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M1 Mac mini vs. Dell XPS 15 7590: Full specs comparison

We have comprehensively analyzed the technical specifications for the M1 Mac mini and Dell XPS 15 7590 models. Our report includes intricate details such as the CPU, memory, storage, battery life, display quality, and other features.

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M1 Mac mini Pros

Reasons that M1 Mac mini is better than Dell XPS 15 7590.

2020 vs. 2019

Apple M1 (8C, 8G) inside M1 Mac mini has a 13% better multi-core CPU performance score than the Intel Core i9-9980HK inside Dell XPS 15 7590.

Geekbench 5 multi-core score

M1 Mac mini - Apple M1 (8C, 8G)

7,414

Dell XPS 15 7590 - Intel Core i9-9980HK

6,504

Dell XPS 15 7590 - Intel Core i7-9750H

4,880

Dell XPS 15 7590 - Intel Core i5-9300H

3,308

M1 Mac mini weighed 2.6 pounds, 35% lighter than the 4 pounds Dell XPS 15 7590.

Weight	M1 Mac mini	Dell XPS 15 7590
Pound	2.6 lbs.	4 lbs.
Kilogram	1.18 kg	1.81 kg

Dell XPS 15 7590 Pros

Reasons that Dell XPS 15 7590 is better than M1 Mac mini.

Dell XPS 15 7590 supports a larger memory capacity than the M1 Mac mini. It supports up to 32GB versus 16GB of system memory on the M1 Mac mini.

Max system memory size

Dell XPS 15 7590

32 GB

M1 Mac mini

16 GB

Configurable up to Nvidia Quadro GTX 1650 4GB GDDR6 vs. integrated

Dell XPS 15 7590 comes with a single removable M.2 SSD slot that you can replace and upgrade in the future.

Slots	M1 Mac mini	Dell XPS 15 7590
M.2	Onboard	Yes x1

Dell XPS 15 7590 has more ports and slots count than the M1 Mac mini. It has nine versus eight amount of ports and slots on the M1 Mac mini.

Ports	M1 Mac mini	Dell XPS 15 7590
Battery gauge button	No	Yes
full-size SD card slot	No	Yes
HDMI	Yes	Yes
headphone jack	Yes	Yes
lock slot	No	Yes
power port	Yes	Yes
RJ-45	Yes	No
Thunderbolt 3	Yes x2	Yes
USB-A	Yes x2	Yes x2
Total	8	9

Prices

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

M1 Mac mini Price
	Mac mini Apple M1 chip 8GB Memory 256GB SSD MGNR3LL/A (Renewed) By Apple $389.99	See at Amazon
	Mac mini Desktop Apple M1 chip 8GB Memory 512GB SSD (Renewed) By Apple $414.95 $719.95 42% OFF	See at Amazon
	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
Dell XPS 15 7590 Price
	Dell XPS 15 7590 15.6 Inch 4K UHD Non-Touch 512GB SSD 2.6GHz i7 16GB RAM (6-Core i7-9750H, NVIDIA GTX 1650, Windows 10 Home) Silver XPS7590-7992SLV-PUS By Dell $1,698.00	See at Amazon
	Dell XPS 15 7590 15.6 Core I7-9750H 16GB RAM 512GB PCIe SSD 4K OLED Non-Touch (3840X2160) NVIDIA GTX 1650 4GB Windows 10 Home (Renewed) By Dell $899.69	See at Amazon
	Dell XPS 15 7590, 15.6" 4K UHD Touch, 9th Gen Intel Core i7-6 Core 9750H, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 4GB GDDR5 (1TB SSD \| 32GB RAM \| Win 10 PRO) (Renewed) By Dell $1,399.00	See at Amazon

Availability	M1 Mac mini	Dell XPS 15 7590
Released	2020	2019
Release Date	Announced on November 10th, 2020	Announced on May 28th, 2019 (Dell Computex 2019)
Pricing	$699 Apple M1 Chip \| 8GB RAM \| 256GB SSD $899 Apple M1 Chip \| 8GB RAM \| 512GB SSD	Starting at $999.99 (OLED start at $1,899.99)
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	M1 Mac mini	Dell XPS 15 7590
Dimensions	7.7” x 7.7” x 1.4” (197 mm x 197 mm x 36 mm)	14.06 x 9.27 x 0.45 - 0.66 in (357 x 235 x 11 - 17 mm) Width: 14.06” (357 mm) Depth: 9.27” (235 mm) Height: 0.45 - 0.66” (11 - 17 mm)
Weight	2.6 lb (1.2 kg)	3-cell battery models: 4 lb (1.8 kg) 6-cell battery models: 4.5 lb (2.0 kg)
Colors	Silver	Silver (CNC machined aluminum with carbon fiber composite palm rest in black)
Keyboard and Trackpad	-	Full size, backlit chiclet keyboard; 1.3mm travel. 4.13 x 3.15 in (105 mm x 80 mm) touchpad with multi-touch gesture support.

Display	M1 Mac mini	Dell XPS 15 7590
Size	-	15.6 Inches
Info	-	15.6-inch FHD non-touchscreen 1920 x 1080, IPS, 141 PPI, 500-nit brightness 100% sRGB, InfinityEdge Anti-Glare, Non-touch support. 15.6-inch UHD IPS touchscreen 3840 x 2160, IPS, 282 PPI, 500-nit brightness, 100% AdobeRGB, InfinityEdge Anti-Reflective, Touch support. 15.6-inch UHD OLED non-touchscreen 3840 x 2160, OLED, 282 PPI, 400-nit brightness, 100% DCI-P3, InfinityEdge Anti-Reflective, Non-touch support.

