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M2 Mac mini vs. Dell XPS 15 9520: Full specs comparison

We thoroughly analyzed technical specifications for M2 Mac mini and Dell XPS 15 9520 models, including CPU, memory, storage, battery life, display quality, and other features.

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M2 Mac mini Pros

Reasons that M2 Mac mini is better than Dell XPS 15 9520.

2023 vs. 2022

Apple M2 Pro (12C, 19G) inside M2 Mac mini has a 14% better multi-core CPU performance score than the Intel Core i9-12900HK inside Dell XPS 15 9520.

Geekbench 5 multi-core score

M2 Mac mini - Apple M2 Pro (10C, 16G)

14,899

M2 Mac mini - Apple M2 Pro (12C, 19G)

14,899

Dell XPS 15 9520 - Intel Core i9-12900HK

13,006

Dell XPS 15 9520 - Intel Core i7-12700H

11,774

Dell XPS 15 9520 - Intel Core i5-12500H

9,293

M2 Mac mini - Apple M2 (8C, 10G)

8,819

M2 Mac mini weighed 2.6 pounds, 36% lighter than the 4.06 pounds Dell XPS 15 9520.

Weight	M2 Mac mini	Dell XPS 15 9520
Pound	2.6 lbs.	4.06 lbs.
Kilogram	1.18 kg	1.84 kg

M2 Mac mini has more ports and slots count than the Dell XPS 15 9520. It has ten versus six amount of ports and slots on the Dell XPS 15 9520.

Ports	M2 Mac mini	Dell XPS 15 9520
full-size SD card slot	No	Yes
HDMI	Yes	No
headphone jack	Yes	Yes
lock slot	No	Yes
power port	Yes	No
RJ-45	Yes	No
Thunderbolt 4	Yes x4	Yes x2
USB-A	Yes x2	No
USB-C	No	Yes
Total	10	6

M2 Mac mini has better versatile I/O connectivity than the Dell XPS 15 9520. It has six versus four commonly used ports and slots on the Dell XPS 15 9520.

Ports	M2 Mac mini	Dell XPS 15 9520
headphone jack	Yes	Yes
Thunderbolt 4	Yes	Yes
full-size SD card slot	No	Yes
HDMI	Yes	No
power port	Yes	No
RJ-45	Yes	No
USB-A	Yes	No
USB-C	No	Yes

Dell XPS 15 9520 Pros

Reasons that Dell XPS 15 9520 is better than M2 Mac mini.

Dell XPS 15 9520 supports a larger memory capacity than the M2 Mac mini. It supports up to 64GB versus 32GB of system memory on the M2 Mac mini.

Max system memory size

Dell XPS 15 9520

64 GB

M2 Mac mini

32 GB

Dell XPS 15 9520 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 M2 Mac mini since it has onboard memory.

Memory	M2 Mac mini	Dell XPS 15 9520
Slots	Onboard	x2
Type	LPDDR5	DDR5

Configurable up to Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050Ti 4GB GDDR6 45W TGP vs. integrated

Dell XPS 15 9520 comes with two M.2 slots that you can easily upgrade and install an additional SSD to expand the storage on the device.

Slots	M2 Mac mini	Dell XPS 15 9520
M.2	Onboard	Yes x2

Prices

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

M2 Mac mini Price
	Apple 2023 Mac Mini Desktop Computer M2 chip with 8‑core CPU and 10‑core GPU, 8GB Unified Memory, 256GB SSD Storage, Gigabit Ethernet. Works with iPhone/iPad By Apple $499.00 $599.00 17% OFF	See at Amazon
	2023 Apple Mac with Apple M2 Chip with 8-core CPU (8GB RAM, 256GB SSD Storage) (QWERTY English) Silver (Renewed) By Apple $499.00	See at Amazon
	Apple Mac Mini Desktop Computer, M2 Chip with 8-Core CPU and 10-Core GPU, 16GB Memory, 512GB SSD, Early 2023 By Apple $999.00	See at Amazon
Dell XPS 15 9520 Price
	Dell XPS 15 9520 15.6" FHD+ (Intel 12th Gen 14-Core i7-12700H (Beat i9-11980HK), 64GB DDR5 RAM, 2TB PCIe SSD, RTX 3050) Business Laptop, Backlit, Fingerprint, Thunderbolt 4, Webcam, Win 11 Pro By Dell $1,999.99	See at Amazon
	DELL XPS 15 9520 15.6" Laptop Intel Core i7-12700H(14-Core) 1TB PCIe SSD 32GB RAM FHD+ (1920x1200) 500 Nit RTX 3050 Windows 11 PRO By Dell $1,769.00 $2,029.00 13% OFF	See at Amazon
	Dell XPS 15 9520 (Latest Model) Intel 12th Gen Core i9-12900HK (14-CORE) 1TB PCIe SSD 32GB DDR5 RAM FHD+ Non Touch RTX 3050Ti Win 11 Pro (Renewed) By Dell $2,223.99	See at Amazon

