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M1 MacBook Pro 13” vs. Dell XPS 17 9700: Full specs comparison

We thoroughly analyzed technical specifications for M1 MacBook Pro 13” and Dell XPS 17 9700 models, including CPU, memory, storage, battery life, display quality, and other features.

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M1 MacBook Pro 13” Pros

Reasons that M1 MacBook Pro 13” is better than Dell XPS 17 9700.

Apple M1 (8C, 8G) inside M1 MacBook Pro 13” has a 9% better multi-core CPU performance score than the Intel Core i9-10885H inside Dell XPS 17 9700.

Geekbench 5 multi-core score

M1 MacBook Pro 13” - Apple M1 (8C, 8G)

7,414

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

Dell XPS 17 9700 - Intel Core i5-10300H

3,747

M1 MacBook Pro 13” weighed 3.1 pounds, 34% lighter than the 4.65 pounds Dell XPS 17 9700.

Weight	M1 MacBook Pro 13”	Dell XPS 17 9700
Pound	3.1 lbs.	4.65 lbs.
Kilogram	1.41 kg	2.11 kg

Dell XPS 17 9700 Pros

Reasons that Dell XPS 17 9700 is better than M1 MacBook Pro 13”.

Dell XPS 17 9700 supports a larger memory capacity than the M1 MacBook Pro 13”. It supports up to 64GB versus 16GB of system memory on the M1 MacBook Pro 13”.

Max system memory size

Dell XPS 17 9700

64 GB

M1 MacBook Pro 13”

16 GB

Configurable up to NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 6GB GDDR6 with Max-Q vs. integrated

Dell XPS 17 9700 comes with two M.2 slots that you can easily upgrade and install an additional SSD to expand the storage on the device.

Slots	M1 MacBook Pro 13”	Dell XPS 17 9700
M.2	Onboard	Yes x2

Dell XPS 17 9700 has a 17-inch screen size 27% larger than the 13.3-inch M1 MacBook Pro 13”.

Display size

Dell XPS 17 9700

17-inch

M1 MacBook Pro 13”

13.3-inch

Dell XPS 17 9700 has more ports and slots count than the M1 MacBook Pro 13”. It has seven versus three amount of ports and slots on the M1 MacBook Pro 13”.

Ports	M1 MacBook Pro 13”	Dell XPS 17 9700
full-size SD card slot	No	Yes
headphone jack	Yes	Yes
lock slot	No	Yes
Thunderbolt 3	Yes x2	Yes x4
Total	3	7

Dell XPS 17 9700 has better versatile I/O connectivity than the M1 MacBook Pro 13”. It has three versus two commonly used ports and slots on the M1 MacBook Pro 13”.

Ports	M1 MacBook Pro 13”	Dell XPS 17 9700
headphone jack	Yes	Yes
Thunderbolt 3	Yes	Yes
full-size SD card slot	No	Yes

Prices

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

M1 MacBook Pro 13” Price
	2020 Apple MacBook Pro with Apple M1 Chip (13-inch, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD Storage) Space Gray (Renewed) By Apple $680.00	See at Amazon
	2020 Apple MacBook Pro with Apple M1 Chip (13-inch, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD Storage) - Silver (Renewed) By Apple $686.00 $719.28 5% OFF	See at Amazon
	Late 2020 Apple MacBook Pro with Apple M1 Chip (13.3 inch, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD) Space Gray (Renewed) By Apple $876.11 $975.23 10% OFF	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 $1,458.81	See at Amazon
	Dell XPS 9730 Laptop, 17" FullHD Display, Intel Core İ7-13700H, 64 GB DDR5 RAM, 2 TB PCIe SSD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060, Backlit Keyboard, Windows 11 Home, Platinum Silver By Dell $2,495.00	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

Availability	M1 MacBook Pro 13”	Dell XPS 17 9700
Released	2020	2020
Release Date	Announced on November 10th, 2020	Announced Date: May 13, 2020
Pricing	$1,299 Apple M1 Chip \| 8GB RAM \| 256GB SSD $1,499 Apple M1 Chip \| 8GB RAM \| 512GB SSD	-
Generations	2022 M2 MacBook Pro 13” 2020 M1 MacBook Pro 13” 2020 MacBook Pro 13 (2TB3) 2020 MacBook Pro 13 (4TB3) 2019 MacBook Pro 13 (2TB3) 2019 MacBook Pro 13 (4TB3) 2018 MacBook Pro 13 (4TB3) 2017 MacBook Pro 13 (4TB3) 2017 MacBook Pro 13 (2TB3) 2016 MacBook Pro 13 (2TB3) 2016 MacBook Pro 13 (4TB3) 2015 MacBook Pro 13 Retina	2022 Dell XPS 17 9720 2021 Dell XPS 17 9710 2020 Dell XPS 17 9700

