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Dell XPS 13 9380 vs. Dell XPS 15 9550: Full specs comparison

We have comprehensively compared the specifications for the Dell XPS 13 9380 and Dell XPS 15 9550 models. The report includes detailed information regarding both models' CPU, memory, storage, battery life, display quality, and other features.

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Dell XPS 13 9380 Pros

Reasons that Dell XPS 13 9380 is better than Dell XPS 15 9550.

2019 vs. 2015

Dell XPS 13 9380 weighed 2.7 pounds, 31% lighter than the 3.9 pounds Dell XPS 15 9550.

Weight	Dell XPS 13 9380	Dell XPS 15 9550
Pound	2.7 lbs.	3.9 lbs.
Kilogram	1.22 kg	1.77 kg

Dell XPS 15 9550 Pros

Reasons that Dell XPS 15 9550 is better than Dell XPS 13 9380.

Intel Core i7-6700HQ inside Dell XPS 15 9550 has a 32% better multi-core CPU performance score than the Intel Core i7-8565U inside Dell XPS 13 9380.

Geekbench 5 multi-core score

Dell XPS 15 9550 - Intel Core i7-6700HQ

3,073

Dell XPS 15 9550 - Intel Core i5-6300HQ

2,409

Dell XPS 13 9380 - Intel Core i7-8565U

2,327

Dell XPS 13 9380 - Intel Core i5-8265U

2,132

Dell XPS 15 9550 - Intel Core i3-6100H

1,597

Dell XPS 13 9380 - Intel Core i3-8145U

1,553

Dell XPS 15 9550 supports a larger memory capacity than the Dell XPS 13 9380. It supports up to 32GB versus 16GB of system memory on the Dell XPS 13 9380.

Max system memory size

Dell XPS 15 9550

32 GB

Dell XPS 13 9380

16 GB

Configurable up to Nvidia Quadro GTX 960M 2GB GDDR5 vs. integrated

Dell XPS 15 9550 has a 15.6-inch screen size 17% larger than the 13.3-inch Dell XPS 13 9380.

Display size

Dell XPS 15 9550

15.6-inch

Dell XPS 13 9380

13.3-inch

Dell XPS 15 9550 has more ports and slots count than the Dell XPS 13 9380. It has nine versus six amount of ports and slots on the Dell XPS 13 9380.

Ports	Dell XPS 13 9380	Dell XPS 15 9550
Battery gauge button	No	Yes
full-size SD card slot	No	Yes
HDMI	No	Yes
headphone jack	Yes	Yes
lock slot	Yes	Yes
microSD card slot	Yes	No
power port	No	Yes
Thunderbolt 3	Yes x2	Yes
USB-A	No	Yes x2
USB-C	Yes	No
Total	6	9

Dell XPS 15 9550 has better versatile I/O connectivity than the Dell XPS 13 9380. It has six versus four commonly used ports and slots on the Dell XPS 13 9380.

Ports	Dell XPS 13 9380	Dell XPS 15 9550
headphone jack	Yes	Yes
Thunderbolt 3	Yes	Yes
full-size SD card slot	No	Yes
HDMI	No	Yes
microSD card slot	Yes	No
power port	No	Yes
USB-A	No	Yes
USB-C	Yes	No

Prices

Here are the latest price updates and offers for both devices.

Dell XPS 13 9380 Price
	Dell XPS 13 9380, 13.3" 4K UHD (3840X2160) Multi-Touch IPS Display, Intel Core i7-8565U, 512GB SSD, 16GB RAM, Fingerprint Reader, Silver (Renewed) By Dell $575.00	See at Amazon
	Dell XPS 13 9380, Core i7-8565U, 16GB RAM, 256GB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD, 13.3 4K UHD (3840x2160) Touch Screen Windows 10 Pro 64bit (Renewed) By Dell $1,095.99	See at Amazon
	Dell XPS 9380 Laptop 13.3 - Intel Core i5 8th Gen - i5-8365U - Quad Core 4.1Ghz - 256GB SSD - 16GB RAM - 1920x1080 FHD - Windows 10 Pro (Renewed) By Dell $414.67	See at Amazon
Dell XPS 15 9550 Price
	Dell XPS 15 9530 15.6'' FHD+ (Intel 13th Gen 14-Core i7-13700H (Beat i9-12900H), 32GB DDR5 RAM, 1TB SSD, Arc A370M) Business Laptop, Backlit, Fingerprint, Thunderbolt 4, Wi-Fi 6E, Platinum Silver By Dell $1,638.00	See at Amazon
	Genuine Dell 130W(watt) Tip 4.5mm Slim Power AC Adapter for dell XPS 15 9530 9550 9560 9570/Precision M3800 5510 5520 5530 Laptop Charger (HA130PM130/DA130PM130) Power Supply By Dell $31.43 $36.99 15% OFF	See at Amazon
	Dell Original XPS 15 Laptop Charger 130W(watt) AC Power Adapter(Power Supply) with 3 Prong Power Cord - Precision M3800 5510 5520 5530,XPS 9530 9550 9560 9570 By Dell $41.49	See at Amazon

