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Surface Book 3 13.5” vs. Dell XPS 15 9500: Full specs comparison

We thoroughly analyzed technical specifications for Surface Book 3 13.5” and Dell XPS 15 9500 models, including CPU, memory, storage, battery life, display quality, and other features.

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Surface Book 3 13.5” Pros

Reasons that Surface Book 3 13.5” is better than Dell XPS 15 9500.

Surface Book 3 13.5” supports a faster memory speed than the Dell XPS 15 9500. It supports up to 3733MHz versus 2933MHz of system memory on the Dell XPS 15 9500.

Memory type and speed

Surface Book 3 13.5” - LPDDR4X

3,733 MHz

Dell XPS 15 9500 - DDR4

2,933 MHz

Surface Book 3 13.5” weighed 3.38 pounds, 16% lighter than the 4 pounds Dell XPS 15 9500.

Weight	Surface Book 3 13.5”	Dell XPS 15 9500
Pound	3.38 lbs.	4 lbs.
Kilogram	1.53 kg	1.81 kg

Surface Book 3 13.5” has more ports and slots count than the Dell XPS 15 9500. It has seven versus six amount of ports and slots on the Dell XPS 15 9500.

Ports	Surface Book 3 13.5”	Dell XPS 15 9500
full-size SD card slot	Yes	Yes
headphone jack	Yes	Yes
lock slot	No	Yes
power port	Yes x2	No
Thunderbolt 3	No	Yes x2
USB-A	Yes x2	No
USB-C	Yes	Yes
Total	7	6

Surface Book 3 13.5” has better versatile I/O connectivity than the Dell XPS 15 9500. It has five versus four commonly used ports and slots on the Dell XPS 15 9500.

Ports	Surface Book 3 13.5”	Dell XPS 15 9500
full-size SD card slot	Yes	Yes
headphone jack	Yes	Yes
USB-C	Yes	Yes
power port	Yes	No
Thunderbolt 3	No	Yes
USB-A	Yes	No

Dell XPS 15 9500 Pros

Reasons that Dell XPS 15 9500 is better than Surface Book 3 13.5”.

Intel Core i9-10885H inside Dell XPS 15 9500 has a 82% better multi-core CPU performance score than the Intel Core i7-1065G7 inside Surface Book 3 13.5”.

Geekbench 5 multi-core score

Dell XPS 15 9500 - Intel Core i7-10875H

6,874

Dell XPS 15 9500 - Intel Core i9-10885H

6,788

Dell XPS 15 9500 - Intel Core i7-10750H

5,412

Dell XPS 15 9500 - Intel Core i5-10300H

3,747

Surface Book 3 13.5” - Intel Core i7-1065G7

3,722

Surface Book 3 13.5” - Intel Core i5-1035G7

3,691

Dell XPS 15 9500 supports a larger memory capacity than the Surface Book 3 13.5”. It supports up to 64GB versus 32GB of system memory on the Surface Book 3 13.5”.

Max system memory size

Dell XPS 15 9500

64 GB

Surface Book 3 13.5”

32 GB

Dell XPS 15 9500 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 Surface Book 3 13.5” since it has onboard memory.

Memory	Surface Book 3 13.5”	Dell XPS 15 9500
Slots	Onboard	x2
Type	LPDDR4X	DDR4

Dell XPS 15 9500 has a 15.6-inch screen size 15% larger than the 13.5-inch Surface Book 3 13.5”.

Display size

Dell XPS 15 9500

15.6-inch

Surface Book 3 13.5”

13.5-inch

Prices

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

Surface Book 3 13.5” Price
	New Microsoft Surface Book 3 - 13.5" Touch-Screen - 10th Gen Intel Core i5 - 8GB Memory - 256GB SSD (Latest Model) - Platinum By Microsoft $539.00 $590.00 9% OFF	See at Amazon
	NEW Microsoft Surface Book 3 - 13.5" Touch-Screen - 10th Gen Intel Core i7 - 32GB Memory - 512GB SSD (Latest Model) - Platinum By Microsoft $1,157.83 $1,699.98 32% OFF	See at Amazon
	Microsoft Surface Book 3 13.5 Inch Touch-Screen 512GB i7 32GB RAM with Windows 10 Pro (Wi-Fi, 1.3GHz Quad-Core i7 up to 3.9GHz, Newest Version) SLM-00001 (Renewed) By Microsoft $1,150.99 $1,299.00 11% OFF	See at Amazon
Dell XPS 15 9500 Price
	Dell XPS 15 9500 15.6 inches FHD i7-10750H 16 512GB SSD GTX 1650 Ti XPS9500-7002SLV-PUS (Renewed) By Dell $1,098.95	See at Amazon
	Dell XPS 15 9500 (Latest Model) 15.6-inch Laptop Intel Core i7-10750H 10th Gen 32GB DDR4 RAM 1TB SSD, 4K UHD+ (3840x2400) 500-NIT Touch NVIDIA Geforce GTX 1650 Ti 4GB GDDR6, Windows 10 PRO (Renewed) By Dell $1,399.99	See at Amazon
	New Dell XPS 15 9500 15.6 inch UHD+ Touchscreen Laptop (Silver) Intel Core i7-10750H 10th Gen, 16GB DDR4 RAM, 1TB SSD, Nvidia GTX 1650 Ti with 4GB GDDR6, Window 10 Pro (XPS9500-7845SLV-PUS) By Dell $999.00	See at Amazon

