Dell XPS 17 9700 vs. ASUS VivoBook 15 X512J: Full specs comparison

We have comprehensively analyzed the technical specifications for the Dell XPS 17 9700 and ASUS VivoBook 15 X512J models. Our report includes intricate details such as the CPU, memory, storage, battery life, display quality, and other features.

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Dell XPS 17 9700 Pros

Reasons that Dell XPS 17 9700 is better than ASUS VivoBook 15 X512J.

Much faster CPU performance

Intel Core i9-10885H inside Dell XPS 17 9700 has a 82% better multi-core CPU performance score than the Intel Core i7-1065G7 inside ASUS VivoBook 15 X512J.

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
Dell XPS 17 9700 - Intel Core i5-10300H
3,747
ASUS VivoBook 15 X512J - Intel Core i7-1065G7
3,722
ASUS VivoBook 15 X512J - Intel Core i5-1035G1
2,878
ASUS VivoBook 15 X512J - Intel Core i3-1005G1
2,027
Supports larger memory

Dell XPS 17 9700 supports a larger memory capacity than the ASUS VivoBook 15 X512J. It supports up to 64GB versus 16GB of system memory on the ASUS VivoBook 15 X512J.

Max system memory size
Dell XPS 17 9700
64 GB
ASUS VivoBook 15 X512J
16 GB
Supports faster memory

Dell XPS 17 9700 supports a faster memory speed than the ASUS VivoBook 15 X512J. It supports up to 2933MHz versus 2400MHz of system memory on the ASUS VivoBook 15 X512J.

Memory type and speed
Dell XPS 17 9700 - DDR4
2,933 MHz
ASUS VivoBook 15 X512J - DDR4
2,400 MHz
8% larger display

Dell XPS 17 9700 has a 17-inch screen size 8% larger than the 15.6-inch ASUS VivoBook 15 X512J.

Display size
Dell XPS 17 9700
17-inch
ASUS VivoBook 15 X512J
15.6-inch

ASUS VivoBook 15 X512J Pros

Reasons that ASUS VivoBook 15 X512J is better than Dell XPS 17 9700.

About 20% lighter

ASUS VivoBook 15 X512J weighed 3.74 pounds, 20% lighter than the 4.65 pounds Dell XPS 17 9700.

WeightDell XPS 17 9700ASUS VivoBook 15 X512J
Pound
4.65 lbs.
3.74 lbs.
Kilogram
2.11 kg
1.70 kg

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)
 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)
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$1,458.81
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Dell XPS 17" 9700 FHD+ Laptop PC Intel Core i7-10750H Processor, 16GB Ram, 512GB NVMe SSD, Type C, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 1650, Windows 10 Pro (Renewed)
 Dell XPS 17" 9700 FHD+ Laptop PC Intel Core i7-10750H Processor, 16GB Ram, 512GB NVMe SSD, Type C, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 1650, Windows 10 Pro (Renewed)
By Dell
$724.99
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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)
 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
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ASUS VivoBook 15 X512J Price
ASUS VivoBook 15 15.6" Touchscreen FHD Laptop Computer, 12th Gen Intel 10-Core i7-1255U, 16GB DDR4 RAM, 512GB PCIe SSD, WiFi 6, Bluetooth 5.1, Backlit Keyboard, Quiet Blue, Windows 11 Home, SSROTHO
 ASUS VivoBook 15 15.6" Touchscreen FHD Laptop Computer, 12th Gen Intel 10-Core i7-1255U, 16GB DDR4 RAM, 512GB PCIe SSD, WiFi 6, Bluetooth 5.1, Backlit Keyboard, Quiet Blue, Windows 11 Home, SSROTHO
By ASUS
$545.00
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ASUS VivoBook 15X OLED Laptop, 15.6" OLED Display, AMD Ryzen 7 5800H CPU, AMD Radeon GPU, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, Windows 11 Home, Quiet Blue, M1503QA-ES74
 ASUS VivoBook 15X OLED Laptop, 15.6" OLED Display, AMD Ryzen 7 5800H CPU, AMD Radeon GPU, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, Windows 11 Home, Quiet Blue, M1503QA-ES74
By ASUS
$556.00
$899.99 38% OFF
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Asus Vivobook 15.6'' Student and Business Laptop, FHD 1920 x 1080 Touch Screen, 11th Gen Intel Core i5-1135G7 , 20GB DDR4 RAM, 1TB SSD , WiFi 6, Windows 11 Pro
 Asus Vivobook 15.6'' Student and Business Laptop, FHD 1920 x 1080 Touch Screen, 11th Gen Intel Core i5-1135G7 , 20GB DDR4 RAM, 1TB SSD , WiFi 6, Windows 11 Pro
By ASUS
$529.00
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Specs Comparison

Availability

Dell XPS 17 9700ASUS VivoBook 15 X512J
Released20202020
Release DateAnnounced Date: May 13, 2020-
Applicable Models-
  • ASUS VivoBook 15
  • ASUS VivoBook 15 X512J
  • ASUS VivoBook 15 X512JA
  • ASUS VivoBook 15 X512JF
  • ASUS VivoBook 15 X512JP
Generations-

Exterior

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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)
14.06” x 9.07” x 0.77” (357.2 x 230.4 x 19.9 mm)
Weight
  • Non-touch with 56Wh: 4.65 lbs (2.11 kg)
  • Touch screen with 97Wh: 5.53 lbs (2.51 kg)
3.74 lbs (1.7 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
Transparent Silver Slate Gray Peacock Blue Coral Crush
Keyboard and Trackpad
  • Full size, backlit chiclet keyboard with larger keycaps.
  • Larger touchpad with multi-touch gesture support.
  • Keyboard
    • Full-size keyboard with 1.4mm key travel
    • Illuminated chiclet keyboard (optional)
  • Touchpad
    • Button-less touchpad.
    • Built-in fingerprint sensor in the touchpad (optional)

