Dell XPS 15 9575 vs. Dell Inspiron 13 5391: Which is better?

Here is a side by side comparison between Dell XPS 15 9575 and Dell Inspiron 13 5391 specs including CPU, RAM, storage, battery, display, and more.

Dell XPS 15 9575 Pros

Reasons that Dell XPS 15 9575 is better than Dell Inspiron 13 5391.

Significantly faster CPU performance

Intel Core i7-8705G inside Dell XPS 15 9575 has a 21% better multi-core CPU performance score than the Intel Core i7-10510U inside Dell Inspiron 13 5391.

Geekbench 5 multi-core score
Dell XPS 15 9575 - Intel Core i7-8705G
3,576
Dell XPS 15 9575 - Intel Core i5-8305G
3,116
Dell Inspiron 13 5391 - Intel Core i7-10510U
2,942
Dell Inspiron 13 5391 - Intel Core i5-10210U
2,933
Dell Inspiron 13 5391 - Intel Core i3-10110U
1,866
Supports larger memory

Dell XPS 15 9575 supports a larger memory capacity than the Dell Inspiron 13 5391. It supports up to 16GB versus 8GB of system memory on the Dell Inspiron 13 5391.

Max system memory size
Dell XPS 15 9575
16 GB
Dell Inspiron 13 5391
8 GB
Supports faster memory

Dell XPS 15 9575 supports a faster memory speed than the Dell Inspiron 13 5391. It supports up to 2400MHz versus 2133MHz of system memory on the Dell Inspiron 13 5391.

Memory type and speed
Dell XPS 15 9575 - DDR4
2,400 MHz
Dell Inspiron 13 5391 - LPDDR3
2,133 MHz
17% larger display

Dell XPS 15 9575 has a 15.6-inch screen size 17% larger than the 13.3-inch Dell Inspiron 13 5391.

Display size
Dell XPS 15 9575
15.6-inch
Dell Inspiron 13 5391
13.3-inch

Dell Inspiron 13 5391 Pros

Reasons that Dell Inspiron 13 5391 is better than Dell XPS 15 9575.

Newer manufacturing

2019 vs. 2018

About 51% lighter

Dell Inspiron 13 5391 weighed 2.16 pounds, 51% lighter than the 4.36 pounds Dell XPS 15 9575.

WeightDell XPS 15 9575Dell Inspiron 13 5391
Pound
4.36 lbs.
2.16 lbs.
Kilogram
1.98 kg
0.98 kg

Prices

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

Dell XPS 15 9575 Price
Dell XPS 15 2-in-1 9575-15.6" 4K Touch - i7-8705G - AMD RX Vega M - 16GB - 256GB SSD
Dell XPS 15 2-in-1 9575-15.6" 4K Touch - i7-8705G - AMD RX Vega M - 16GB - 256GB SSD
By Dell
$899.95
Dell XPS 15 9575 2-in-1 15.6" FHD Touch InfinityEdge Touch, 8th Gen Intel Core i7-8705G, Radeon RX Vega M, 16GB, 512GB SSD, Win 10 Pro
Dell XPS 15 9575 2-in-1 15.6" FHD Touch InfinityEdge Touch, 8th Gen Intel Core i7-8705G, Radeon RX Vega M, 16GB, 512GB SSD, Win 10 Pro
By Dell
$799.95
Dell 130W USB-C/USB Type C Replacement AC Adapter for Precision 5530 2in1,XPS 15 2in1 9575, DP/N 0M0H25/M0H25, 0K00F5/K00F5,Model DA130PM170,HA130PM170
Dell 130W USB-C/USB Type C Replacement AC Adapter for Precision 5530 2in1,XPS 15 2in1 9575, DP/N 0M0H25/M0H25, 0K00F5/K00F5,Model DA130PM170,HA130PM170
By Dell
$47.77
$53.95 11% OFF
Dell Inspiron 13 5391 Price
Dell Inspiron 15 3530 Business Laptop 15.6" FHD Anti-Glare Touchscreen Intel 10-Core i5-1335U Processor (>i7-1255u) 16GB RAM 512GB SSD FHD Webcam ExpressCharge Long Battery Life Win11
Dell Inspiron 15 3530 Business Laptop 15.6" FHD Anti-Glare Touchscreen Intel 10-Core i5-1335U Processor (>i7-1255u) 16GB RAM 512GB SSD FHD Webcam ExpressCharge Long Battery Life Win11
By Dell
$474.88
$499.00 5% OFF
Dell - Inspiron 13 7000 2-in-1 - 13.3" Touch-Screen Laptop - Intel Core i5 - 8GB Memory - 512GB SSD + 32GB Optane - Silver - i7300-5395SLV-PUS
Dell - Inspiron 13 7000 2-in-1 - 13.3" Touch-Screen Laptop - Intel Core i5 - 8GB Memory - 512GB SSD + 32GB Optane - Silver - i7300-5395SLV-PUS
By Dell
$599.00
$647.96 8% OFF
Dell Inspiron 13 5310, 13.3 inch QHD Non-Touch Laptop - Intel Core i7-11390H, 16GB LPDDR4x RAM, 512GB SSD, NVIDIA GeForce MX450 with 2GB GDDR6, Windows 11 Home - Platinum Silver (Latest Model)
Dell Inspiron 13 5310, 13.3 inch QHD Non-Touch Laptop - Intel Core i7-11390H, 16GB LPDDR4x RAM, 512GB SSD, NVIDIA GeForce MX450 with 2GB GDDR6, Windows 11 Home - Platinum Silver (Latest Model)
By Dell
$1,062.83

