MacBook Pro 15” (2019) vs. Dell G15 5525: Full specs comparison

Here is a comparison of the specs between MacBook Pro 15” (2019) and Dell G15 5525, including CPU, RAM, storage, battery, display, and more.

MacBook Pro 15” (2019) Pros

Reasons that MacBook Pro 15” (2019) is better than Dell G15 5525.

About 12% lighter

MacBook Pro 15” (2019) weighed 4.02 pounds, 12% lighter than the 4.55 pounds Dell G15 5525.

WeightMacBook Pro 15” (2019)Dell G15 5525
Pound
4.02 lbs.
4.55 lbs.
Kilogram
1.82 kg
2.06 kg

Dell G15 5525 Pros

Reasons that Dell G15 5525 is better than MacBook Pro 15” (2019).

Significantly newer manufacturing

2022 vs. 2019

Significantly faster CPU performance

AMD Ryzen 9-6900HX inside Dell G15 5525 has a 36% better multi-core CPU performance score than the Intel Core i9-9980HK inside MacBook Pro 15” (2019).

Geekbench 5 multi-core score
Dell G15 5525 - AMD Ryzen 9-6900HX
8,876
Dell G15 5525 - AMD Ryzen 7-6800H
8,548
Dell G15 5525 - AMD Ryzen 5-6600H
8,054
MacBook Pro 15” (2019) - Intel Core i9-9980HK
6,504
MacBook Pro 15” (2019) - Intel Core i9-9880H
6,100
MacBook Pro 15” (2019) - Intel Core i7-9750H
4,880
Supports faster memory

Dell G15 5525 supports a faster memory speed than the MacBook Pro 15” (2019). It supports up to 4800MHz versus 2400MHz of system memory on the MacBook Pro 15” (2019).

Memory type and speed
Dell G15 5525 - DDR5
4,800 MHz
MacBook Pro 15” (2019) - DDR4
2,400 MHz
Upgradable memory

Dell G15 5525 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 MacBook Pro 15” (2019) since it has onboard memory.

MemoryMacBook Pro 15” (2019)Dell G15 5525
Slots
Onboard
x2
TypeDDR4DDR5
Upgradable storage

Dell G15 5525 comes with a single removable M.2 SSD slot that you can replace and upgrade in the future.

SlotsMacBook Pro 15” (2019)Dell G15 5525
M.2
Onboard
Yes x1
Has three more ports and slots

Dell G15 5525 has more ports and slots count than the MacBook Pro 15” (2019). It has eight versus five amount of ports and slots on the MacBook Pro 15” (2019).

PortsMacBook Pro 15” (2019)Dell G15 5525
HDMINoYes
headphone jackYesYes
power portNoYes
RJ-45NoYes
Thunderbolt 3Yes x4No
USB-ANoYes x3
USB-CNoYes
Total58
More versatile connectivity

Dell G15 5525 has better versatile I/O connectivity than the MacBook Pro 15” (2019). It has six versus two commonly used ports and slots on the MacBook Pro 15” (2019).

PortsMacBook Pro 15” (2019)Dell G15 5525
headphone jackYesYes
HDMINoYes
power portNoYes
RJ-45NoYes
Thunderbolt 3YesNo
USB-ANoYes
USB-CNoYes

Key Similars

Similar characteristics share between MacBook Pro 15” (2019) and Dell G15 5525.

Supports the same maximum memory size of up to 32GB

Both laptops supports up to 32GB of system memory.