Display

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Size17 Inches15.6 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.
  • 15.6" (16:9) LED-backlit FHD (1920x1080) 60Hz Anti-Glare Panel with 45% NTSC with wide 178° viewing angles
  • 15.6" (16:9) LED-backlit FHD (1280x800) 60Hz Anti-Glare Panel with 45% NTSC
  • 15.6" (16:9) LED-backlit HD (1280x800) 60Hz Anti-Glare Panel with 45% NTSC

Ports

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Dell XPS 17 9700 Ports
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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 Type-C USB 3.0 (USB 3.1 Gen 1)
  • 1 x Type-A USB 3.1 (Gen 1)
  • 2 x USB 2.0 port(s)
  • 1 x HDMI
  • 1 x Micro SD card
  • 1 x Audio jack

Internal Specs

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Processor
  1. 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-10300H
    4 cores, 8 threads, 2.50 → 4.50 GHz, 8MB SmartCache, 45W
  2. 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-10750H
    6 cores, 12 threads, 2.60 → 5.00 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 45W
  3. 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-10875H
    8 cores, 16 threads, 2.30 → 5.10 GHz, 16MB SmartCache, 45W
  4. 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-10885H
    8 cores, 16 threads, 2.40 → 5.30 GHz, 16MB SmartCache, 45W
  1. 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-1005G1
    2 cores, 4 threads, 1.20 → 3.40 GHz, 4MB SmartCache, 15W
  2. 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-1035G1
    4 cores, 8 threads, 1.00 → 3.60 GHz, 6MB SmartCache, 15W
  3. 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-1065G7
    4 cores, 8 threads, 1.30 → 3.90 GHz, 8MB SmartCache, 15W
Integrated Graphics
  1. 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-10300H
    Intel® UHD Graphics 630
    24 Execution Units, 350 → 1050 MHz
  2. 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-10750H
    Intel® UHD Graphics 630
    24 Execution Units, 350 → 1150 MHz
  3. 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-10875H
    Intel® UHD Graphics 630
    24 Execution Units, 350 → 1200 MHz
  4. 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-10885H
    Intel® UHD Graphics 630
    24 Execution Units, 350 → 1250 MHz
  1. 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-1005G1
    Intel® UHD Graphics
    32 Execution Units, 300 → 900 MHz
  2. 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-1035G1
    Intel® UHD Graphics
    32 Execution Units, 300 → 1050 MHz
  3. 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-1065G7
    Intel® Iris® Plus Graphics
    64 Execution Units, 300 → 1100 MHz
Memory
  • 8 GB 16 GB 32 GB 64 GB
    2933 MHz Dual-channel DDR4 RAM.
  • 4GB 8GB
    DDR4 2400MHz SDRAM Onboard Memory
  • 1 x SODIMM slot for expansion, upgradable to 8GB or 16GB 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 VivoBook 15 X512JA
  • No discrete graphics
ASUS VivoBook 15 X512JF
  • NVIDIA® GeForce® MX130
    Video memory: 2GB GDDR5 VRAM
ASUS VivoBook 15 X512JP
  • NVIDIA® GeForce® MX330
    Video memory: 2GB GDDR5 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.
  • 1TB
    5400 rpm SATA HDD.
  • 128GB 256GB 512GB
    PCIe® Gen3 x2 SSD M.2
  • 512GB Intel® PCIe® SSD + 32GB Intel® Optane™ memory

Connectivity

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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)
  • Integrated Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 ac)
  • Integrated Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 ac (2x2))
Bluetooth
  • Rivet Killer AX1650w › Bluetooth 5.1
  • Rivet Killer AX500s DBS › Bluetooth 5.2
Bluetooth 5.0

Battery

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Size
  • 3-cell smart lithium-ion 56 Wh
  • 6-cell smart lithium-ion 97 Wh
37Wh (2-cell lithium-polymer battery)
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.
45W power adapter
19V DC, 7=2.37A

Software

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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
MyASUS McAfee's free one-year offer
MyASUS Features
  • System Diagnosis
  • Battery Health Charging
  • Splendid
  • Tru2Life
  • Function Key Lock
  • WiFi roaming optimization
  • AppDeals
  • Link to MyASUS

Camera & Audio

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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.
  • Front-facing camera
    720p (1280 x 720 HD) camera.
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
  • 3.5mm headphone jack
  • ASUS SonicMaster Technology

Misc

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Sensors
  • Ambient light sensor
  • Windows Hello compliant fingerprint reader in the power button
  • Fingerprint sensor (optional)
Security
  • Windows Hello with Fingerprint Sign in
  • Enterprise-grade protection with Windows Hello face sign-in
  • Wedge-shaped lock
  • Fingerprint reader (optional)

Key Features

Dell XPS 17 9700ASUS VivoBook 15 X512J
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
Dell XPS 17 9700 Ports
NVIDIA GeForce
RTX 2060
6GB GDDR6 with Max-Q
Released in
2020
16:9 FHD
15.6”
1080p 60Hz
Weight
3.74 lb
1.70 kg
Up to
Intel Core i7-1065G7
4C/8T, 1.30 → 3.90 GHz
Geekbench 5
1,088
Single Core
Geekbench 5
3,722
Multi-Core
With integrated
Intel® Iris® Plus Graphics
64 Execution Units, 300 → 1100 MHz
Upgradable up to
16GB
2400 MHz DDR4
Nvidia GeForce
MX330
2GB GDDR5

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