Availability	M2 Mac mini	Dell XPS 15 9520
Released	2023	2022
Release Date	Announced on January 17, 2023. Available on January 24, 2023.	Announced on March 25, 2022.
Pricing	$599 M2, 8C CPU, 10C GPU, 8GB, 256GB $799 M2, 8C CPU, 10C GPU, 8GB, 512GB $1,299 M2 Pro, 10C CPU, 16C GPU, 16GB, 512GB $1,599 M2 Pro, 12C CPU, 19C GPU, 16GB, 512GB $1,999 M2 Pro, 12C CPU, 19C GPU, 32GB, 512GB $2,199 M2 Pro, 12C CPU, 19C GPU, 32GB, 1TB $2,599 M2 Pro, 12C CPU, 19C GPU, 32GB, 2TB $3,199 M2 Pro, 12C CPU, 19C GPU, 32GB, 2TB $4,399 M2 Pro, 12C CPU, 19C GPU, 32GB, 8TB $4,499 M2 Pro, 12C CPU, 19C GPU, 32GB, 8TB, 10GbE	Windows 11 Home $1,439 i5-12500H, 8GB, 512GB, Intel UHD, FHD+ Non-touch Windows 11 Pro $1,499 i5-12500H, 8GB, 512GB, Intel UHD, FHD+ Non-touch $1,599 i5-12500H, 16GB, 512GB, Intel Iris Xe, FHD+ Non-touch $1,949 i7-12700H, 16GB, 512GB, RTX 3050, FHD+ Non-touch $2,049 i7-12700H, 16GB, 512GB, RTX 3050 Ti, FHD+ Non-touch $2,349 i7-12700H, 16GB, 512GB, RTX 3050 Ti, 4K UHD+ Touch $2,399 i9-12900HK, 16GB, 512GB, RTX 3050 Ti, FHD+ Touch $2,699 i9-12900HK, 16GB, 512GB, RTX 3050 Ti, 3.5K OLED Touch
Generations	2023 M2 Mac mini 2020 M1 Mac mini	2022 Dell XPS 15 9520 2021 Dell XPS 15 9510 2020 Dell XPS 15 9500 2019 Dell XPS 15 7590 2018 Dell XPS 15 9570 2017 Dell XPS 15 9560 2015 Dell XPS 15 9550

Exterior	M2 Mac mini	Dell XPS 15 9520
Dimensions	7.75” x 7.75” x 1.41” (197 mm x 197 mm x 35.8 mm)	13.56” x 9.06” x 0.73” (344.40 x 230.10 x 18.54 mm)
Weight	2.6 lbs. (1.18 kg) M2 2.8 lbs. (1.28 kg) M2 Pro	4.06 lb (1.84 kg) Non-touch with 56Wh. 4.22 lb (1.92 kg) Non-touch with 86Wh. 4.31 lb (1.96 kg) OLED touch with 86Wh. 4.62 lb (2.10 kg) 4K+ touch with 86Wh.
Colors	Silver	Platinum Silver exterior Black interior CNC machined aluminum in platinum silver with carbon fiber composite palm rest in black Edge-to-edge Corning® Gorilla® Glass 6 on the touch panel
Keyboard and Trackpad	-	Full size, backlit chiclet keyboard. Built-in Fingerprint Reader. On power button. 5.94 x 3.54 in (150.90 mm x 90 mm) touchpad with multi-touch gesture support.