Max system memory size
MacBook Pro 15” (2019)
32 GB
Dell G15 5525
32 GB

Prices

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

MacBook Pro 15” (2019) Price
Mid 2019 Apple MacBook Pro with 2.3 GHz Intel Core i9 (15 inch, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD) Space Gray (Renewed)
Mid 2019 Apple MacBook Pro with 2.3 GHz Intel Core i9 (15 inch, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD) Space Gray (Renewed)
By Apple
$694.00
2019 Apple MacBook Pro with 2.4GHz Intel Core i9 (15-inch, 32GB RAM, 512GB) Space Gray (Renewed)
2019 Apple MacBook Pro with 2.4GHz Intel Core i9 (15-inch, 32GB RAM, 512GB) Space Gray (Renewed)
By Apple
$699.00
Late 2019 Apple MacBook Pro with 2.6GHz Intel Core i7 (16 inch, 16GB RAM, 512GB) Space Gray (Renewed)
Late 2019 Apple MacBook Pro with 2.6GHz Intel Core i7 (16 inch, 16GB RAM, 512GB) Space Gray (Renewed)
By Apple
$628.98
$674.95 7% OFF
Dell G15 5525 Price
Dell G15 5525 Gaming Laptop, 2022, 15.6" 1920 x 1080 120 Hz, AMD Ryzen 5 6600H 6-Core, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB, 8GB DDR5, 512GB SSD, Windows 11 Home, Backlit Keyboard, Wi-Fi 6, Phantom Grey
Dell G15 5525 Gaming Laptop, 2022, 15.6" 1920 x 1080 120 Hz, AMD Ryzen 5 6600H 6-Core, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB, 8GB DDR5, 512GB SSD, Windows 11 Home, Backlit Keyboard, Wi-Fi 6, Phantom Grey
By Dell
$879.00
Dell G15 5530 Gaming Laptop - 15.6-inch FHD (1920x1080) Display, Intel Core i7-13650HX, 16GB DDR5 RAM, 1TB SSD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB GDDR6, Windows 11 Home, Service - Dark Shadow Gray
Dell G15 5530 Gaming Laptop - 15.6-inch FHD (1920x1080) Display, Intel Core i7-13650HX, 16GB DDR5 RAM, 1TB SSD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB GDDR6, Windows 11 Home, Service - Dark Shadow Gray
By Dell
$1,089.99
$1,249.97 13% OFF
Dell G15 5525 Gaming Laptop: Ryzen 7 6800H, NVidia RTX 3070, 1TB SSD, 16GB DDR5 RAM, 15.6" Full HD 165Hz 300nits Display, Windows 11 (Renewed)
Dell G15 5525 Gaming Laptop: Ryzen 7 6800H, NVidia RTX 3070, 1TB SSD, 16GB DDR5 RAM, 15.6" Full HD 165Hz 300nits Display, Windows 11 (Renewed)
By Dell
$855.99

Availability

MacBook Pro 15” (2019)Dell G15 5525
Released20192022
Release DateAnnounced on May 16th, 2019Announced on February 25, 2022.
Pricing
  • $2,399 - Intel Core i7 | 16GB RAM | 256GB SSD
  • $2,799 - Intel Core i7 | 16GB RAM | 512GB SSD
  • $899.99
    R5-6600H, 8GB, 256GB, RTX 3050
  • $1,249.99
    R7-6800H, 16GB, 512GB, RTX 3050
  • $1,649.99
    R9-6900HX, 16GB, 1TB, RTX 3060
Applicable Models-
  • Dell G15 5525 AMD
  • Dell G15 5525 AMD
  • Dell G5 15 5525 AMD
  • 2022 Dell G15 AMD
  • Dell G15 (AMD Ryzen 6000 Series)
Generations

Exterior

MacBook Pro 15” (2019)Dell G15 5525
Dimensions13.75” x 9.48” x 0.61” (349.3 mm x 240.7 mm x 155 mm)14.06 x 10.74 x 1.06” (357.26 x 272.11 x 26.90 mm)
WeightStarting at 4.02 pounds (1.83 kg)Starting at 5.55 lbs. (2.52 kg)
Colors
Space Gray Silver
Dark Shadow Grey Specter Green with Camouflage
Keyboard and TrackpadBacklit Magic Keyboard with:
  • 64 (U.S.) or 65 (ISO) keys including 4 arrow keys
  • Touch Bar with integrated 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
  • Keyboard
    • US English Orange Qwerty Backlit Keyboard with Numeric Keypad and G-Key.
    • US English Qwerty 4-Zone RGB Backlit Keyboard with Numeric Keypad and G-Key.
  • Touchpad
    • Size: 4.13 x 2.36 in (105 mm x 60 mm).
    • Precision Touchpad.
    • Supports multi-touch gestures.
Chasis Information-
Plastic Resin Plastic Painting Speckle Resin