Exterior	M1 MacBook Pro 13”	Dell XPS 17 9700
Dimensions	11.97” x 8.36” x 0.61” (304.1 mm x 212.4 mm x 15.6 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 3.1 pounds (1.4 kg)	Non-touch with 56Wh: 4.65 lbs (2.11 kg) Touch screen with 97Wh: 5.53 lbs (2.51 kg)
Colors	Space Gray Silver	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	Backlit Magic Keyboard with: 65 (U.S.) or 66 (ISO) keys including 4 arrow keys in an inverted‑T arrangement Touch Bar Touch ID sensor Ambient light sensor Force Touch trackpad for precise cursor control and pressure‑sensing capabilities; enables Force clicks, accelerators, pressure‑sensitive drawing, and Multi‑Touch gestures	Full size, backlit chiclet keyboard with larger keycaps. Larger touchpad with multi-touch gesture support.

Display	M1 MacBook Pro 13”	Dell XPS 17 9700
Size	13.3 Inches	17 Inches
Info	Retina display 13.3-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit display with IPS technology; 2560-by-1600 native resolution at 227 pixels per inch with support for millions of colors Supported scaled resolutions: 1680 by 1050 1440 by 900 1024 by 640 16:10 aspect ratio 500 nits brightness Supports wide color (P3) True Tone technology	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	M1 MacBook Pro 13”	Dell XPS 17 9700
Image Source: Apple Left (2) 2 x Thunderbolt 3 40 Gpbs, USB 3.1 Gen 2 (10 Gbps), DisplayPort, Charging Right (1) 1 x headphone jack Headphone/Microphone	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	M1 MacBook Pro 13”	Dell XPS 17 9700
Processor	Apple M1 8 cores, 8 threads, 3.20 GHz, 10W	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	Apple M1 Apple M1 iGPU 8 Graphics Cores, 1280 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	8GB 4266 MHz LPDDR4X onboard memory Configurable to 16GB	8 GB 16 GB 32 GB 64 GB 2933 MHz Dual-channel DDR4 RAM.
Discrete Graphics	-	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	256GB 512GB SSD Configurable to 1TB or 2TB	256 GB 512 GB 1 TB 2TB 4TB 2 x Removable M.2 2230/2280 PCIe® 3x4 NVMe™ SSD, Up to 32 Gbps.

Connectivity	M1 MacBook Pro 13”	Dell XPS 17 9700
Wi-Fi	802.11ax Wi‑Fi 6 wireless networking IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac compatible	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 wireless technology	Rivet Killer AX1650w › Bluetooth 5.1 Rivet Killer AX500s DBS › Bluetooth 5.2

Battery	M1 MacBook Pro 13”	Dell XPS 17 9700
Size	58.2 Wh lithium‑polymer battery	3-cell smart lithium-ion 56 Wh 6-cell smart lithium-ion 97 Wh
Battery Life	Up to 17 hours wireless web Up to 20 hours Apple TV app movie playback	-
Power Supply	61W USB‑C Power Adapter	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	M1 MacBook Pro 13”	Dell XPS 17 9700
OS	Shipped with macOS Big Sur	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 MacBook Pro 13”	Dell XPS 17 9700
Camera	720p FaceTime HD 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	Stereo speakers with high dynamic range Wide stereo sound Support for Dolby Atmos playback Studio-quality three-mic array with directional beamforming 3.5 mm headphone jack	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	M1 MacBook Pro 13”	Dell XPS 17 9700
Sensors	Touch ID sensor Ambient light sensor	Ambient light sensor Windows Hello compliant fingerprint reader in the power button
Security	Touch ID sensor Apple T2 Security Chip	Windows Hello with Fingerprint Sign in Enterprise-grade protection with Windows Hello face sign-in Wedge-shaped lock
In the box	MacBook Pro 13” 61W USB‑C Power Adapter USB-C Charge Cable (2 m)	-
Warranty	Your MacBook Pro 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 screen damage or external enclosure damage, or $299 for other repairable damage, plus applicable tax.	-
More	Video Support Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display at millions of colors and: One external display with up to 6K resolution at 60Hz Thunderbolt 3 digital video output Native DisplayPort output over USB‑C VGA, HDMI, DVI, and Thunderbolt 2 output supported using adapters (sold separately)	-

Key Features	M1 MacBook Pro 13”	Dell XPS 17 9700
At Glance	Released in Late 2020 16:10 WQXGA 13.3” 1600p 60Hz Weight 3.1 lb 1.41 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 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