Availability	Dell XPS 13 9380	Dell XPS 15 9550
Released	2019	2015
Release Date	Announced: CES - January 2019	-
Generations	2022 Dell XPS 13 9315 2022 Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 2021 Dell XPS 13 9305 2020 Dell XPS 13 9310 2020 Dell XPS 13 9300 2019 Dell XPS 13 7390 2019 Dell XPS 13 9380 2018 Dell XPS 13 9370 2017 Dell XPS 13 9360 2015 Dell XPS 13 9350 2015 Dell XPS 13 9343 2013 Dell XPS 13 9333	2022 Dell XPS 15 9520 2021 Dell XPS 15 9510 2020 Dell XPS 15 9500 2019 Dell XPS 15 7590 2018 Dell XPS 15 9570 2017 Dell XPS 15 9560 2015 Dell XPS 15 9550

Exterior	Dell XPS 13 9380	Dell XPS 15 9550
Dimensions	11.88 x 7.84 x 0.30 - 0.46 in (301.76 x 199.24 x 7.80 - 11.63 mm) Width: 11.88” (301.76 mm) Depth: 7.84” (199.24 mm) Height: 0.30 - 0.46” (7.80 - 11.63 mm)	14.06 x 9.27 x 0.45 - 0.66 in (357 x 235 x 11 - 17 mm) Width: 14.06” (357 mm) Depth: 9.27” (235 mm) Height: 0.45 - 0.66” (11 - 17 mm)
Weight	2.7 lbs - 2.81 lbs (1.23 kg - 1.27 kg)	3-cell battery models: 3.9 lb (1.78 kg) 6-cell battery models: 4.4 lb (2.0 kg)
Colors	Frost with Arctic white woven glass. Rose Gold with Arctic white woven glass. Platinum silver with black carbon fiber interior.	CNC machined aluminum Edge-to-edge Corning® Gorilla® Glass NBT™ on 4K Ultra HD display Carbon fiber composite palm rest with soft-touch paint
Keyboard and Trackpad	Full-size backlit keyboard. 4.13 x 2.36 in (105 mm x 60 mm) touchpad with multi-touch gesture support.	Full size, backlit chiclet keyboard; 1.3mm travel. 4.13 x 3.15 in (105 mm x 80 mm) touchpad with multi-touch gesture support.

Display	Dell XPS 13 9380	Dell XPS 15 9550
Size	13.3 Inches	15.6 Inches
Info	13.3-inch FHD touchscreen 1920 x 1080, 166 PPI, 60 Hz, 1500:1 contrast ratio, 400 nits luminance, 2.90 W power consumption, Anti-reflective, Touch support. 13.3-inch FHD non-touchscreen 1920 x 1080, 166 PPI, 60 Hz, 1500:1 contrast ratio, 400 nits luminance, 2.90 W power consumption, Anti-glare, Non-touch support. 13.3-inch UHD touchscreen 3840 x 2160, 331 PPI, 60 Hz, 1500:1 contrast ratio, 400 nits luminance, 5.41 W power consumption, Anti-reflective, Touch support.	15.6-inch WED FHD non-touchscreen 1920 x 1080, IPS, 141 PPI, 400-nit brightness 100% sRGB, InfinityEdge Anti-Glare, Non-touch support. 15.6-inch WED UHD touchscreen 3840 x 2160, IPS, 282 PPI, 350-nit brightness, 100% AdobeRGB, InfinityEdge Anti-Reflective, Touch support.

Ports	Dell XPS 13 9380	Dell XPS 15 9550
Image Source: Dell Left (3) 1 x lock slot Wedge-shaped lock slot 2 x Thunderbolt 3 40 Gpbs, Power Delivery, DC-in, DisplayPort, 4 lanes of PCI Express Gen 3 (40 Gbps) Right (3) 1 x microSD card slot 1 x USB-C USB 3.1 Gen 1 (5 Gbps), Power Delivery, DC-in, DisplayPort 1 x headphone jack	Image Source: Dell Left (5) 1 x Thunderbolt 3 40 Gpbs, USB 3.1 Gen 2 (10 Gbps), PCIe Gen 3 x2, DisplayPort, Power Delivery 1 x USB-A USB 3.0 (5 Gbps), PowerShare 1 x HDMI v2.0 1 x headphone jack Headphone/Microphone 1 x power port Right (4) 1 x USB-A USB 3.0 (5 Gbps), PowerShare 1 x full-size SD card slot 1 x lock slot 1 x Battery gauge button