Display	M2 Mac mini	Dell XPS 15 9520
Size	-	15.6 Inches
Info	-	15.6” FHD+ Nontouch 1920 x 1200 145 PPI 500 nits 16:10 100% sRGB 1650:1 60Hz Dolby Vision™️ Eyesafe®️ Anti-glare WVA 4.41 W 15.6” 3.5K OLED Touch 3456 x 2160 261 PPI 400 nits 16:10 100% DCI-P3 SDR (80000:1) HDR(124000:1) 60Hz DisplayHDR™️ 500TB Dolby Vision™️ Eyesafe®️ Anti-glare WVA 8.74 W 15.6” 4K UHD+ Touch 3840 x 2400 290 PPI 500 nits 16:10 100% AdobeRGB 94% DCI-P3 1600:1 60Hz DisplayHDR™️ 400 Dolby Vision™️ Eyesafe®️ Anti-glare WVA 10.4 W

Ports	M2 Mac mini	Dell XPS 15 9520
Image Source: Apple Back (10) 1 x power port 1 x RJ-45 1 Gbps, Configurable to 10 Gbps 2 x Thunderbolt 4 40 Gpbs, USB 4.0 (40 Gbps), DisplayPort 1.4, Power Delivery 2 x Thunderbolt 4 40 Gpbs, USB 4.0 (40 Gbps), DisplayPort 1.4, Power Delivery, M2 Pro only, Optional 1 x HDMI v2.0 on M2, v2.1 on M2 Pro 2 x USB-A USB 3.1 Gen 1 (5 Gbps) 1 x headphone jack Headphone/Microphone	Image Source: Dell Left (3) 2 x Thunderbolt 4 40 Gpbs, USB 4.0 (40 Gbps), DisplayPort, Power Delivery 1 x lock slot Right (3) 1 x USB-C USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps), DisplayPort, Power Delivery 1 x full-size SD card slot 1 x headphone jack Headphone/Microphone

Internal Specs	M2 Mac mini	Dell XPS 15 9520
Processor	Apple M2 (8C, 10G) 8 cores, 8 threads, 2.42 → 3.48 GHz, Apple M2 Pro (10C, 16G) 10 cores, 10 threads, 2.42 → 3.50 GHz, Apple M2 Pro (12C, 19G) 12 cores, 12 threads, 2.42 → 3.50 GHz,	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 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-12900HK 14 cores, 20 threads, 2.50 → 5.00 GHz, 24MB SmartCache, 45W
Integrated Graphics	Apple M2 (8C, 10G) Apple M2 iGPU 10 GPU Cores, 16 Neural Engine Cores, Apple M2 Pro (10C, 16G) Apple M2 Pro iGPU 16 GPU Cores, 16 Neural Engine Cores, Apple M2 Pro (12C, 19G) Apple M2 Pro iGPU 19 GPU Cores, 16 Neural Engine Cores,	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 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-12900HK Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics 96 Execution Units, 400 → 1450 MHz
Memory	8GB 16GB unified memory. Configurable to 32GB	4 GB 8 GB 16 GB 32 GB 64 GB 4800 MHz Dual-channel DDR5 RAM. 2 x SODIMM slots.
Discrete Graphics	-	NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 3050 Ampere Architecture 4GB GDDR6 128-bit 2304 CUDA Cores 40W NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 3050 Ti Ampere Architecture 4GB GDDR6 128-bit 2560 CUDA Cores 45W
Storage	256GB 512GB SSD Configurable to 8TB	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.

Connectivity	M2 Mac mini	Dell XPS 15 9520
Wi-Fi	802.11ax Wi‑Fi 6E wireless networking IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac compatible	Intel Killer 1675 (AX211) Dual Band 2.4GHz/5GHz Up to 2400 Mbps WiFi 6 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax
Bluetooth	Bluetooth 5.3 wireless technology	Bluetooth 5.2
Ethernet	10/100/1000 BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet (RJ-45 connector) Configuration up to 10 Gbs	-