Availability	Surface Book 3 13.5”	Dell XPS 15 9500
Released	2020	2020
Release Date	Introduced: May 6, 2020 Pre-ordered: May 6, 2020 Released: May 12, 2020	Release Date: May 13, 2020
Pricing	For Consumer $1,599 - i5 \| 8GB \| 256GB \| Iris Plus $1,999 - i7 \| 16GB \| 256GB \| GTX 1650 $2,499 - i7 \| 32GB \| 512GB \| GTX 1650 $2,699 - i7 \| 32GB \| 1TB \| GTX 1650 For Commercial $1,699 - i5 \| 8GB \| 256GB \| Iris Plus $2,099 - i7 \| 16GB \| 256GB \| GTX 1650 $2,599 - i7 \| 32GB \| 512GB \| GTX 1650 $2,799 - i7 \| 32GB \| 1TB \| GTX 1650	Starting at $1,299.99
Generations	2020 Surface Book 3 15” 2020 Surface Book 3 13.5” 2017 Surface Book 2 15” 2017 Surface Book 2 13.5” 2016 Surface Book i7 2015 Surface Book	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	Surface Book 3 13.5”	Dell XPS 15 9500
Dimensions	Surface Book 2 13.5” (Core i5) 12.3” x 9.14” x 0.51”-0.90” (312 mm x 232 mm x 13 mm-23 mm) Surface Book 2 13.5” (Core i7) 12.3” x 9.14” x 0.59”-0.90” (312 mm x 232 mm x 15 mm-23 mm)	13.56 x 9.07 x 0.30 - 0.71 in (344.40 x 230.30 x 7.70 - 18 mm) Width: 13.56” (344.40 mm) Depth: 9.07” (230.30 mm) Height: 0.30 - 0.71” (7.70 - 18 mm)
Weight	Surface Book 3 13.5” (Core i5) Total: 3.38 lbs (1,534 g) Tablet: 1.59 lbs (719 g) Surface Book 3 13.5” (Core i7) Total: 3.62 lbs (1,642 g) Tablet: 1.59 lbs (719 g)	Non-touch with 56Wh: 4 lbs (1.83 kg) Touch screen with 86Wh: 4.5 lbs (2.05 kg)
Colors	Platinum	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	Keyboard: Full-size mechanical backlit keyset with 1.55mm travel. Mechanical friction attaches the Clipboard to the keyboard. Trackpad: Larger size 105 mm x 70 mm, glass. Supports up to Five-finger multitouch gesture.	Full size, backlit chiclet keyboard. 5.91 x 3.54 in (150 mm x 90 mm) touchpad with multi-touch gesture support.

Display	Surface Book 3 13.5”	Dell XPS 15 9500
Size	13.5 Inches	15.6 Inches
Info	Display Resolution: 3000 x 2000 (6M Pixels) Display Density: 267 PPI PixelSense™ Display Aspect ratio: 3:2 Contrast ratio: 1600:1 Inking: designed together with Surface Pen Touch: 10 points multi-touch	15.6-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, 4.41W. 15.6-inch UHD+ IPS touchscreen 3840 x 2400, IPS, 290 PPI, 500-nit brightness, 1600:1 contrast ratio, 100% AdobeRGB, InfinityEdge, Anti-Reflective, Touch support, 10.4W.

Ports	Surface Book 3 13.5”	Dell XPS 15 9500
Image Source: Microsoft Left (3) 2 x USB-A USB 3.1 Gen 2 (10 Gbps) 1 x full-size SD card slot UHS-II performance Right (3) 1 x power port Charging, Docking 1 x USB-C USB 3.1 Gen 2 (10 Gbps), DisplayPort, Power Delivery 1 x headphone jack Headphone/Microphone, On the tablet Bottom (1) 1 x power port Charging, Docking, On the tablet	Image Source: Dell Left (3) 2 x Thunderbolt 3 40 Gpbs, USB 3.1 Gen 2 (10 Gbps), DisplayPort 1.2, Power Delivery 1 x lock slot Right (3) 1 x USB-C USB 3.1 Gen 2 (10 Gbps), DisplayPort, Power Delivery 1 x full-size SD card slot v6.0 1 x headphone jack Headphone/Microphone