Internal Specs	Dell XPS 13 9380	Dell XPS 15 9550
Processor	8th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-8145U 2 cores, 4 threads, 2.10 → 3.90 GHz, 4MB SmartCache, 15W 8th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-8265U 4 cores, 8 threads, 1.60 → 3.90 GHz, 6MB SmartCache, 15W 8th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-8565U 4 cores, 8 threads, 1.80 → 4.60 GHz, 8MB SmartCache, 15W	6th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-6100H 2 cores, 4 threads, 2.70 GHz, 3MB SmartCache, 35W 6th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-6300HQ 4 cores, 4 threads, 2.30 → 3.20 GHz, 6MB SmartCache, 45W 6th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-6700HQ 4 cores, 8 threads, 2.60 → 3.50 GHz, 6MB SmartCache, 45W
Integrated Graphics	8th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-8145U Intel® UHD Graphics 620 24 Execution Units, 300 → 1000 MHz 8th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-8265U Intel® UHD Graphics 620 24 Execution Units, 300 → 1100 MHz 8th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-8565U Intel® UHD Graphics 620 24 Execution Units, 300 → 1150 MHz	6th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-6100H Intel® HD Graphics 530 24 Execution Units, 350 → 900 MHz 6th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-6300HQ Intel® HD Graphics 530 24 Execution Units, 350 → 950 MHz 6th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-6700HQ Intel® HD Graphics 530 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1050 MHz
Memory	4GB 8GB 16GB 2133 MHz Dual-channel DDR3 SRAM.	8 GB 16 GB 32 GB 2133 MHz Dual-channel DDR4 RAM.
Discrete Graphics	-	NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 960M (Optional) Maxwell Architecture, 2GB GDDR5 128-bit, 1033 → 1098 MHz, 640 CUDA Cores.
Storage	128 GB 256 GB 512 GB 1 TB 2 TB PCIe 3x4 NVMe SSD up to 32 Gbps.	500GB/32GB SSD 512GB/128GB SSD Hybrid Hard Drive. 256 GB 512 GB PCIe Gen 3 SSD.

Connectivity	Dell XPS 13 9380	Dell XPS 15 9550
Wi-Fi	Killer 1435-S WiFi Up to 867 Mbps, Dual band 2.4 GHz/5 GHz, 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac.	DW1820A Up to 867 Mbps, Dual band 2.4 GHz/5 GHz, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g, WiFi-4 (802.11n), WiFi-5 (802.11ac).
Bluetooth	Bluetooth 4.2	Bluetooth 4.1

Battery	Dell XPS 13 9380	Dell XPS 15 9550
Size	4-cell smart lithium-ion Battery Capacity: 52 Wh	3-cell smart lithium-ion 56 Wh 6-cell smart lithium-ion 84 Wh
Battery Life	Up to Up to 21 hours * Tested on FHD panel	Up to 17 hours * Tested on 84 WHr battery, FHD panel, SSD models.
Power Supply	45 W USB (Type-C) power adapter rated at 20 VDC/2.25A, 15 VDC/3A, 9 VDC/3A, 5VDC/3A.	130 W power adapter Power rated at 19.50VDC/6.67A.

Software	Dell XPS 13 9380	Dell XPS 15 9550
OS	Windows 10 Home Windows 10 Pro Ubuntu 18.04 Upgradable to Windows 11	Windows 10 Home Windows 10 Pro
Built-in Apps	Microsoft Office 30-days trial McAfee LiveSafe™ 12 Month Subscription	Microsoft Office 30-days trial McAfee LiveSafe™ 12 Month Subscription

Camera & Audio	Dell XPS 13 9380	Dell XPS 15 9550
Camera	Front-facing camera Top-mount front camera with fixed focus lens, 0.9 Megapixels (1280 x 720 HD) at 30 fps. Infrared camera 340 x 340 for Windows Hello authentication.	Front-facing camera Bottom-mount front camera with fixed focus lens, 0.92 Megapixels (1280 x 720 HD) at 30 fps.
Audio	Realtek ALC3271-CG with Waves MaxxAudio Pro Two speakers (1W x 2 = 2W total) 4 digital array microphones; Far Field Cortana Capable	Realtek ALC3266 with Waves MaxxAudio Pro Two speakers (2W x 2 = 4W total) Digital-array microphones

Misc	Dell XPS 13 9380	Dell XPS 15 9550
Sensors	Windows Hello compliant fingerprint reader in the power button Ambient light sensor	-
Security	Windows Hello with Fingerprint Sign in Windows Hello Facial Recognition Noble lock slot	Kensington lock slot

Key Features	Dell XPS 13 9380	Dell XPS 15 9550
At Glance	Released in Early 2019 16:9 4K UHD 13.3” 2160p 60Hz Weight 2.7 lb 1.22 kg Up to Intel Core i7-8565U 4C/8T, 1.80 → 4.60 GHz Geekbench 5 804 Single Core Geekbench 5 2,327 Multi-Core With integrated Intel® UHD Graphics 620 24 Execution Units, 300 → 1150 MHz Configurable up to 16GB 2133 MHz DDR3	Released in 2015 16:9 4K UHD 15.6” 2160p 60Hz Weight 3.9 lb 1.77 kg Up to Intel Core i7-6700HQ 4C/8T, 2.60 → 3.50 GHz Geekbench 5 798 Single Core Geekbench 5 3,073 Multi-Core With integrated Intel® HD Graphics 530 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1050 MHz Up to 32GB 2133 MHz DDR4 Nvidia Quadro GTX 960M 2GB GDDR5