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Dell XPS 17 9720 vs. Surface Laptop Studio: Full specs comparison

We have comprehensively compared the specifications for the Dell XPS 17 9720 and Surface Laptop Studio models. The report includes detailed information regarding both models' CPU, memory, storage, battery life, display quality, and other features.

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Dell XPS 17 9720 Pros

Reasons that Dell XPS 17 9720 is better than Surface Laptop Studio.

Intel Core i7-12700H inside Dell XPS 17 9720 has a 142% better multi-core CPU performance score than the Intel Core i7-11370H inside Surface Laptop Studio.

Geekbench 5 multi-core score

Dell XPS 17 9720 - Intel Core i7-12700H

11,774

Dell XPS 17 9720 - Intel Core i5-12500H

9,293

Surface Laptop Studio - Intel Core i7-11370H

4,864

Surface Laptop Studio - Intel Core i5-11300H

4,441

Dell XPS 17 9720 supports a larger memory capacity than the Surface Laptop Studio. It supports up to 64GB versus 32GB of system memory on the Surface Laptop Studio.

Max system memory size

Dell XPS 17 9720

64 GB

Surface Laptop Studio

32 GB

Dell XPS 17 9720 supports a faster memory speed than the Surface Laptop Studio. It supports up to 4800MHz versus 4267MHz of system memory on the Surface Laptop Studio.

Memory type and speed

Dell XPS 17 9720 - DDR5

4,800 MHz

Surface Laptop Studio - LPDDR4X

4,267 MHz

Dell XPS 17 9720 comes with two SODIMM slots that allow you to replace or upgrade when needed. On the flip side, you can't upgrade RAM on the Surface Laptop Studio since it has onboard memory.

Memory	Dell XPS 17 9720	Surface Laptop Studio
Slots	x2	Onboard
Type	DDR5	LPDDR4X

Dell XPS 17 9720 has a 17-inch screen size 18% larger than the 14.4-inch Surface Laptop Studio.

Display size

Dell XPS 17 9720

17-inch

Surface Laptop Studio

14.4-inch

Dell XPS 17 9720 has more ports and slots count than the Surface Laptop Studio. It has seven versus four amount of ports and slots on the Surface Laptop Studio.

Ports	Dell XPS 17 9720	Surface Laptop Studio
full-size SD card slot	Yes	No
headphone jack	Yes	Yes
lock slot	Yes	No
Surface Connect+	No	Yes
Thunderbolt 4	Yes x4	Yes x2
Total	7	4

Dell XPS 17 9720 has better versatile I/O connectivity than the Surface Laptop Studio. It has three versus two commonly used ports and slots on the Surface Laptop Studio.

Ports	Dell XPS 17 9720	Surface Laptop Studio
headphone jack	Yes	Yes
Thunderbolt 4	Yes	Yes
full-size SD card slot	Yes	No

Surface Laptop Studio Pros

Reasons that Surface Laptop Studio is better than Dell XPS 17 9720.

Surface Laptop Studio weighed 3.83 pounds, 21% lighter than the 4.79 pounds Dell XPS 17 9720.

Weight	Dell XPS 17 9720	Surface Laptop Studio
Pound	4.79 lbs.	3.83 lbs.
Kilogram	2.17 kg	1.74 kg

