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Surface Book 3 15” vs. Dell Precision 7550: Full specs comparison

We have comprehensively compared the specifications for the Surface Book 3 15” and Dell Precision 7550 models. The report includes detailed information regarding both models' CPU, memory, storage, battery life, display quality, and other features.

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Surface Book 3 15” Pros

Reasons that Surface Book 3 15” is better than Dell Precision 7550.

Surface Book 3 15” supports a faster memory speed than the Dell Precision 7550. It supports up to 3733MHz versus 2933MHz of system memory on the Dell Precision 7550.

Memory type and speed

Surface Book 3 15” - LPDDR4X

3,733 MHz

Dell Precision 7550 - DDR4 ECC

2,933 MHz

Surface Book 3 15” weighed 4.20 pounds, 23% lighter than the 5.42 pounds Dell Precision 7550.

Weight	Surface Book 3 15”	Dell Precision 7550
Pound	4.20 lbs.	5.42 lbs.
Kilogram	1.91 kg	2.46 kg

Dell Precision 7550 Pros

Reasons that Dell Precision 7550 is better than Surface Book 3 15”.

Intel Xeon W-10885M inside Dell Precision 7550 has a 104% better multi-core CPU performance score than the Intel Core i7-1065G7 inside Surface Book 3 15”.

Geekbench 5 multi-core score

Dell Precision 7550 - Intel Xeon W-10885M

7,618

Dell Precision 7550 - Intel Core i7-10875H

6,874

Dell Precision 7550 - Intel Core i9-10885H

6,788

Dell Precision 7550 - Intel Core i7-10750H

5,412

Dell Precision 7550 - Intel Xeon W-10855M

5,372

Dell Precision 7550 - Intel Core i7-10850H

5,341

Dell Precision 7550 - Intel Core i5-10400H

4,252

Surface Book 3 15” - Intel Core i7-1065G7

3,722

Dell Precision 7550 supports a larger memory capacity than the Surface Book 3 15”. It supports up to 128GB versus 32GB of system memory on the Surface Book 3 15”.

Max system memory size

Dell Precision 7550

128 GB

Surface Book 3 15”

32 GB

Dell Precision 7550 comes with four 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 15” since it has onboard memory.

Memory	Surface Book 3 15”	Dell Precision 7550
Slots	Onboard	x4
Type	LPDDR4X	DDR4 ECC

Dell Precision 7550 has more ports and slots count than the Surface Book 3 15”. It has twelve versus seven amount of ports and slots on the Surface Book 3 15”.

Ports	Surface Book 3 15”	Dell Precision 7550
full-size SD card slot	Yes	Yes
HDMI	No	Yes
headphone jack	Yes	Yes
lock slot	No	Yes
Mini DisplayPort	No	Yes
power port	Yes x2	Yes
RJ-45	No	Yes
Smart Card Reader	No	Yes
Thunderbolt 3	No	Yes x2
USB-A	Yes x2	Yes x2
USB-C	Yes	No
Total	7	12

Dell Precision 7550 has better versatile I/O connectivity than the Surface Book 3 15”. It has eight versus five commonly used ports and slots on the Surface Book 3 15”.

Ports	Surface Book 3 15”	Dell Precision 7550
full-size SD card slot	Yes	Yes
headphone jack	Yes	Yes
power port	Yes	Yes
USB-A	Yes	Yes
HDMI	No	Yes
Mini DisplayPort	No	Yes
RJ-45	No	Yes
Thunderbolt 3	No	Yes
USB-C	Yes	No

Prices

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

Surface Book 3 15” Price
	NEW Microsoft Surface Book 3 - 15" Touch-Screen - 10th Gen Intel Core i7 - 16GB Memory - 256GB SSD (Latest Model) - Platinum By Microsoft $1,319.00	See at Amazon
	Microsoft New Surface Book 3-15" Touch-Screen - 10th Gen Intel Core i7-16GB Memory - 256GB SSD (Latest Model) - Platinum (Renewed) By Microsoft $999.95	See at Amazon
	Microsoft Surface Book 3-15" Touch-Screen - 10th Gen Intel Core i7-32GB Memory - 512GB SSD (Latest Model) - Platinum (Renewed) By Microsoft $1,349.00	See at Amazon
Dell Precision 7550 Price
	Dell Precision 7550 Laptop 15.6 - Intel Core i7 10th Gen - i7-10850H - Six Core 5.1Ghz - 512GB SSD - 32GB RAM - 1920x1080 FHD - Windows 10 Pro (Renewed) By Dell $479.99 $559.99 14% OFF	See at Amazon
	2020 Dell Precision 7550 Laptop 15.6 - Intel Core i7 10th Gen - i7-10750H - Six Core 5Ghz - 512GB SSD - 64GB RAM - Nvidia Quadro T2000 - 1920x1080 FHD Touchscreen - Windows 10 Pro (Renewed) By Dell $729.99	See at Amazon
	Dell Precision 7550 Laptop 15.6 - Intel Core i7 10th Gen - i7-10850H - Six Core 5.1Ghz - 1TB SSD - 32GB RAM - 1920x1080 FHD - Windows 10 Pro (Renewed) By Dell $541.00	See at Amazon

