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Lenovo Legion Y740 15” vs. Dell XPS 17 9700: Full specs comparison

The following is a comprehensive comparison of the Lenovo Legion Y740 15” and Dell XPS 17 9700 specifications, including details on CPU, memory, storage, battery life, display quality, and other features.

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Lenovo Legion Y740 15” Pros

Reasons that Lenovo Legion Y740 15” is better than Dell XPS 17 9700.

Lenovo Legion Y740 15” supports a faster memory speed than the Dell XPS 17 9700. It supports up to 3200MHz versus 2933MHz of system memory on the Dell XPS 17 9700.

Memory type and speed

Lenovo Legion Y740 15” - DDR4

3,200 MHz

Dell XPS 17 9700 - DDR4

2,933 MHz

Dell XPS 17 9700 Pros

Reasons that Dell XPS 17 9700 is better than Lenovo Legion Y740 15”.

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 Lenovo Legion Y740 15”.

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

Lenovo Legion Y740 15” - Intel Core i7-9750H

4,880

Lenovo Legion Y740 15” - Intel Core i7-8750H

4,470

Dell XPS 17 9700 - Intel Core i5-10300H

3,747

Lenovo Legion Y740 15” - Intel Core i5-8300H

3,269

Dell XPS 17 9700 supports a larger memory capacity than the Lenovo Legion Y740 15”. It supports up to 64GB versus 32GB of system memory on the Lenovo Legion Y740 15”.

Max system memory size

Dell XPS 17 9700

64 GB

Lenovo Legion Y740 15”

32 GB

Dell XPS 17 9700 has a 17-inch screen size 8% larger than the 15.6-inch Lenovo Legion Y740 15”.

Display size

Dell XPS 17 9700

17-inch

Lenovo Legion Y740 15”

15.6-inch

Dell XPS 17 9700 weighed 4.65 pounds, 5% lighter than the 4.85 pounds Lenovo Legion Y740 15”.

Weight	Lenovo Legion Y740 15”	Dell XPS 17 9700
Pound	4.85 lbs.	4.65 lbs.
Kilogram	2.20 kg	2.11 kg

Prices

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

Lenovo Legion Y740 15” Price
	Lenovo Legion Y740 15-Inch Iron Grey Laptop (81UH0001US) Intel i7-9750H, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD, 15.6-inch FHD 1920x1080, NVIDIA GeForce RTX2070, Win10 Home, 720p Webcam, RGB Backlit KB, 230W SlimTip AC By Lenovo $2,499.00	See at Amazon
	New Gneuine Replacement LCD Back Cover for Lenovo Legion Y740-15 Series with Antenna Cables 5CB0S16417 By Comp XP $189.95	See at Amazon
	New Genuine Replacement Palmrest Touchpad Keyboard for Lenovo Ideapad Legion Y740-15 Legion Y740-15ICHg (Lenovo) 81HE Legion Y740-15IRH (ideapad) 81UF Legion Y740-15IRHg Laptop (ideapad) 5CB0S16420 By COMP XP $309.95	See at Amazon
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 $1,449.95	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
	Dell XPS 17" 9700 FHD+ Laptop PC Intel Core i7-10750H Processor, 16GB Ram, 1TB NVMe SSD, Type C, Webcam, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB, Windows 11 Pro (Renewed) By Dell $1,499.95	See at Amazon

Availability	Lenovo Legion Y740 15”	Dell XPS 17 9700
Released	2019	2020
Release Date	Announced at CES 2019 Available in February 2019 Refreshed in April 2019 for 9th Gen Intel processors	Announced Date: May 13, 2020
Pricing	Starting at $1,749.99	-
Generations	-	2022 Dell XPS 17 9720 2021 Dell XPS 17 9710 2020 Dell XPS 17 9700

Exterior	Lenovo Legion Y740 15”	Dell XPS 17 9700
Dimensions	14.2” x 10.5” x 0.88” / 361.42 x 267 x 22.45 (mm)	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)
Weight	Starting at 4.85 lbs (2.2 kg)	Non-touch with 56Wh: 4.65 lbs (2.11 kg) Touch screen with 97Wh: 5.53 lbs (2.51 kg)
Colors	Iron Grey	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	Keyboard Backlit full-size, Backlit with Corsair® iCUE RGB lighting keyboard. The water-repellent keyboard delivers 100% anti-ghosting. Touchpad Precision Touchpad. Supports multi-touch gesture. Two physical left-right click buttons.	Full size, backlit chiclet keyboard with larger keycaps. Larger touchpad with multi-touch gesture support.

Display	Lenovo Legion Y740 15”	Dell XPS 17 9700
Size	15.6 Inches	17 Inches
Info	15.6" FHD 144Hz 1920 x 1080, IPS, Dolby Vision HDR400 Enabled, 144 Hz, 72% Color Gamut, 500 nits, NVIDIA® G-Sync™. 15.6" FHD 144Hz 1920 x 1080, IPS, 144 Hz, 72% Color Gamut, 300 nits, NVIDIA® G-Sync™.	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.

