Dell XPS 15 9510 vs. Dell XPS 15 9500

Dell has released the XPS 15 9510, a 15.6-inch machine, in mid-2021. It is powered by up to a octa-core Intel Core i9-11900H with a boost clock speed up to 4.90 GHz. The laptop has a dedicated GPU option up to Nvidia Quadro RTX 3050Ti with 4GB GDDR6 45W TGP.

On the other hand, we have the 15.6-inch XPS 15 9500 was introduced by Dell about a year earlier in mid-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 GTX 1650Ti with 4GB GDDR6.

Both Dell XPS 15 9510 and Dell XPS 15 9500 have the same 15.6-inch display size. In addition, the Dell XPS 15 9510 weighs 4.22 lbs. about 5% heavier than the 4 lbs. Dell XPS 15 9500. Moreover, measured at 13.57” x 9.06” x 0.71”, the Dell XPS 15 9510 is just as portable as the Dell XPS 15 9500 at 13.56” x 9.07” x 0.71”.

There are a toal number of 6 ports and slots available on Dell XPS 15 9510. That includes two Thunderbolt 4 ports, a Lock Slot, a USB-C port, a Full-Size SD Card Slot, and a Headphone jack. With that said, it has the same number of ports and slots as the Dell XPS 15 9500 including two Thunderbolt 3 ports, a Lock Slot, a USB-C port, a Full-Size SD Card Slot, and a Headphone jack.

Moving over to upgradability, Dell claims that the Dell XPS 15 9510 supports up to 64GB 3200 MHz DDR4 memory that you can upgrade with two memory module slots on the motherboard. It also comes with two M.2 slots that users can easily upgrade and install an additional SSD to expand the storage on the device.

For Dell XPS 15 9500, it supports up to 64GB 2933 MHz DDR4 memory. Luckily, it has a single removable M.2 SSD slot that users can replace or upgrade when needed.

Here are some notable new features we found on the Dell XPS 15 9510.

• New 16:10 OLED 3.5K Touch Display - On top of FHD+ and 4K UHD+, the new Dell XPS 15 comes with a new OLED display with a 16:10 aspect ratio, touch, Dolby Vision, HDR 500TB, 100000:1 contrast ratio, 400-nit brightness, Eyesafe, Corning® Gorilla® Glass 6, and 100% DCI-P3 color gamut.
• 11th Gen Intel H-Series - The laptop is now powered by the latest 8-core 16-thread 11th Generation Intel ® Core™ processors with a Turbo Boost speed of up to 4.90GHz.
• Next-Generation Ray-Tracing Graphics - Featuring the new NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™️ 3050 and 3050 Ti with 4GB GDDR6 video memory to accelerates your favorite creative apps for greater performance and faster speed in video editing, graphic design, photography, and gaming.
• Faster DDR4 Memory - It now comes with the faster dual-channel 3200MHz DDR4 memory and can be configured up to 64GB.

For Dell XPS 15 9500, there are also some outstanding new features that we want to point out as well including:

The world's smallest 15-inch laptop

It features a stunning, new 4-sided InfinityEdge display that shows off a 5% larger screen and 92.9% screen to body ratio that makes it's even more compact than its predecessors.

Redefined 16:10 InfinityEdge Display

A new display ratio that features a stunning edge-to-edge display with optional 4K UHD+, Dolby Vision, HDR400, 1650:1 contrast ratio, 500-nit brightness, Eyesafe, 0.65% anti-reflective coating, Corning® Gorilla® Glass 6, and 100% Adobe RGB / 94% DCI-P3 color gamut.

Powerful Processors

The laptop now powered by the latest 8-core 16-thread 10th Generation Intel ® Core™ processors with Turbo Boost speed of up to 5.30GHz.

Next-Generation Graphics

Featuring the new NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1650 Ti with Max-Q GPU with 4GB GDDR6 video memory to accelerates your favorite creative apps for greater performance and faster speed in video editing, graphic design, photography, and gaming.

More and Faster Memory

It now comes with the faster dual-channel 2933MHz DDR4 memory and can be configured up to 64GB.

More Features

• Immersive 3D soundscape with quad speaker design and Waves Nx® 3D Audio.
• Easier to open.
• Infrared Camera for Windows Hello Face Authentication.
• 62% larger trackpad.
• Keyboard with larger key caps.

The Dell XPS 15 9500 also has some downsides that you might want to know, including:

• No Full-size USB ports.
• No OLED display available as the previous generation.