Availability	Surface Book 3 15”	Dell Precision 7550
Released	2020	2020
Release Date	Introduced: May 6, 2020 Pre-ordered: May 6, 2020 Released: May 12, 2020	-
Pricing	For Consumer $2,299 - i7 \| 16GB \| 256GB \| GTX 1660 Ti $2,799 - i7 \| 32GB \| 512GB \| GTX 1660 Ti $2,999 - i7 \| 32GB \| 1TB \| GTX 1660 Ti $3,399 - i7 \| 32GB \| 2TB \| GTX 1660 Ti For Commercial $2,399 - i7 \| 16GB \| 256GB \| GTX 1660 Ti $2,899 - i7 \| 32GB \| 512GB \| GTX 1660 Ti $3,099 - i7 \| 32GB \| 1TB \| GTX 1660 Ti $3,499 - i7 \| 32GB \| 2TB \| GTX 1660 Ti $3,499 - i7 \| 32GB \| 512GB \| RTX 3000 $3,699 - i7 \| 32GB \| 1TB \| RTX 3000	-
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	2021 Dell Precision 7560 2020 Dell Precision 7550 2019 Dell Precision 7540

Exterior	Surface Book 3 15”	Dell Precision 7550
Dimensions	13.5” x 9.87” x 0.568-0.90” (343 mm x 251 mm x 15 mm-23 mm)	14.17” x 9.53” x 0.98 - 1.08” (360 mm x 242 mm 25 - 27.36 mm)
Weight	Total: 4.20 lbs (1,905 g) Tablet: 1.80 lbs (817 g)	Starting at 5.42 lb (2.45 kg)
Colors	Platinum	-
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 with an optional backlit keyboard. 3.92 x 2.09 in (99.50 mm x 53 mm) touchpad with multi-touch gesture support.

Display	Surface Book 3 15”	Dell Precision 7550
Size	15 Inches	15.6 Inches
Info	Display Resolution: 3240 x 2160 (7M Pixels) Display Density: 260 PPI PixelSense™ Display Aspect ratio: 3:2 Contrast ratio: 1600:1 Inking: designed together with Surface Pen Touch: 10 points multi-touch	15.6" FHD 1920x1080 60Hz Anti-Glare Non-Touch 45% NTSC 220 Nits WVA 4.20W 15.6" FHD 1920x1080 60Hz Anti-Glare Non-Touch 100% DCI-P3 500 Nits WVA 7.2W 15.6" FHD with Touch 1920x1080 60Hz Touch 100% DCI-P3 500 Nits WVA 7.4W 15.6" UHD HDR400 3840x2160 60Hz Anti-Glare Non-Touch 100% Adobe 500 Nits WVA 10W 15.6" UHD HDR600 3840x2160 60Hz Anti-Glare Non-Touch 100% Adobe 700 Nits WVA 18W

Ports	Surface Book 3 15”	Dell Precision 7550
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 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps), DisplayPort, Power Delivery 1 x Smart Card Reader Right (5) 1 x full-size SD card slot 1 x headphone jack Headphone/Microphone 2 x USB-A USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps), PowerShare 1 x lock slot Back (4) 1 x Mini DisplayPort v1.4 1 x HDMI v2.0 1 x RJ-45 1 Gbps 1 x power port

