The 2020 Dell XPS 17 9700 features the 45W 10th Generation Intel Comet Lake quad-core Intel Core i5-10300H up to 8-core Intel Core i9-10885H with the boost speed up to 5.30 GHz. While the 2020 Dell XPS 15 9500 features the 45W 10th Generation Intel Comet Lake quad-core Intel Core i5-10300H up to 8-core Intel Core i9-10885H with the boost speed up to 5.30 GHz.
If you are in the market looking for a laptop and don't know what's the difference between the 17″ Dell XPS 17 9700 (2020) and the 15.6″ Dell XPS 15 9500 (2020), we have a detailed tech specs comparison between both devices for you to check out here.
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.
What's missing
No Full-size USB ports.
No OLED display available as the previous generation.
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)
13.56 x 9.07 x 0.30 - 0.71 in (344.40 x 230.30 x 7.70 - 18 mm)
Width: 13.56” (344.40 mm)
Depth: 9.07” (230.30 mm)
Height: 0.30 - 0.71” (7.70 - 18 mm)
Weight
Non-touch with 56Wh: 4.65 lbs (2.11 kg)
Touch screen with 97Wh: 5.53 lbs (2.51 kg)
Non-touch with 56Wh: 4 lbs (1.83 kg)
Touch screen with 86Wh: 4.5 lbs (2.05 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
CNC machined aluminum in platinum silver with carbon fiber composite palm rest in black
Edge-to-edge Corning® Gorilla® Glass 6 on touch panel
Keyboard and Trackpad
Full size, backlit chiclet keyboard with larger keycaps.
Larger touchpad with multi-touch gesture support.
Full size, backlit chiclet keyboard.
5.91 x 3.54 in (150 mm x 90 mm) touchpad with multi-touch gesture support.
Ports
4 x USB Type-C 3.1 Gen 2 with Thunderbolt™ 3
(4 lanes of PCI Express Gen 3) supporting: Power Delivery, Thunderbolt 3 (40Gbps bi-directional), USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10Gbps), Native DisplayPort 1.4 (up to HBR2) video output, VGA, HDMI, Ethernet, and USB-A via Dell Adapter (sold separately).
1 x full-size SD card reader v6.0
1 x Wedge-shaped lock slot
1 x 3.5mm headphone/microphone combo jack
featuring Waves Nx® 3D audio with head tracking.
2 x USB Type-C 3.1 Gen 2 with 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).
With the right set of accessories, you can boost your laptop's productivity to the next level. Here we have some of the best accessories you should get for your Dell XPS laptop.
Those are the top must-have accessories for Dell XPS laptops so far. With Dell USB-C Mobile Adapter, Dell Notebook Power Bank Plus, Surface Precision Mouse, and Dell WD15 USB-C Dock will significantly increase your laptop productivity and battery life.
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