Availability

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Released20182019
Release Date
  • Announced at CES 2018
  • Available on April 2018
  • Announced at IFA 2019
  • Available on October 1, 2019
Pricing-
  • Starting at $579.99 (non-WWAN)
  • Starting at $729.99 (WWAN)

Exterior

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Dimensions13.93 x 9.25 x 0.62 in (354 x 235 x 16 mm)
Width: 13.93” (354 mm)
Depth: 9.25” (235 mm)
Height: 0.62” (16 mm)
  • Non-WWAN Models
    • Front: 12.11 x 8.05 x 0.59 in (307.60 x 204.50 x 14.90 mm)
    • Back: 12.11 x 8.05 x 0.65 in (307.60 x 204.50 x 16.50 mm)
  • WWAN Models
    • Front: 12.11 x 8.05 x 0.66 in (307.60 x 204.50 x 16.80 mm)
    • Back: 12.11 x 8.05 x 0.73 in (307.60 x 204.50 x 18.50 mm)
Weight
  • 4.36 lb (1.97 kg)
  • Non-WWAN Models
    • 2.16 lb (1.18 kg)
  • WWAN Models
    • 2.65 lb (1.20 kg)
Colors
  • Silver (CNC machined aluminum in platinum silver with carbon fiber composite palm rest in black)
  • Platinum Silver with dark gray bezel and keyboard (available on configurations without a backlit keyboard)
  • Platinum Silver with light gray bezel and silver keyboard (available on configurations with a backlit keyboard)
  • Ice Lilac
Keyboard and Trackpad
  • Full-size backlit Mag-Lev keyboard, 0.7mm travel.
  • 4.13 x 3.14 in (105 mm x 80 mm) precision touchpad with multi-touch gesture support.
  • Full-size, spill-resistant keyboard
  • Optional backlit full-size, spill-resistant keyboard
  • Multi-touch gesture-enabled precision touchpad with integrated scrolling

Display

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Size15.6 Inches13.3 Inches
Info
  • 15.6-inch FHD touchscreen
    1920 x 1080, IPS, 141 PPI, 100% sRGB,400-nit brightness, InfinityEdge, Anti-Reflective, 10-finger Touch Support, Multi-protocol Active Pen with Tilt support, Edge-to-edge Corning® Gorilla® Glass 4.
  • 15.6-inch 4K UHD touchscreen
    3840 x 2160, IPS, 282 PPI, 100% AdobeRGB,400-nit brightness, InfinityEdge, Anti-Reflective, 10-finger Touch Support, Multi-protocol Active Pen with Tilt support, Edge-to-edge Corning® Gorilla® Glass 4.
13.3-inch FHD (1920 x 1080) TrueLife LED Backlight Non-touch Narrow Border Wide Viewing Angle Display

Ports

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Dell XPS 15 9575 Ports
Image Source: Dell
  • 2 x Thunderbolt™ 3 
    (4 lanes of PCI Express Gen 3) supporting: Power Delivery, Thunderbolt 3 (40Gbps bi-directional), USB 3.1 Gen 2 (10Gbps), Native DisplayPort 1.2 video output, VGA, HDMI, Ethernet, and USB-A via Dell Adapter (sold separately).
  • 2 x USB Type-C 3.1
    Supports Power Delivery and DisplayPort.
  • 1 x microSD card reader
  • 1 x Noble lock slot
  • 1 x Battery gauge button and indicator
  • 1 x Headset jack
Dell Inspiron 13 5391 Ports
Image Source: Dell
  • 1 x HDMI 1.4b
  • 1 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-C™ (DP/PowerDelivery)
  • 1 x USB 3.1 Gen 1
  • 1 x Micro SD card reader
  • 1 x Headphone & Microphone Audio Jack
  • 1 x AC Power

