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Dell XPS 17 9700 vs. ROG Zephyrus S17 (2019): Full specs comparison

Here is a comparison of the specs between Dell XPS 17 9700 and ROG Zephyrus S17 (2019), including CPU, RAM, storage, battery, display, and more.

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Dell XPS 17 9700 Pros

Reasons that Dell XPS 17 9700 is better than ROG Zephyrus S17 (2019).

2020 vs. 2019

Intel Core i9-10885H inside Dell XPS 17 9700 has a 39% better multi-core CPU performance score than the Intel Core i7-9750H inside ROG Zephyrus S17 (2019).

Geekbench 5 multi-core score

Dell XPS 17 9700 - Intel Core i7-10875H

6,874

Dell XPS 17 9700 - Intel Core i9-10885H

6,788

Dell XPS 17 9700 - Intel Core i7-10750H

5,412

ROG Zephyrus S17 (2019) - Intel Core i7-9750H

4,880

Dell XPS 17 9700 - Intel Core i5-10300H

3,747

Dell XPS 17 9700 supports a larger memory capacity than the ROG Zephyrus S17 (2019). It supports up to 64GB versus 32GB of system memory on the ROG Zephyrus S17 (2019).

Max system memory size

Dell XPS 17 9700

64 GB

ROG Zephyrus S17 (2019)

32 GB

Dell XPS 17 9700 supports a faster memory speed than the ROG Zephyrus S17 (2019). It supports up to 2933MHz versus 2666MHz of system memory on the ROG Zephyrus S17 (2019).

Memory type and speed

Dell XPS 17 9700 - DDR4

2,933 MHz

ROG Zephyrus S17 (2019) - DDR4

2,666 MHz

Dell XPS 17 9700 weighed 4.65 pounds, 19% lighter than the 5.73 pounds ROG Zephyrus S17 (2019).

Weight	Dell XPS 17 9700	ROG Zephyrus S17 (2019)
Pound	4.65 lbs.	5.73 lbs.
Kilogram	2.11 kg	2.60 kg

ROG Zephyrus S17 (2019) Pros

We couldn't find any advantages of ROG Zephyrus S17 (2019) over Dell XPS 17 9700.

Prices

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

Dell XPS 17 9700 Price
	2020 Dell XPS 9700 Laptop 17 - Intel Core i7 10th Gen - i7-10750H - Six Core 5Ghz - 1TB SSD - 32GB RAM - Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 Ti - 1920x1200 FHD+ - Windows 10 Home (Renewed) By Dell $1,458.81	See at Amazon
	Dell New XPS 17 9700 17 inch UHD Plus Laptop, Intel i9-10885H 10th Gen, 32GB DDR4 RAM, 1TB SSD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 6GB GDDR6, Windows 10 Home, Silver By Dell $1,799.00	See at Amazon
	2020 Dell XPS 9700 Laptop 17 - Intel Core i9 10th Gen - i9-10885H - Eight Core 5.3Ghz - 2TB SSD - 64GB RAM - Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 - 1920x1200 FHD+ - Windows 10 Pro (Renewed) By Dell $2,311.99	See at Amazon
ROG Zephyrus S17 (2019) Price
	ASUS ROG Zephyrus S17 (2021) Gaming Laptop, 17.3” 120Hz 4K Display, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080, Intel Core i9-11900H, 32GB DDR4, 3TB SSD, Per-Key RGB Keyboard, Thunderbolt 4, Windows 10, GX703HS-XB99 By ASUS $2,367.82	See at Amazon
	ASUS ROG Zephyrus S17 (2021) Gaming Laptop, 17.3” 165Hz IPS Type QHD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, Intel Core i7-11800H, 16GB DDR4, 1TB SSD, Per-Key RGB Keyboard, Thunderbolt 4, Windows 10, GX703HM-DB76 By ASUS $3,898.00	See at Amazon
	ASUS 2023 ROG Zephyrus G16 Gaming Laptop, MUX Switch, 16” FHD 165Hz, Latest 10-Core i7-13620H CPU, RTX 4060 8GB GDDR6, Thin & Light, RGB, Win 11 H, W/Mouse Pad (32GB RAM \| 2TB PCIe SSD) By ASUS $1,389.99	See at Amazon