Prices

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

Dell XPS 17 9720 12700H Price
	Dell 2023 XPS 17 9720 Laptop 17" Touchscreen UHD+ Display 14-Core 12th Intel Core i7-12700H NVIDIA RTX 3060 6GB GDDR6 32GB DDR5 2TB NVMe SSD Thunderbolt 4 WiFi 6E Backlit KB FP Reader Windows 10 Pro By Dell $3,529.00	See at Amazon
	Dell XPS 9720 Laptop PC 17 Inch UHD+ 3840 x 2400 Intel Core i7-12700H Processor, 32GB Ram, 1TB NVMe SSD, Thunderbolt, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, Webcam, Windows 11 Pro (Renewed) By Dell $2,478.99	See at Amazon
	Dell XPS 17 9720 17" UHD+ (3840 x 2400) Touchscreen Laptop - 12th Gen Intel Core i7-12700H 14-Core up to 4.70 GHz Processor, 64GB DDR5 RAM, 1TB NVMe SSD, GeForce RTX 3050 4GB GDDR6, Windows 11 Pro By Dell $2,686.49	See at Amazon
Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio Price
	Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio - 14.4" Touchscreen - Intel® Core™ i7 - 32GB Memory - 1TB SSD - Platinum By Microsoft $1,491.00 $2,699.99 45% OFF	See at Amazon
	Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio - 14.4" Touchscreen - Intel® Core™ i5 - 16GB Memory - 256GB SSD - Platinum By Microsoft $904.92 $1,599.99 43% OFF	See at Amazon
	Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio - 14.4" Inch Touchscreen, Intel Core i5, 16GB RAM Memory, 256GB SSD, Perfect for Surface Pro, Surface Book 3 and Surface Tablet Users Platinum 9U1-00001 (Renewed) By Microsoft $619.99 $679.00 9% OFF	See at Amazon

Availability	Dell XPS 17 9720	Surface Laptop Studio
Released	2022	2021
Release Date	Announced on March 3, 2022	Introduced: September 22, 2021 Pre-ordered: September 22, 2021 Released: October 5, 2021
Pricing	Windows 11 Home $1,839 i5-12500H, 8GB, 512GB, Intel UHD, FHD+ Non-touch Windows 11 Pro $1,899 i5-12500H, 8GB, 512GB, Intel UHD, FHD+ Non-touch $1,999 i5-12500H, 16GB, 512GB, Intel Iris Xe, FHD+ Non-touch $2,349 i7-12700H, 16GB, 512GB, RTX 3050, FHD+ Non-touch $2,649 i7-12700H, 16GB, 512GB, RTX 3050, 4K UHD+ Touch	$1,599.99 i5-11300H 16GB 256GB Intel Iris Xe $1,799.99 i5-11300H 16GB 512GB Intel Iris Xe $2,099.99 i7-11370H 16GB 256GB RTX 3050 Ti $2,699.99 i7-11370H 16GB 1TB RTX 3050 Ti $3,099.99 i7-11370H 32GB 2TB RTX 3050 Ti
Applicable Models	2022 Dell XPS 17 Dell XPS 17 9720 Dell XPS 9720	-
Generations	2022 Dell XPS 17 9720 2021 Dell XPS 17 9710 2020 Dell XPS 17 9700	-

Exterior	Dell XPS 17 9720	Surface Laptop Studio
Dimensions	14.74” x 9.76” x 0.77” (374.45 x 248.05 x 19.5 mm)	12.72” x 8.98” x 0.746” (323.28 mm x 228.32 mm x 18.94 mm)
Weight	4.79 lb (2.17 kg) Non-touch with 97Wh. 5.67 lb (2.57 kg) Touch with 97Wh.	3.83 lb (1,742.9 grams) Intel Core i5 models. 4.00 lb (1,820.2 grams) Intel Core i7 models.
Colors	Platinum Silver exterior Black interior CNC machined aluminum in platinum silver with carbon fiber composite palm rest in black.	Platinum Casing: Magnesium and Aluminum
Keyboard and Trackpad	Full size, backlit chiclet keyboard. 5.91 x 3.50 in (150 mm x 89 mm) touchpad with multi-touch gesture support.	Keyboard: Activation: Moving (mechanical) keys Layout: QWERTY, full row of function keys (F1-F12) Windows key and dedicated buttons for media controls, screen brightness Backlight. Precision Haptic touchpad: Largest surface touchpad to date. Supports up to Five-finger multitouch gestures.