Display

MacBook Pro 15” (2019)Dell G15 5525
Size15.4 Inches15.6 Inches
InfoRetina display
  • Retina display
  • 15.4-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit display with IPS technology; 2880-by-1800 native resolution at 220 pixels per inch with support for millions of colors
  • Supported scaled resolutions:
    • 1920 by 1200
    • 1680 by 1050
    • 1280 by 800
    • 1024 by 640
  • 500 nits brightness
  • Wide color (P3)
  • True Tone technology
  • 15.6” FHD 120Hz
    1920 x 1080 141 PPI 250 nits 16:9 45% NTSC 800:1 Anti-glare WVA Non-touch 4.6W
  • 15.6” FHD 165Hz
    1920 x 1080 141 PPI 300 nits 16:9 100% sRGB 1000:1 Anti-glare WVA Non-touch 6W
  • 15.6” QHD 240Hz
    2560 x 1440 188 PPI 400 nits 16:9 99% DCI-P3 1000:1 Anti-glare WVA Non-touch 8.55 W

Ports

MacBook Pro 15” (2019)Dell G15 5525
Left (2)
  • 2 x Thunderbolt 3
    40 Gpbs, USB 3.1 Gen 2 (10 Gbps), Charging, Displayport
Right (3)
  • 1 x headphone jack
    Headphone/Microphone
  • 2 x Thunderbolt 3
    40 Gpbs, USB 3.1 Gen 2 (10 Gbps), Charging, Displayport
Dell G15 5525 Ports
Image Source: Dell
Left (2)
  • 1 x RJ-45
    1 Gbps, Flip-down, 2.5Gbps on models with RTX 3060 or 3070Ti
  • 1 x headphone jack
    Headphone/Microphone
Right (2)
  • 2 x USB-A
    USB 3.1 Gen 1 (5 Gbps)
Back (4)
  • 1 x USB-C
    USB 3.1 Gen 1 (5 Gbps), Display Port Alt-Mode
  • 1 x USB-A
    USB 3.1 Gen 1 (5 Gbps)
  • 1 x HDMI
    v2.1
  • 1 x power port

Internal Specs

MacBook Pro 15” (2019)Dell G15 5525
Processor
  1. 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-9750H
    6 cores, 12 threads, 2.60 → 4.50 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 45W
  2. 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-9880H
    8 cores, 16 threads, 2.30 → 4.80 GHz, 16MB SmartCache, 45W
  3. 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-9980HK
    8 cores, 16 threads, 2.40 → 5.00 GHz, 16MB SmartCache, 45W
  1. AMD Ryzen™ 5 6600H
    6 cores, 12 threads, 3.30 → 4.50 GHz, 3MB L2 Cache, 16MB L3 Cache, 45W
  2. AMD Ryzen™ 7 6800H
    8 cores, 16 threads, 3.20 → 4.70 GHz, 4MB L2 Cache, 16MB L3 Cache, 45W
  3. AMD Ryzen™ 9 6900HX
    8 cores, 16 threads, 3.30 → 4.90 GHz, 4MB L2 Cache, 16MB L3 Cache, 45W
Integrated Graphics
  1. 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-9750H
    Intel® UHD Graphics 630
    24 Execution Units, 350 → 1150 MHz
  2. 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-9880H
    Intel® UHD Graphics 630
    24 Execution Units, 350 → 1200 MHz
  3. 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-9980HK
    Intel® UHD Graphics 630
    24 Execution Units, 350 → 1250 MHz
  1. AMD Ryzen™ 5 6600H
    AMD Radeon™ 660M Graphics
    6 Graphics Cores, 1900 MHz
  2. AMD Ryzen™ 7 6800H
    AMD Radeon™ 680M Graphics
    12 Graphics Cores, 2200 MHz
  3. AMD Ryzen™ 9 6900HX
    AMD Radeon™ 680M Graphics
    12 Graphics Cores, 2400 MHz
Memory
16GB
configurable to 32GB of 2400MHz DDR4 onboard memory
  • Memory Slots
    • 2 x DDR5 SODIMM
  • Memory Configurations
    • Minimum Memory: 4GB
    • Maximum Memory: 32GB
    • Memory Speed: 4800MHz
Discrete Graphics
  • AMD Radeon Pro 555X with 4GB of GDDR5 memory
  • AMD Radeon Pro 560XM with 4GB of GDDR6 memory
  • AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16 with 4GB of HBM2 memory
  • AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20 with 4GB of HBM2 memory
  • NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 3050, 4GB GDDR6
  • NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 3050 Ti, 4GB GDDR6
  • NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 3060, 6GB GDDR6
  • NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 3070 Ti, 8GB GDDR6
Storage
256GB 512GB
configurable to 1TB, 2TB, or 4TB SSD
256GB 512GB 1TB
PCIe Gen 4 x4 SSD.
1 x M.2 2230/2280 slot.