Internal Specs

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Processor
  1. 8th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-8305G
    4 cores, 8 threads, 2.80 → 3.80 GHz, 6MB Cache, 65W
  2. 8th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-8705G
    4 cores, 8 threads, 3.10 → 4.10 GHz, 8MB Cache, 65W
  1. 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-10110U
    2 cores, 4 threads, 2.10 → 4.10 GHz, 4MB SmartCache, 15W
  2. 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-10210U
    4 cores, 8 threads, 1.60 → 4.20 GHz, 6MB SmartCache, 15W
  3. 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-10510U
    4 cores, 8 threads, 1.80 → 4.90 GHz, 8MB SmartCache, 15W
Integrated Graphics
  1. 8th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-8305G
    Intel® UHD Graphics 630
    24 Execution Units, 350 → 1000 MHz
  2. 8th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-8705G
    Intel® UHD Graphics 630
    24 Execution Units, 350 → 1100 MHz
  1. 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-10110U
    Intel® UHD Graphics
    23 Execution Units, 300 → 1000 MHz
  2. 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-10210U
    Intel® UHD Graphics
    24 Execution Units, 300 → 1100 MHz
  3. 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-10510U
    Intel® UHD Graphics
    24 Execution Units, 300 → 1150 MHz
Memory
  • 8 GB 16 GB
    2400 MHz Dual-channel DDR4 RAM.
4 GB 8 GB
2133 MHz dual-channel onboard LPDDR3 RAM.
Discrete Graphics
  • Radeon™ RX Vega M GL Graphics
    4GB HBM2 graphics memory, 931 MHz up to 1,011 MHz, 20 Compute Units, 179.2 GB/s memory bandwidth, 1024 bit memory interface, H.264, H.265 (10-bit HEVC) hardware encode/decode.
NVIDIA® GeForce® MX250 (Optional) Pascal Architecture, 2GB GDDR5 64-bit, 1518 → 1582 MHz, 384 CUDA Cores.
Storage
  • 128 GB 256 GB 512 GB 1 TB
    PCIe 3x4 NVMe SSD up to 32 Gbps.
256 GB 512 GB
M.2 PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive.

Connectivity

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Wi-Fi
  • Rivet Killer® 1435-S
    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).
  • Intel® 8265
    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).
  • Intel 9560
    Up to 1730 Mbps, Dual band 2.4 GHz/5 GHz, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g, WiFi-4 (802.11n), WiFi-5 (802.11ac)
  • Intel 9462
    Up to 433 Mbps, Dual band 2.4 GHz/5 GHz, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g, WiFi-4 (802.11n), WiFi-5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth
  • Bluetooth 4.1
  • Bluetooth 5.0
More-
  • Optional Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN)
    • Intel 7360 (DW5820e)
    • Up to 450 Mbps DL/50 Mbps UL (Cat 9)
    • Frequency bands supported (LTE FDD: 450 Mbps DL/50 Mbps UL (Cat 9), LTE TDD: B347 Mbps DL/30 Mbps UL (Cat 9), UMTS/HSPA+: UMTS 384 Kbps DL/384 Kbps UL)
    • Wireless standards (LTE Category 16, UMTS/HSPA+)
    • Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) (Supports GPS, BDS, and GLONASS)

Battery

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Size
  • 6-cell smart lithium-ion 75 Wh
  • 4-Cell Battery, 45 Whr (Integrated)
  • 4-Cell Battery, 52 Whr (Integrated)
Battery Life
  • Up to 15 hours and 53 minutes
* Tested on FHD panel.
  • Non-WWAN Models
    • Up to 13 hours 06 minutes
  • WWAN Models
    • Up to 13 hours 44 minutes
* Tested on the Mobile Mark 2014 benchmark test.
Power Supply130 W power adapter
Power rated at 20VDC/6.50A.
65 Watt AC Adapter

Software

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OS
Windows 10 Home Windows 10 Pro
Upgradable to Windows 11
Windows 10 Home Windows 10 Pro Ubuntu 18.04
Upgradable to Windows 11
Built-in Apps
  • Microsoft Office 30-days trial
  • McAfee LiveSafe™ 12 Month Subscription
  • Microsoft Office 30 Trial
  • McAfee LiveSafe
  • Foxit Phantom Standard PDF
  • SupportAssist
  • Dell Mobile Connect
  • Dell Color Profiles
  • SmartByte
  • Wave MaxxAudio® Pro