Display	Dell XPS 17 9720	Surface Laptop Studio
Size	17 Inches	14.4 Inches
Info	17” FHD+ Nontouch 1920 x 1200 133 PPI 500 nits 16:10 100% sRGB 1650:1 60Hz Dolby Vision™️ Eyesafe®️ Anti-glare WVA 5.06 W 17” 4K UHD+ Touch 3840 x 2400 266 PPI 500 nits 16:10 100% AdobeRGB 99% DCI-P3 1600:1 60Hz DisplayHDR™️ 400 Dolby Vision™️ Eyesafe®️ Anti-reflective Anti-smudge WVA 13.73 W	14.4” PixelSense™ Flow Display Resolution: 2400 x 1600 (201 PPI) Aspect ratio: 3:2 Contrast ratio: 1500:1 Refresh rate: 120Hz 60Hz default. Inking: GPU Ink Acceleration Touch: 10 points multi-touch Dolby Vision® support

Ports	Dell XPS 17 9720	Surface Laptop Studio
Image Source: Dell Left (3) 2 x Thunderbolt 4 40 Gpbs, USB 4.0 (40 Gbps), DisplayPort, Power Delivery 1 x lock slot Right (4) 2 x Thunderbolt 4 40 Gpbs, USB 4.0 (40 Gbps), DisplayPort, Power Delivery 1 x full-size SD card slot v6.0 1 x headphone jack Headphone/Microphone	Image Source: Microsoft Left (2) 2 x Thunderbolt 4 40 Gpbs, USB 4.0 (40 Gbps), DisplayPort, Power Delivery Right (2) 1 x Surface Connect+ Magnet Charging, Surface Dock 1 x headphone jack Headphone/Microphone

Internal Specs	Dell XPS 17 9720	Surface Laptop Studio
Processor	12th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-12500H 12 cores, 16 threads, 2.50 → 4.50 GHz, 18MB SmartCache, 45W 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-12700H 14 cores, 20 threads, 2.30 → 4.70 GHz, 24MB SmartCache, 45W	11th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-11300H 4 cores, 8 threads, 3.10 → 4.40 GHz, 8MB SmartCache, 35W 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-11370H 4 cores, 8 threads, 3.30 → 4.80 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 35W
Integrated Graphics	12th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-12500H Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics 80 Execution Units, 400 → 1300 MHz 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-12700H Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics 96 Execution Units, 400 → 1400 MHz	11th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-11300H Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics 80 Execution Units, 400 → 1300 MHz 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-11370H Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics 96 Execution Units, 400 → 1350 MHz
Memory	4 GB 8 GB 16 GB 32 GB 64 GB 4800 MHz Dual-channel DDR5 RAM. 2 x SODIMM slots.	16GB 32GB 4267 MHz LPDDR4X RAM
Discrete Graphics	NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 3050 Ampere Architecture 4GB GDDR6 128-bit 2304 CUDA Cores 60W NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 3060 Ampere Architecture 6GB GDDR6 192-bit 3584 CUDA Cores 70W	Optional NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 3050 Ti  with 4GB GDDR6 For Consumer. Optional NVIDIA® RTX™ A2000 with 4GB GDDR6 For Business.
Storage	256 GB 512 GB 1 TB 2TB 4TB 8TB PCIe Gen 4 x4 NVMe SSD. Up to 64Gbps. Storage slots: 2 x M.2 2230/2280 slots.	256GB 512GB 1TB 2TB Removable M.2 NVMe SSD

Connectivity	Dell XPS 17 9720	Surface Laptop Studio
Wi-Fi	Intel Killer 1675 (AX211) Onboard Dual Band 2.4GHz/5GHz Up to 2400 Mbps WiFi 6 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax	Wi-Fi 6: IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax compatible.
Bluetooth	Bluetooth 5.2	Bluetooth Wireless 5.1 technology

Battery	Dell XPS 17 9720	Surface Laptop Studio
Size	97 Wh 6-cell "smart" lithium-ion.	58.0 Wh Nominal battery capacity. 56.3 Wh Minimum battery capacity.
Battery Life	-	Up to 19 hours of typical device usage Intel Core i5 models. Up to 18 hours of typical device usage Intel Core i7 models.
Power Supply	130 W USB Type-C power adapter Power rated at 5VDC/1A, 20VDC/6.5A.	60W power supply Intel Core i5 models. 95W power supply Intel Core i7 models.

