Dell Precision 7760 vs. Dell Precision 7740: Which is better?

Dell has released the Precision 7760, a 17.3-inch machine, in mid-2021. It is powered by up to an octa-core Intel Xeon W-11955M with a boost clock speed up to 5.00 GHz. The laptop has a dedicated GPU option up to Nvidia Quadro RTX A5000 with 16GB GDDR6.

On the other hand, we have the 17.3-inch Precision 7740 was introduced by Dell about two years earlier in 2019. It comes with up to an octa-core Intel Xeon E-2286M with a boost clock speed up to 5.00 GHz. It has a dedicated GPU option up to Nvidia Quadro RTX 5000 with 16GB GDDR6.

Both Dell Precision 7760 and Dell Precision 7740 have the same 17.3-inch display size. In addition, The Dell Precision 7760 weighs 6.65 lbs. about 2% lighter than the 6.79 lbs. Dell Precision 7740. Moreover, measured at 15.75” x 10.38” x 1.13”, the Dell Precision 7760 is much more portable than the Dell Precision 7740 at 16.3” x 10.7” x 1.19”.

There are a toal number of 13 ports and slots available on Dell Precision 7760. That includes a Thunderbolt 4 port, three USB-A ports, a Smart Card Reader, a full-size SD card slot, a headphone jack, a lock slot, a Mini DisplayPort, an HDMI port, an RJ-45 port, and a power port. With that said, it has the same number of ports and slots as the Dell Precision 7740 including two Thunderbolt 3 ports, a full-size SD card slot, a Smart Card Reader, a headphone jack, three USB-A ports, a lock slot, an HDMI port, a Mini DisplayPort, an RJ-45 port, and a power port.

Moving over to upgradability, Dell claims that the Dell Precision 7760 supports up to 128GB 3466 MHz DDR4 ECC memory that you can upgrade with four memory module slots on the motherboard. It also comes with four M.2 slots that users can easily upgrade and install additional SSDs to expand the storage on the device.

For Dell Precision 7740, it supports up to 128GB 3200 MHz DDR4 ECC memory that you can upgrade with four memory module slots on the motherboard. It also has four M.2 slots that users can easily swap or add an extra SSD to get extra space when needed. Besides that, it also comes with a SATA slot where you can install an additional 2.5-inch SATA-based SSD, SSHD, or a hard disk drive.