Internal Specs	Surface Book 3 15”	Dell Precision 7550
Processor	10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-1065G7 4 cores, 8 threads, 1.30 → 3.90 GHz, 8MB SmartCache, 15W	10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-10400H 4 cores, 8 threads, 2.60 → 4.60 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™ i7-10850H 6 cores, 12 threads, 2.70 → 5.10 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 Intel Xeon W-10855M 6 cores, 12 threads, 2.80 → 5.10 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 45W Intel Xeon W-10885M 8 cores, 16 threads, 2.40 → 5.30 GHz, 16MB SmartCache, 45W
Integrated Graphics	10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-1065G7 Intel® Iris® Plus Graphics 64 Execution Units, 300 → 1100 MHz	10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-10400H Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1100 MHz 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-10750H Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1150 MHz 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-10850H 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 Intel Xeon W-10855M Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1200 MHz Intel Xeon W-10885M Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1250 MHz
Memory	16GB 32GB 3733 MHz LPDDR4x	Memory Slots 4 x DDR4 SODIMM Memory Configurations Minimum Memory: 8GB Maximum Memory: 128B Memory Type: DDR4 ECC or Non-ECC memory Memory Speed: 2666 MHz, 2933 MHz, or 3200 MHz
Discrete Graphics	NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1660 Ti with Max-Q Turning Architecture, 6GB GDDR6, 192-bit, 1245 → 1425 MHz, 1536 CUDA Cores. NVIDIA® Quadro® RTX™ 3000 with Max-Q Turning Architecture, 6GB GDDR6, 192-bit, 765 → 1305 MHz, 1920 CUDA Cores, 240 Tensor Cores, 30 RT Cores, Real-time ray tracing, AI hardware acceleration, ODE, QNF,	NVIDIA Quadro T1000 (Optional) Turning Architecture, 4GB GDDR5 128-bit, 1395 → 1455 MHz, 768 Shading Units. NVIDIA Quadro T2000 (Optional) Turning Architecture, 4GB GDDR5 128-bit, 1575 → 1785 MHz, 1,024 Shading Units. NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile (Optional) Turning Architecture, 6GB GDDR6 256-bit, 945→ 1380 MHz, 2,304 Shading Units. NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 Mobile (Optional) Turning Architecture, 8GB GDDR6 256-bit, 1110→ 1560 MHz, 2,560 Shading Units. NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000 Mobile (Optional) Turning Architecture, 16GB GDDR6 256-bit, 1035→ 1545 MHz, 3,072 Shading Units.
Storage	256 GB 512 GB 1 TB 2TB PCIe SSD	Hard Drive Slots 3 x M.2 2280 PCIe SSD slot Hard Drive Configurations Up to 6TB M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD

Connectivity	Surface Book 3 15”	Dell Precision 7550
Wi-Fi	Wi-Fi 6: IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax compatible.	Intel AX201 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 5.1
Bluetooth	Bluetooth Wireless 5.0 technology	Bluetooth 5.1
Ethernet	-	Integrated Intel i219-LM 10/100/1000 Mb/s Ethernet (RJ-45 ) with Intel Remote Wake UP and PXE
More	Xbox Wireless built-in	-

Battery	Surface Book 3 15”	Dell Precision 7550
Size	Total: 90Wh Clipboard: 23Wh Base: 67Wh	68 Wh (6-cell lithium-ion ExpressCharge Boost) 95 Wh (6-cell lithium-ion ExpressCharge Boost) 95 Wh (6-cell lithium-ion LCL)
Battery Life	Up to 17.5 hours of typical device usage	-
Power Supply	127W Surface Power Supply with USB-A (7W) charging port.	180 W power adapter Power rated at 19.5 VDC/9.23 A.

Software	Surface Book 3 15”	Dell Precision 7550
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 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS RedHat 8.2 Upgradable to Windows 11
Built-in Apps	Microsoft Office 365 30-days trial	Microsoft Office 30-days trial McAfee® Small Business Security 30 Day Free Trial

Camera & Audio	Surface Book 3 15”	Dell Precision 7550
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. Optional Windows Hello Infrared Camera
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 MaxxAudio® Pro by Waves Two speakers (2W x 2) Noise-reducing array microphones

Misc	Surface Book 3 15”	Dell Precision 7550
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	Windows Hello compliant fingerprint reader on the keyboard deck
Security	HW TPM 2.0 chip for enterprise security Enterprise-grade protection with Windows Hello face sign-in	Intel® vPro™ Technology (iAMT 12) (optional, requires Intel WiFi® Link WLAN and a vPro compatible processor), Dell Client Command Suite available (dell.com/command), Factory Installed Dell Client Command \| Update, Dell Command \| Power Manager, Intel® Platform Trust Technology, Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 2.0 Chassis wedge-shaped security lock Support for Computrace and SmartCard Reader Fingerprint reader or FIPS Fingerprint reader Touch Fingerprint Reader with Control Vault 3.0 (Advanced Authentication with FIPS 140-2 Level 3 Certification) Contacted Smart Card (FIPS 201 with Control Vault 3.0 Advanced Authentication with FIPS 140-2 level 3 Certitication) Contactless Smart Card NFC/CSC (Check regional availability)
In the box	Surface Book 3 15” Power supply Quick Start Guide Safety and warranty documents	-
Warranty	One-year limited hardware warranty	36 Months Basic Onsite Service
More	Supports Surface Dial Supports both on-screen and off-screen interaction.	-

Key Features	Surface Book 3 15”	Dell Precision 7550
At Glance	Released in Mid 2020 3:2 3.2K 15” 2160p 60Hz Weight 4.20 lb 1.91 kg Powered By 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 RTX 3000 6GB GDDR6 with Max-Q	Released in 2020 16:9 4K UHD 15.6” 2160p HDR Weight 5.42 lb 2.46 kg Up to Intel Xeon W-10885M 8C/16T, 2.40 → 5.30 GHz Geekbench 5 1,256 Single Core Geekbench 5 7,618 Multi-Core With integrated Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1250 MHz Upgradable up to 128GB 2933 MHz DDR4 ECC Nvidia Quadro RTX 5000 16GB GDDR6