Software	Dell XPS 17 9720	Surface Laptop Studio
OS	Windows 11 Home Pro Pro National Academic	For Consumer: Windows 11 Home For Commercial: Windows 11 Pro
Built-in Apps	Microsoft Office 30-days trial McAfee LiveSafe™ 12 Month Subscription	Preloaded Microsoft 365 Apps Microsoft 365 Family 30-day trial Preloaded Xbox app Xbox Game Pass Ultimate one month trial

Camera & Audio	Dell XPS 17 9720	Surface Laptop Studio
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.	Windows Hello face authentication camera (front-facing) 1080p resolution front-facing camera
Audio	Realtek ALC711-CG Audio Controller Realtek ALC1319D Amplifier Studio quality tuning with Waves MaxxAudio® Pro and Waves Nx® 3D audio Quad-speaker design with 2.5W x2 woofers and 2.5W x2 tweeters = 10W total peak output Dual microphone array optimized with Waves MaxxVoice supporting VoIP - Microsoft Cortana capable	Dual far-field Studio Mics Quad Omnisonic™ speakers with Dolby Atmos®

Misc	Dell XPS 17 9720	Surface Laptop Studio
Inking	-	Supports Microsoft Pen Protocol (MPP) 4096 levels of pressure Tilt sensing Best in class latency Paper feel 0.1mm precision Supports Tactile signals with Surface Slim Pen 2
Sensors	Ambient light sensor Windows Hello compliant fingerprint reader in the power button IR Camera	Ambient light sensor Accelerometer Gyroscope Magnetometer
Security	Windows Hello with Fingerprint Sign in Enterprise-grade protection with Windows Hello face sign-in Wedge-shaped lock	Hardware TPM 2.0 chip for enterprise security and BitLocker support Enterprise-grade protection with Windows Hello face sign-in Windows enhanced hardware security
In the box	-	Surface Laptop Studio Power supply Quick Start Guide Safety and warranty documents
Warranty	1 Year ProSupport with Next Business Day Onsite Service	One-year limited hardware warranty Surface for Business customers: Includes Advanced Exchange, an expedited replacement service, at no additional cost
More	-	Supports Surface Dial Supports off-screen interaction only. Hinge Dynamic Woven Hinge made of woven fabric with embedded cables that can bend 180 degrees.

Key Features	Dell XPS 17 9720	Surface Laptop Studio
At Glance	Released in Early 2022 16:10 4K UHD+ 17” 2400p 60Hz Weight 4.79 lb 2.17 kg Up to Intel Core i7-12700H 14C/20T, 2.30 → 4.70 GHz Geekbench 5 1,658 Single Core Geekbench 5 11,774 Multi-Core With integrated Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics 96 Execution Units, 400 → 1400 MHz Upgradable up to 64GB 4800 MHz DDR5 Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 6GB GDDR6 70W TGP Starting at $1,839 i5-12500H, 8GB, 512GB Built-in 97Wh Large Battery Built-in Facial Recognition Built-in Fingerprint Reader Featuring Waves Nx® 3D 2 Woofers + 2 Tweeters Advanced Thermal Design Vapor Chamber Cooling System Supports Dell Power Manager Controls fan, battery life, & performance	Released in Late 2021 3:2 2.4K 14.4” 2400p 60~120Hz Weight 3.83 lb 1.74 kg Up to Intel Core i7-11370H 4C/8T, 3.30 → 4.80 GHz Geekbench 5 1,397 Single Core Geekbench 5 4,864 Multi-Core With integrated Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics 96 Execution Units, 400 → 1350 MHz Configurable up to 32GB 4267 MHz LPDDR4X NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti  4GB GDDR6