Ports	M1 Mac mini	Dell XPS 15 7590
Image Source: Apple Back (8) 1 x power port 1 x RJ-45 1 Gbps 2 x Thunderbolt 3 40 Gpbs, USB 4.0 (40 Gbps), DisplayPort, Power Delivery 1 x HDMI v2.0 2 x USB-A USB 3.1 Gen 1 (5 Gbps) 1 x headphone jack Headphone/Microphone	Image Source: Dell Left (5) 1 x Thunderbolt 3 40 Gpbs, USB 3.1 Gen 2 (10 Gbps), PCIe Gen 3 x4, DisplayPort 1.2, Power Delivery 1 x USB-A USB 3.1 Gen 1 (5 Gbps) 1 x HDMI v2.0 1 x headphone jack Headphone/Microphone 1 x power port Right (4) 1 x USB-A USB 3.1 Gen 1 (5 Gbps) 1 x full-size SD card slot 1 x lock slot 1 x Battery gauge button

Internal Specs	M1 Mac mini	Dell XPS 15 7590
Processor	Apple M1 8 cores, 8 threads, 3.20 GHz, 10W	9th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-9300H 4 cores, 8 threads, 2.40 → 4.10 GHz, 8MB SmartCache, 45W 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-9750H 6 cores, 12 threads, 2.60 → 4.50 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 45W 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-9980HK 8 cores, 16 threads, 2.40 → 5.00 GHz, 16MB SmartCache, 45W
Integrated Graphics	Apple M1 Apple M1 iGPU 8 Graphics Cores, 1280 MHz	9th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-9300H Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1050 MHz 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-9750H Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1150 MHz 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-9980HK Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1250 MHz
Memory	8GB 4266 MHz LPDDR4X onboard memory Configurable to 16GB	8 GB 16 GB 32 GB 2666 MHz Dual-channel DDR4 RAM.
Discrete Graphics	-	NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1650 (Optional) Turning Architecture, 4GB GDDR5 128-bit, 1395 → 1560 MHz, 1024 CUDA Cores.
Storage	256GB 512GB SSD Configurable to 1TB or 2TB	256 GB 512 GB 1 TB 2TB M.2 2280 PCIe® 3x4 NVMe™ SSD, Up to 32 Gbps.

Connectivity	M1 Mac mini	Dell XPS 15 7590
Wi-Fi	802.11ax Wi‑Fi 6 wireless networking IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac compatible	Rivet Killer AX1650 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)
Bluetooth	Bluetooth 5.0 wireless technology	Rivet Killer AX1650 › Bluetooth 5.0
Ethernet	10/100/1000 BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet (RJ-45 connector)	-

Battery	M1 Mac mini	Dell XPS 15 7590
Size	-	3-cell smart lithium-ion 56 Wh 6-cell smart lithium-ion 97 Wh
Battery Life	-	Up to 20 hours and 30 minutes * Tested on FHD panel with 97 Wh.
Power Supply	150W built-in power supply	130 W power adapter Power rated at 19.50VDC/6.67A.

Software	M1 Mac mini	Dell XPS 15 7590
OS	Shipped with macOS Catalina	Windows 10 Home Windows 10 Pro Upgradable to Windows 11
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	M1 Mac mini	Dell XPS 15 7590
Camera	-	Front-facing camera Top-mount front camera with fixed focus lens, 0.92 Megapixels (1280 x 720 HD) at 30 fps.
Audio	Built-in speaker 3.5mm headphone jack HDMI 2.0 port supports multichannel audio output	Stereo speakers professionally tuned with Waves MaxxAudio® Pro Two speakers (2W x 2 = 4W total) Dual-array microphones

Misc	M1 Mac mini	Dell XPS 15 7590
Sensors	-	Ambient light sensor Windows Hello compliant fingerprint reader in the power button
Security	-	Windows Hello with Fingerprint 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.	-
More	Video Support Simultaneously supports up to two displays: One display with up to 6K resolution at 60Hz connected via Thunderbolt and one display with up to 4K resolution at 60Hz connected via HDMI 2.0 Thunderbolt 3 digital video output supports Native DisplayPort output over USB‑C Thunderbolt 2, DVI, and VGA output supported using adapters (sold separately) HDMI 2.0 display video output Support for one display with up to 4K resolution at 60Hz DVI output using HDMI to DVI Adapter (sold separately)	-

Key Features	M1 Mac mini	Dell XPS 15 7590
At Glance	Released in Late 2020 Weight 2.6 lb 1.18 kg Powered By Apple M1 (8C, 8G) 8C/8T, 3.20 GHz Geekbench 5 1,705 Single Core Geekbench 5 7,414 Multi-Core With integrated Apple M1 iGPU 8 Graphics Cores, 1280 MHz Configurable up to 16GB Unified Memory	Released in Mid 2019 16:9 4K UHD 15.6” 2160p OLED Weight 4 lb 1.81 kg Up to Intel Core i9-9980HK 8C/16T, 2.40 → 5.00 GHz Geekbench 5 1,114 Single Core Geekbench 5 6,504 Multi-Core With integrated Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1250 MHz Up to 32GB 2666 MHz DDR4 Nvidia Quadro GTX 1650 4GB GDDR6