Dell Latitude 5490 vs. Dell Precision 5550

Dell has released the Latitude 5490, a 14-inch machine, in early-2018. It is powered by up to a quad-core Intel Core i7-8650U with a boost clock speed up to 4.20 GHz. The laptop has a dedicated GPU option up to Nvidia GeForce MX130 with 2GB GDDR5.

On the other hand, we have the 15.6-inch Precision 5550 was introduced by Dell about two years later in 2020. It comes with up to a octa-core Intel Core i9-10885H with a boost clock speed up to 5.30 GHz. It has a dedicated GPU option up to Nvidia Quadro T2000 with 4GB GDDR5.

The Dell Latitude 5490 has a 14-inch display which is slightly smaller than the 15.6-inch Dell Precision 5550. In addition, The Dell Latitude 5490 weighs 3.52 lbs. about 15% lighter than the 4.06 lbs. Dell Precision 5550. Moreover, measured at 13.1” x 9.0” x 0.8”, the Dell Latitude 5490 is much bulkier than the Dell Precision 5550 at 13.56” x 9.07” x 0.46”.

Moving over to upgradability, Dell claims that the Dell Latitude 5490 supports up to 32GB 2400 MHz DDR4 memory that you can upgrade with two memory module slots on the motherboard. It also comes with a single removable M.2 SSD slot that users 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.

For Dell Precision 5550, it supports up to 64GB 2933 MHz DDR4 ECC memory that you can upgrade with two memory module slots on the motherboard. It also has two M.2 slots that users can easily swap or add an extra SSD to get extra space when needed.