Internal Specs	Surface Book 3 13.5”	Dell XPS 15 9500
Processor	10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-1035G7 4 cores, 8 threads, 1.20 → 3.70 GHz, 6MB SmartCache, 15W 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-1065G7 4 cores, 8 threads, 1.30 → 3.90 GHz, 8MB SmartCache, 15W	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	10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-1035G7 Intel® Iris® Plus Graphics 64 Execution Units, 300 → 1050 MHz 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-1065G7 Intel® Iris® Plus Graphics 64 Execution Units, 300 → 1100 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 16GB 32GB 3733 MHz LPDDR4x	4 GB 8 GB 16 GB 32 GB 64 GB 2933 MHz Dual-channel DDR4 RAM.
Discrete Graphics	NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1650 with Max-Q Turning Architecture, 4GB GDDR5 128-bit, 1020 → 1245 MHz, 1024 CUDA Cores.	NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1650 Ti with Max-Q (Optional) Turning Architecture, 4GB GDDR6 128-bit, 1035 → 1200 MHz, 1024 CUDA Cores.
Storage	256 GB 512 GB 1 TB PCIe SSD	256 GB 512 GB 1 TB 2TB Removable M.2 2230/2280 PCIe® 3x4 NVMe™ SSD, Up to 32 Gbps.
Fans Number	-	2

Connectivity	Surface Book 3 13.5”	Dell XPS 15 9500
Wi-Fi	Wi-Fi 6: IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax compatible.	Rivet Killer AX1650s 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 Wireless 5.0 technology	Rivet Killer AX1650s › Bluetooth 5.0 Rivet Killer AX500s DBS › Bluetooth 5.2

Battery	Surface Book 3 13.5”	Dell XPS 15 9500
Size	Surface Book 3 13.5” (Core i5) Total: 69Wh Clipboard: 18Wh Base: 51Wh Surface Book 3 13.5” (Core i7) Total: 75.3Wh Clipboard: 18Wh Base: 57.3Wh	3-cell smart lithium-ion 56 Wh 6-cell smart lithium-ion 86 Wh
Battery Life	Surface Book 3 13.5” Up to 15.5 hours of typical device usage	Full HD+ model Up to 24 hours (productivity tasks). Up to 16 hours, 52 minutes (streaming Netflix). UHD+ model Up to 13 hours, 52 minutes (productivity tasks). Up to 8 hours, 27 minutes (streaming Netflix).
Power Supply	Surface Book 3 13.5” (Core i5) 65W Surface Power Supply with USB-A (5W) charging port. Surface Book 3 13.5” (Core i7) 102W Surface Power Supply with USB-A (7W) charging port.	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	Surface Book 3 13.5”	Dell XPS 15 9500
OS	For Consumer: Windows 10 Home 64-bit For Commercial: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit Free upgrade to Windows 11	Windows 10 Home Windows 10 Pro Upgradable to Windows 11
Built-in Apps	Microsoft Office 365 30-days trial	Microsoft Office 30-days trial McAfee LiveSafe™ 12 Month Subscription

Camera & Audio	Surface Book 3 13.5”	Dell XPS 15 9500
Camera	Windows Hello face authentication camera (front-facing) 5.0MP front-facing camera with 1080p HD video 8.0MP rear-facing autofocus camera with 1080p HD video	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	Dual far-field Studio Mics Front-facing stereo speakers with Dolby Atmos® Support for Windows Sonic for Headphones Support for Dolby® Atmos for Headphones	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	Surface Book 3 13.5”	Dell XPS 15 9500
Inking	Supports Surface Pen 4096 levels of pressure Tilt sensing Best in class latency Paper feel 0.1mm precision	-
Sensors	Ambient light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Gyroscope Magnetometer	Ambient light sensor Windows Hello compliant fingerprint reader in the power button
Security	HW TPM 2.0 chip for enterprise security Enterprise-grade protection with Windows Hello face sign-in	Windows Hello with Fingerprint Sign in Enterprise-grade protection with Windows Hello face sign-in Wedge-shaped lock
In the box	Surface Book 3 13.5” Power supply Quick Start Guide Safety and warranty documents	-
Warranty	One-year limited hardware warranty	-
More	Supports Surface Dial Supports both on-screen and off-screen interaction.	-

Key Features	Surface Book 3 13.5”	Dell XPS 15 9500
At Glance	Released in Mid 2020 3:2 3K 13.5” 2000p 60Hz Weight 3.38 lb 1.53 kg Up to Intel Core i7-1065G7 4C/8T, 1.30 → 3.90 GHz Geekbench 5 1,088 Single Core Geekbench 5 3,722 Multi-Core With integrated Intel® Iris® Plus Graphics 64 Execution Units, 300 → 1100 MHz Configurable up to 32GB 3733 MHz LPDDR4X Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 4GB GDDR6 with Max-Q	Released in Mid 2020 16:10 4K UHD+ 15.6” 2400p 60Hz Weight 4 lb 1.81 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 Upgradable up to 64GB 2933 MHz DDR4 Nvidia Quadro GTX 1650Ti 4GB GDDR6