Connectivity

MacBook Pro 15” (2019)Dell G15 5525
Wi-Fi
  • 802.11ac Wi‑Fi wireless networking
  • IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n compatible
  • MediaTek MT7921 Wi-Fi 5
    Dual Band 2.4 GHz/5 GHz Up to 1200 Mbps WiFi 5 802.11a/b/g/n/ac
BluetoothBluetooth 5.0 wireless technologyBluetooth 5.2
Ethernet-Dell G15 RTX 3050 and RTX 3050 Ti
  • Realtek RTL8111H PCI-e 1 Gigabit ethernet controller
    Speed: 10/100/1000 Mbps.
Dell G15 with RTX 3060 or greater
  • Realtek RTL8125BGS 2.5 Gigabit ethernet controller
    Speed: 10/100/1000/2500 Mbps.

Battery

MacBook Pro 15” (2019)Dell G15 5525
Size83.6 Wh lithium‑polymer battery
  • 56 Wh
    3-cell "smart" lithium-ion.
  • 86 Wh
    6-cell "smart" lithium-ion.
Battery Life
  • Up to 10 hours wireless web
  • Up to 10 hours Apple TV app movie playback
  • Up to 30 days of standby time
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Power Supply87W USB‑C Power Adapter
  • 180W power adapter
    Power rated at 19.5VDC/9.23A.
  • 240W power adapter
    Power rated at 19.5VDC/12.31A.

Software

MacBook Pro 15” (2019)Dell G15 5525
OSShipped with macOS CatalinaWindows 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
  • Alienware Command Center
  • Dell Digital Delivery
  • Dell Mobile Connect
  • Dell Recovery Environment
  • DropBox
  • Microsoft® Office trial
  • McAfee LiveSafe 12 Month Subscription

Camera & Audio

MacBook Pro 15” (2019)Dell G15 5525
Camera720p FaceTime HD cameraFront-facing camera
Top-mount front camera with fixed focus lens, 0.92 Megapixels (1280 x 720 HD) at 30 fps.
Audio
  • Stereo speakers with high dynamic range
  • Three microphones
  • 3.5mm headphone jack
  • Realtek ALC3204 with Dolby Audio for Alienware Sound Centre
  • 2 x 2.5W tuned speakers
  • Dual-array microphones

Misc

MacBook Pro 15” (2019)Dell G15 5525
Sensors
  • Touch ID sensor
-
Security
  • Touch ID sensor
-
In the box
  • 15‑inch MacBook Pro
  • 87W USB‑C Power Adapter
  • USB-C Charge Cable (2 m)
-
WarrantyYour 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.
  • Monthly Subscription Premium Support
  • Swappable to 1 Year Limited Hardware Warranty Mail-in Customer supplies box Dell pays to ship.
More
Video Support
Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display at millions of colors and:
  • Up to two displays with 5120-by-2880 resolution at 60Hz at over a billion colors
  • Up to four displays with 4096-by-2304 resolution at 60Hz at over a billion colors
Thunderbolt 3 digital video output
  • Native DisplayPort output over USB‑C
  • VGA, HDMI, DVI, and Thunderbolt 2 output supported using adapters (sold separately)
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Key Features

MacBook Pro 15” (2019)Dell G15 5525
At Glance
Released in Mid
2019
16:10 Retina
15.4”
1800p 60Hz
Weight
4.02 lb
1.82 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
Configurable up to
32GB
2400 MHz DDR4
AMD
Radeon Pro Vega 20
4GB HBM2
Released in Early
2022
16:9 QHD
15.6”
1440p 240Hz
Weight
4.55 lb
2.06 kg
Up to
AMD Ryzen 9-6900HX
8C/16T, 3.30 → 4.90 GHz
Geekbench 5
1,500
Single Core
Geekbench 5
8,876
Multi-Core
With integrated
AMD Radeon™ 680M Graphics
12 Graphics Cores, 2400 MHz
Upgradable up to
32GB
4800 MHz DDR5
Dell G15 5525 Ports
Nvidia GeForce
RTX 3070Ti
8GB GDDR6
Optional
4-Zone RGB
Backlit Keyboard
Featuring
Game Shift Technology
Activating by pressing Fn + F9 (G).
Alienware Inspired
Thermal Design
4 Vents, 2 Inlets, Ultra-thin fan blade & copper pipes.

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