Battery	M2 Mac mini	Dell XPS 15 9520
Size	-	56 Wh 3-cell "smart" lithium-ion. 86 Wh 6-cell "smart" lithium-ion.
Battery Life	-	13 hours 20 minutes On a FHD+ with 86Wh model. 9 hours 13 minutes On a OLED 3.5K with 86Wh model. 8 hours 42 minutes On a 4K UHD+ with 86Wh model.
Power Supply	150W built-in power supply M2 185W built-in power supply M2 Pro	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	M2 Mac mini	Dell XPS 15 9520
OS	Shipped with macOS Ventura	Windows 11 Home Pro
Built-in Apps	Photos iMovie GarageBand Pages Numbers Keynote Siri Safari Mail FaceTime Messages Maps News Stocks Home Voice Memos Notes Calendar Contacts Reminders Photo Booth Preview Music Podcasts TV Books App Store Time Machine Find My QuickTime Player	Microsoft Office 30-days trial McAfee LiveSafe™ 12 Month Subscription

Camera & Audio	M2 Mac mini	Dell XPS 15 9520
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.
Audio	Built-in speaker 3.5mm headphone jack HDMI port supports multichannel audio output	Realtek ALC3281-CG Studio quality tuning with Waves MaxxAudio® Pro and Waves Nx® 3D audio Quad-speaker design with 2.5W x2 woofers and 1.5W x2 tweeters = 8W total peak output Dual microphone array optimized with Waves MaxxVoice supporting VoIP - Microsoft Cortana capable

Misc	M2 Mac mini	Dell XPS 15 9520
Sensors	-	Ambient light sensor Windows Hello compliant fingerprint reader in the power button IR Camera
Security	-	Windows Hello with Fingerprint Sign in Enterprise-grade protection with Windows Hello face sign-in Wedge-shaped lock
In the box	Mac mini Power cord	-
Warranty	Your Mac mini comes with 90 days of complimentary technical support and a one-year limited warranty. Purchase AppleCare+ for Mac to extend your coverage to three years from your AppleCare+ purchase date and add up to two incidents of accidental damage coverage, each subject to a service fee of $99 for external enclosure damage, or $299 for other repairable damage, plus applicable tax.	1 Year ProSupport with Next Business Day Onsite Service
More	M2 Mac mini: video supports Simultaneously supports up to two displays: One display with up to 6K resolution at 60Hz over Thunderbolt and one display with up to 5K resolution at 60Hz over Thunderbolt or 4K resolution at 60Hz over HDMI Thunderbolt 3 digital video output supports Support for native DisplayPort output over USB‑C HDMI 2.0 display video output Support for one display with up to 4K resolution at 60Hz M2 Pro Mac mini: video supports Simultaneously supports up to three displays: Up to three displays: Two displays with up to 6K resolution at 60Hz over Thunderbolt and one display with up to 4K resolution at 60Hz over HDMI Up to two displays: One display with up to 6K resolution at 60Hz over Thunderbolt and one display with up to 4K resolution at 144Hz over HDMI One display with up to 8K resolution at 60Hz or 4K resolution at 240Hz over HDMI Thunderbolt 4 digital video output Support for native DisplayPort output over USB‑C HDMI display video output Support for one display with up to 8K resolution at 60Hz or 4K resolution at 240Hz	-

Key Features	M2 Mac mini	Dell XPS 15 9520
At Glance	Released in Early 2023 Weight 2.6 lb 1.18 kg Up to Apple M2 Pro (12C, 19G) 12C/12T, 2.42 → 3.50 GHz Geekbench 5 1,943 Single Core Geekbench 5 14,899 Multi-Core With integrated Apple M2 Pro iGPU 19 GPU Cores, 16 Neural Engine Cores Configurable up to 32GB LPDDR5 Memory	Released in Early 2022 16:10 3.5K 15.6” 2160p OLED Weight 4.06 lb 1.84 kg Up to Intel Core i9-12900HK 14C/20T, 2.50 → 5.00 GHz Geekbench 5 1,798 Single Core Geekbench 5 13,006 Multi-Core With integrated Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics 96 Execution Units, 400 → 1450 MHz Upgradable up to 64GB 4800 MHz DDR5 Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050Ti 4GB GDDR6 45W TGP Starting at $1,439 i5-12500H, 8GB, 512GB Up to 13 Hours Battery Life Built-in Facial Recognition Built-in Fingerprint Reader Featuring Waves Nx® 3D 2 Woofers + 2 Tweeters Supports Dell Power Manager Controls fan, battery life, & performance