Ports	Lenovo Legion Y740 15”	Dell XPS 17 9700
1 x USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C with Intel Thunderbolt 3 (DisplayPort, Data transfer) 1 x USB 3.1 Gen 2 2 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 1 x Mini DisplayPort ™ 1.4 1 x HDMI™ 2.0 1 x RJ45 Ethernet 1 x Kensington® Wedge Lock slot 1 x 3.5mm microphone/headphone combo 1 x NOVO hole	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

Internal Specs	Lenovo Legion Y740 15”	Dell XPS 17 9700
Processor	8th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-8300H 4 cores, 8 threads, 2.30 → 4.00 GHz, 8MB SmartCache, 45W 8th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-8750H 6 cores, 12 threads, 2.20 → 4.10 GHz, 9MB SmartCache, 45W 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-9750H 6 cores, 12 threads, 2.60 → 4.50 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 45W	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
Integrated Graphics	8th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-8300H Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1000 MHz 8th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-8750H Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1100 MHz 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-9750H Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1150 MHz	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
Memory	Memory Slots 2 x DDR4 SODIMM Memory Configurations Minimum Memory: 8GB Maximum Memory: 32GB Memory Speed: 2666MHz or 3200MHz	8 GB 16 GB 32 GB 64 GB 2933 MHz Dual-channel DDR4 RAM.
Discrete Graphics	NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 2080 with Max-Q 8GB GDDR 6& G-SYNC support NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 2070 with Max-Q 8GB GDDR 6 & G-SYNC support NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 2060 6GB GDDR 6 & G-SYNC support NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1660 Ti 6GB GDDR 6	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.
Storage	Storage Slots 1 x M.2 2230/2280 PCIe SSD slot 1 x 2.5 inches hard drive slot Storage Configurations 128 GB/256 GB/512 GB/1 TB PCIe NVMe SSD 1 TB/2 TB HDD	256 GB 512 GB 1 TB 2TB 4TB 2 x Removable M.2 2230/2280 PCIe® 3x4 NVMe™ SSD, Up to 32 Gbps.

Connectivity	Lenovo Legion Y740 15”	Dell XPS 17 9700
Wi-Fi	Killer™ Wireless 802.11 AC (2 x 2) Up to 867 Mbps, WiFi 802.11 b/g/a/n/ac.	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)
Bluetooth	Bluetooth 5.0	Rivet Killer AX1650w › Bluetooth 5.1 Rivet Killer AX500s DBS › Bluetooth 5.2
Ethernet	Gigabit LAN Speed: 10/100/1000 Mbps.	-

Battery	Lenovo Legion Y740 15”	Dell XPS 17 9700
Size	57 Wh (3 Cell Li-Polymer) 76 Wh (4 Cell Li-Polymer)	3-cell smart lithium-ion 56 Wh 6-cell smart lithium-ion 97 Wh
Battery Life	Up to 5 hours	-
Power Supply	230W AC power adapter Lenovo proprietary charging port.	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.

Software	Lenovo Legion Y740 15”	Dell XPS 17 9700
OS	Windows 10 Home 64-bit Windows 10 Pro 64-bit	Windows 10 Home Windows 10 Pro Upgradable to Windows 11
Built-in Apps	Lenovo Vantage McAfee® Antivirus Corsair® iCUE PC Manager Lenovo Antivirus Plus Magic Y Key	Microsoft Office 30-days trial McAfee LiveSafe™ 12 Month Subscription

Camera & Audio	Lenovo Legion Y740 15”	Dell XPS 17 9700
Camera	Front-facing camera Bottom-mount front camera with fixed focus lens, 0.92 Megapixels (1280 x 720 HD) at 30 fps.	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.
Audio	Dolby Atmos® Speaker System with Soundbar and integrated subwoofer with Smart AMP technology for gaming. Dual-array microphones	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

Misc	Lenovo Legion Y740 15”	Dell XPS 17 9700
Sensors	-	Ambient light sensor Windows Hello compliant fingerprint reader in the power button
Security	Chassis Kensington® Wedge security lock	Windows Hello with Fingerprint Sign in Enterprise-grade protection with Windows Hello face sign-in Wedge-shaped lock
In the box	Legion Y740 15" 230W AC Adapter 3 Cell Li-Polymer, 57Wh Quick start guide	-
Warranty	1 Year Depot or Carry-in	-

Key Features	Lenovo Legion Y740 15”	Dell XPS 17 9700
At Glance	Released in 2019 16:9 FHD 15.6” 1080p 144Hz Weight 4.85 lb 2.20 kg Up to 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 Upgradable up to 32GB 3200 MHz DDR4 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 8GB GDDR6 with Max-Q	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