M1 MacBook Pro 14” vs. Dell XPS 15 9510

Apple has released the M1 MacBook Pro 14”, a 14.2-inch machine, in late-2021. It is powered by up to 10-core Apple M1 Max (10C, 32G). The laptop has an integrated graphics option up to Apple M1 Max iGPU (32 GPU Cores, 16 Neural Engine Cores).

On the other hand, we have the 15.6-inch XPS 15 9510 was introduced by Dell around the same year in mid-2021. It comes with up to an octa-core Intel Core i9-11900H with a boost clock speed up to 4.90 GHz. It has a dedicated GPU option up to Nvidia Quadro RTX 3050Ti with 4GB GDDR6 45W TGP.

The M1 MacBook Pro 14” has a 14.2-inch display which is slightly smaller than the 15.6-inch Dell XPS 15 9510. In addition, The M1 MacBook Pro 14” weighs 3.5 lbs. about 20% lighter than the 4.22 lbs. Dell XPS 15 9510. Moreover, measured at 12.31” x 8.71” x 0.61”, the M1 MacBook Pro 14” is much more portable than the Dell XPS 15 9510 at 13.57” x 9.06” x 0.71”.

There are a toal number of 7 ports and slots available on M1 MacBook Pro 14”. That includes three Thunderbolt 4 ports, a MagSafe 3, a headphone jack, an HDMI port, and a full-size SD card slot. With that said, it has a port or slot more than the Dell XPS 15 9510 that has two Thunderbolt 4 ports, a lock slot, a USB-C port, a full-size SD card slot, and a headphone jack.

Moving over to upgradability, Apple claims that the M1 MacBook Pro 14” supports up to 64GB Unified memory. However, it has an onboard memory module that is not upgradable by the users. It also has soldered storage, and there are no M.2 slots for expansion.

For Dell XPS 15 9510, it supports up to 64GB 3200 MHz DDR4 memory that you can upgrade with two memory module slots on the motherboard. It also has two M.2 slots that users can easily swap or add an extra SSD to get extra space when needed.

Here are some notable new features we found on the M1 MacBook Pro 14”.

• All-New MacBook Pro Design - the new design focus on functionality and performance. It has a larger chassis that provides more room for an advanced thermal system that can move 50 percent more air than the previous generation.
• New M1 Pro and M1 Max Chip - The new 14” MacBook Pro features the new M1 Pro, and M1 Max applies a system-on-a-chip (SoC) architecture. Both processors feature fast unified memory and increased memory bandwidth up to 400GB/s, 8-core CPU, 32-core GPU, 16-core Neural Engine, and with best-in-class performance per watt and industry-leading power efficiency.
• New Liquid Retina XDR with ProMotion Display - featuring mini-LED technology used in iPad Pro, the Liquid Retina XDR display delivers up to 1,000 nits of sustained, full-screen brightness, an incredible 1,600 nits of peak brightness, and a 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio.
• Better Battery Life - It delivers up to 17 hours of video playback, which is seven additional hours compared to the previous-generation MacBook Pro.

• No Touchbar
• One less Thunderbolt ports

For Dell XPS 15 9510, there are also some outstanding new features that we want to point out as well including:

• New 16:10 OLED 3.5K Touch Display - On top of FHD+ and 4K UHD+, the new Dell XPS 15 comes with a new OLED display with a 16:10 aspect ratio, touch, Dolby Vision, HDR 500TB, 100000:1 contrast ratio, 400-nit brightness, Eyesafe, Corning® Gorilla® Glass 6, and 100% DCI-P3 color gamut.
• 11th Gen Intel H-Series - The laptop is now powered by the latest 8-core 16-thread 11th Generation Intel ® Core™ processors with a Turbo Boost speed of up to 4.90GHz.
• Next-Generation Ray-Tracing Graphics - Featuring the new NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™️ 3050 and 3050 Ti with 4GB GDDR6 video memory to accelerates your favorite creative apps for greater performance and faster speed in video editing, graphic design, photography, and gaming.
• Faster DDR4 Memory - It now comes with the faster dual-channel 3200MHz DDR4 memory and can be configured up to 64GB.