Availability	Dell XPS 17 9700	ROG Zephyrus S17 (2019)
Released	2020	2019
Release Date	Announced Date: May 13, 2020	-
Generations	2022 Dell XPS 17 9720 2021 Dell XPS 17 9710 2020 Dell XPS 17 9700	-

Exterior	Dell XPS 17 9700	ROG Zephyrus S17 (2019)
Dimensions	14.74 x 9.76 x 0.77 in (374.45 x 248.05 x 19.5 mm) Width: 14.74” (374.45 mm) Depth: 9.76” (248.05 mm) Height: 0.77” (19.5 mm)	15.70” x 10.70” x 0.73” (399 x 272 x 18.7 mm)
Weight	Non-touch with 56Wh: 4.65 lbs (2.11 kg) Touch screen with 97Wh: 5.53 lbs (2.51 kg)	5.73 lbs (2.6 kg)
Colors	CNC machined aluminum in platinum silver with carbon fiber composite palm rest in black Edge-to-edge Corning® Gorilla® Glass 6 on touch panel	Brushed Black
Keyboard and Trackpad	Full size, backlit chiclet keyboard with larger keycaps. Larger touchpad with multi-touch gesture support.	Backlit chiclet keyboard Per-key RGB lighting Aura Sync 1.4mm travel distance N key rollover

Display

Dell XPS 17 9700

ROG Zephyrus S17 (2019)

Size

17 Inches

17.3 Inches

Info

17-inch FHD+ non-touchscreen
- 1920 x 1200, IPS, 145 PPI, 500-nits brightness, 1650:1 contrast ratio, 100% sRGB, InfinityEdge Anti-Glare, Non-touch support.
17-inch UHD+ IPS touchscreen
- 3840 x 2400, IPS, 290 PPI, 500-nit brightness, 1600:1 contrast ratio, 100% AdobeRGB, InfinityEdge, Anti-Reflective, Touch support.

17.3-inch Full HD (1920x1080) IPS-level panel, 240Hz, 3ms, 100% sRGB, G-SYNC, Pantone® Validated
17.3-inch Full HD (1920x1080) IPS-level panel, 144Hz, 3ms, 100% sRGB, G-SYNC, Pantone® Validated

ROG Zephyrus S17 GX701GXR

17.3-inch Full HD (1920x1080) IPS-level panel, 144Hz, 3ms, 100% sRGB, HDR

Ports	Dell XPS 17 9700	ROG Zephyrus S17 (2019)
Image Source: Dell Left (3) 2 x Thunderbolt 3 40 Gpbs, USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps), DisplayPort 1.4, Power Delivery 1 x lock slot Right (4) 2 x Thunderbolt 3 40 Gpbs, USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps), DisplayPort 1.4, Power Delivery 1 x full-size SD card slot v6.0 1 x headphone jack Headphone/Microphone	1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C Support DisplayPort™ 1.4 and Power Delivery 2.0 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-C 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A 1 x HDMI 2.0b 1 x 3.5mm headphone and microphone combo jack 1 x Kensington lock

Internal Specs	Dell XPS 17 9700	ROG Zephyrus S17 (2019)
Processor	10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-10300H 4 cores, 8 threads, 2.50 → 4.50 GHz, 8MB SmartCache, 45W 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-10750H 6 cores, 12 threads, 2.60 → 5.00 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 45W 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-10875H 8 cores, 16 threads, 2.30 → 5.10 GHz, 16MB SmartCache, 45W 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-10885H 8 cores, 16 threads, 2.40 → 5.30 GHz, 16MB SmartCache, 45W	9th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-9750H 6 cores, 12 threads, 2.60 → 4.50 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 45W
Integrated Graphics	10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-10300H Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1050 MHz 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-10750H Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1150 MHz 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-10875H Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1200 MHz 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-10885H Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1250 MHz	9th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-9750H Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1150 MHz
Memory	8 GB 16 GB 32 GB 64 GB 2933 MHz Dual-channel DDR4 RAM.	Up to 32GB DDR4 2666MHz SDRAM
Discrete Graphics	NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1650 Ti with Max-Q (Optional) Turning Architecture, 4GB GDDR6 128-bit, 1035 → 1200 MHz, 1024 CUDA Cores. NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 2060 with Max-Q (Optional) Turning Architecture, 6GB GDDR6 192-bit, 975 → 1185 MHz, 1920 CUDA Cores.	ASUS ROG Zephyrus S17 GX701GVR NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 2060 6GB GDDR6 VRAM. ASUS ROG Zephyrus S17 GX701GWR NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 2070 8GB GDDR6 VRAM. ASUS ROG Zephyrus S17 GX701GXR NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 2080 8GB GDDR6 VRAM.
Storage	256 GB 512 GB 1 TB 2TB 4TB 2 x Removable M.2 2230/2280 PCIe® 3x4 NVMe™ SSD, Up to 32 Gbps.	512GB 1TB M.2 NVMe PCIe Gen3x2 SSD 1TB M.2 NVMe PCIe Gen3x4 SSD