Camera & Audio

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Camera
  • Front-facing camera
    Bottom-mount front camera with fixed focus lens, 0.92 Megapixels (1280 x 720 HD) at 30 fps.
  • Infrared camera
    340 x 340 for Windows Hello authentication.
  • Integrated Widescreen HD (720p) Webcam
Audio
  • Realtek ALC3271-CG with Stereo speakers professionally tuned with Waves MaxxAudio® Pro
  • Two speakers (1W x 2 = 2W total)
  • Dual-array microphones
  • 2 x tuned speakers, audio processing by Waves MaxxAudio® Pro
  • 1 x combo headphone/microphone jack
  • Dual Digital Microphone Array

Misc

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Sensors
  • Optional Windows Hello compliant fingerprint reader in the power button
  • Ambient light sensor
  • Gyroscope
  • eCompass/Magnetometer
  • Accelerometer/FFS
  • Fingerprint reader sensor (Optional)
Security
  • Windows Hello with Fingerprint Sign in
  • Windows Hello with Infrared Camera
  • Noble lock slot
Fingerprint Reader with Windows Hello (Optional)

Key Features

Dell XPS 15 9575Dell Inspiron 13 5391
At Glance
Released in Early
2018
16:9 4K UHD
15.6”
2160p 60Hz
Weight
4.36 lb
1.98 kg
Up to
Intel Core i7-8705G
4C/8T, 3.10 → 4.10 GHz
Geekbench 5
960
Single Core
Geekbench 5
3,576
Multi-Core
With integrated
Intel® UHD Graphics 630
24 Execution Units, 350 → 1100 MHz
Up to
16GB
2400 MHz DDR4
Dell XPS 15 9575 Ports
AMD Radeon
RX Vega M GL
4GB HBM2
Released in Late
2019
16:9 FHD
13.3”
1080p 60Hz
Weight
2.16 lb
0.98 kg
Up to
Intel Core i7-10510U
4C/8T, 1.80 → 4.90 GHz
Geekbench 5
957
Single Core
Geekbench 5
2,942
Multi-Core
With integrated
Intel® UHD Graphics
24 Execution Units, 300 → 1150 MHz
Configurable up to
8GB
2133 MHz LPDDR3
Dell Inspiron 13 5391 Ports
Nvidia GeForce
MX250
2GB GDDR5

Comparison Summary

Dell XPS 15 9575 vs. Dell Inspiron 13 5391

Dell has released the XPS 15 9575, a 15.6-inch machine, in early-2018. It is powered by up to a quad-core Intel Core i7-8705G with a boost clock speed up to 4.10 GHz. The laptop has a dedicated GPU option up to AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL with 4GB HBM2.

On the other hand, we have the 13.3-inch Inspiron 13 5391 was introduced by Dell about a year later in late-2019. It comes with up to a quad-core Intel Core i7-10510U with a boost clock speed up to 4.90 GHz. It has a dedicated GPU option up to Nvidia GeForce MX250 with 2GB GDDR5.

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Dell XPS 15 95751
8th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-8305G81985.31%
2
8th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-8705G960100.00%
Dell Inspiron 13 53911
10th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-10110U89793.44%
2
10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-10210U94498.33%
3
10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-10510U95799.69%
0960

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Dell XPS 15 95751
8th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-8305G3,11687.14%
2
8th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-8705G3,576100.00%
Dell Inspiron 13 53911
10th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-10110U1,86652.18%
2
10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-10210U2,93382.02%
3
10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-10510U2,94282.27%
03,576

The Dell XPS 15 9575 has a 15.6-inch display which is considerably larger than the 13.3-inch Dell Inspiron 13 5391. In addition, the Dell XPS 15 9575 weighs 4.36 lbs. about 101% heavier than the 2.16 lbs. Dell Inspiron 13 5391. Moreover, measured at 13.93” x 9.25” x 0.62”, the Dell XPS 15 9575 is considerably bulkier than the Dell Inspiron 13 5391 at 12.11” x 8.05” x 0.65”.

Dell XPS 15 9575Dell Inspiron 13 5391

Moving over to upgradability, Dell claims that the Dell XPS 15 9575 supports up to 16GB 2400 MHz DDR4 memory. It also comes with a single removable M.2 SSD slot that users can replace and upgrade in the future.

For Dell Inspiron 13 5391, it supports up to 8GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3 memory. Unlike Dell XPS 15 9575, it has an onboard memory module that is not upgradable by the users. Luckily, it has a single removable M.2 SSD slot that users can replace or upgrade when needed.

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