU | 2 → 4 cores |
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