Connectivity	Dell XPS 17 9700	ROG Zephyrus S17 (2019)
Wi-Fi	Rivet Killer AX1650w Up to 2400 Mbps, Dual band 2.4 GHz/5 GHz, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g, WiFi-4 (802.11n), WiFi-5 (802.11ac), WiFi-6 (802.11ax) Rivet Killer AX500s DBS Up to 1774.50 Mbps, Dual band 2.4 GHz/5 GHz, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g, WiFi-4 (802.11n), WiFi-5 (802.11ac), WiFi-6 (802.11ax)	Intel® Wi-Fi 5 with Gig+ performance (802.11ac)
Bluetooth	Rivet Killer AX1650w › Bluetooth 5.1 Rivet Killer AX500s DBS › Bluetooth 5.2	Bluetooth 5.0
Ethernet	-	Gigabit LAN Speed: 10/100/1000 Mbps.

Battery	Dell XPS 17 9700	ROG Zephyrus S17 (2019)
Size	3-cell smart lithium-ion 56 Wh 6-cell smart lithium-ion 97 Wh	-
Battery Life	-	Up to 10 hours of video playback. Up to 6 hours 21 minutes of web browsing.
Power Supply	90 W USB Type-C power adapter Power rated at 5VDC/3A, 9VDc/3A, 15VDC/3A, 20VDC/4.5A. 130 W USB Type-C power adapter Power rated at 5VDC/1A, 20VDC/6.5A.	230W power adaptor Support Type-C PD 3.0 up to 65W.

Software	Dell XPS 17 9700	ROG Zephyrus S17 (2019)
OS	Windows 10 Home Windows 10 Pro Upgradable to Windows 11	Windows 10 Home Windows 10 Pro
Built-in Apps	Microsoft Office 30-days trial McAfee LiveSafe™ 12 Month Subscription	Armoury Crate GameFirst VI GameVisual Sonic Studio III

Camera & Audio	Dell XPS 17 9700	ROG Zephyrus S17 (2019)
Camera	Front-facing camera Top-mount front camera with fixed focus lens, 0.92 Megapixels (1280 x 720 HD) at 30 fps. Infrared camera 576 x 360 (VGA) at 30 fps for Windows Hello Facial Recognition.	No Built-in camera. Support external ROG GC21 camera support 1080p@60Hz.
Audio	Studio quality tuning with Waves MaxxAudio® Pro and Waves Nx® 3D audio Quad-speaker design Dual microphone array optimized with Waves MaxxVoice supporting VoIP - Microsoft Cortana capable	2 speakers with Smart AMP technology Array Microphones

Misc	Dell XPS 17 9700	ROG Zephyrus S17 (2019)
Sensors	Ambient light sensor Windows Hello compliant fingerprint reader in the power button	-
Security	Windows Hello with Fingerprint Sign in Enterprise-grade protection with Windows Hello face sign-in Wedge-shaped lock	Kensington lock slot

Key Features	Dell XPS 17 9700	ROG Zephyrus S17 (2019)
At Glance	Released in Mid 2020 16:10 4K UHD+ 17” 2400p 60Hz Weight 4.65 lb 2.11 kg Up to Intel Core i9-10885H 8C/16T, 2.40 → 5.30 GHz Geekbench 5 1,196 Single Core Geekbench 5 6,788 Multi-Core With integrated Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1250 MHz Up to 64GB 2933 MHz DDR4 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 6GB GDDR6 with Max-Q	Released in 2019 16:9 FHD 17.3” 1080p 240Hz Weight 5.73 lb 2.60 kg Powered By Intel Core i7-9750H 6C/12T, 2.60 → 4.50 GHz Geekbench 5 1,044 Single Core Geekbench 5 4,880 Multi-Core With integrated Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1150 MHz Up to 32GB 2666 MHz DDR4 Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 8GB GDDR6