Surface Laptop 3 vs. Dell XPS 15 9575: Full specs comparison

We thoroughly analyzed technical specifications for Surface Laptop 3 and Dell XPS 15 9575 models, including CPU, memory, storage, battery life, display quality, and other features.

Surface Laptop 3 Pros

Reasons that Surface Laptop 3 is better than Dell XPS 15 9575.

Newer manufacturing

2019 vs. 2018

Supports faster memory

Surface Laptop 3 supports a faster memory speed than the Dell XPS 15 9575. It supports up to 3733MHz versus 2400MHz of system memory on the Dell XPS 15 9575.

Memory type and speed
Surface Laptop 3 - LPDDR4X
3,733 MHz
Dell XPS 15 9575 - DDR4
2,400 MHz
About 37% lighter

Surface Laptop 3 weighed 2.79 pounds, 37% lighter than the 4.36 pounds Dell XPS 15 9575.

WeightSurface Laptop 3Dell XPS 15 9575
Pound
2.79 lbs.
4.36 lbs.
Kilogram
1.27 kg
1.98 kg

Dell XPS 15 9575 Pros

Reasons that Dell XPS 15 9575 is better than Surface Laptop 3.

Significantly faster CPU performance

Intel Core i7-8705G inside Dell XPS 15 9575 has a 30% better multi-core CPU performance score than the AMD Ryzen 7-3780U Microsoft Surface Edition inside Surface Laptop 3.

Geekbench 5 multi-core score
Surface Laptop 3 - Intel Core i7-1065G7
3,722
Surface Laptop 3 - Intel Core i5-1035G7
3,691
Dell XPS 15 9575 - Intel Core i7-8705G
3,576
Dell XPS 15 9575 - Intel Core i5-8305G
3,116
Surface Laptop 3 - AMD Ryzen 7-3780U Microsoft Surface Edition
2,741
Surface Laptop 3 - AMD Ryzen 5-3580U Microsoft Surface Edition
2,438
Supports discrete graphics

Configurable up to AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL 4GB HBM2 vs. integrated

15% larger display

Dell XPS 15 9575 has a 15.6-inch screen size 15% larger than the 13.5-inch Surface Laptop 3.

Display size
Dell XPS 15 9575
15.6-inch
Surface Laptop 3
13.5-inch

Key Similars

Similar characteristics share between Surface Laptop 3 and Dell XPS 15 9575.

Supports the same maximum memory size of up to 16GB

Both laptops supports up to 16GB of system memory.

Max system memory size
Surface Laptop 3
16 GB
Dell XPS 15 9575
16 GB

Prices

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

Surface Laptop 3 Price
Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 13.5" Touch-Screen Intel Core i5-8GB Memory - 256GB Solid State Drive (PKX-00003) Matte Black (Renewed)
Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 13.5" Touch-Screen Intel Core i5-8GB Memory - 256GB Solid State Drive (PKX-00003) Matte Black (Renewed)
By Microsoft
$297.00
$319.00 7% OFF
Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 – 13.5" Touch-Screen – Intel Core i7 - 16GB Memory - 512GB Solid State Drive (Latest Model) – Platinum with Alcantara (Renewed)
Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 – 13.5" Touch-Screen – Intel Core i7 - 16GB Memory - 512GB Solid State Drive (Latest Model) – Platinum with Alcantara (Renewed)
By Microsoft
$416.00
$470.82 12% OFF
Microsoft Surface Laptop Go 3 (2023) - 12.4" Touchscreen, Thin & Lightweight, Intel Core i5, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD SSD, with Windows 11, Platinum Color Copilot
Microsoft Surface Laptop Go 3 (2023) - 12.4" Touchscreen, Thin & Lightweight, Intel Core i5, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD SSD, with Windows 11, Platinum Color Copilot
By Microsoft
$699.99
$799.99 13% OFF
Dell XPS 15 9575 Price
Dell XPS 15 9530 15.6'' FHD+ (Intel 13th Gen 14-Core i7-13700H (Beat i9-12900H), 32GB DDR5 RAM, 1TB SSD, Arc A370M) Business Laptop, Backlit, Fingerprint, Thunderbolt 4, Wi-Fi 6E, Platinum Silver
Dell XPS 15 9530 15.6'' FHD+ (Intel 13th Gen 14-Core i7-13700H (Beat i9-12900H), 32GB DDR5 RAM, 1TB SSD, Arc A370M) Business Laptop, Backlit, Fingerprint, Thunderbolt 4, Wi-Fi 6E, Platinum Silver
By Dell
$1,628.00
Dell XPS 15 2-in-1 9575-15.6" 4K Touch - i7-8705G - AMD RX Vega M - 16GB - 256GB SSD
Dell XPS 15 2-in-1 9575-15.6" 4K Touch - i7-8705G - AMD RX Vega M - 16GB - 256GB SSD
By Dell
$999.00
Dell 130W USB-C/USB Type C Replacement AC Adapter for Precision 5530 2in1,XPS 15 2in1 9575, DP/N 0M0H25/M0H25, 0K00F5/K00F5,Model DA130PM170,HA130PM170
Dell 130W USB-C/USB Type C Replacement AC Adapter for Precision 5530 2in1,XPS 15 2in1 9575, DP/N 0M0H25/M0H25, 0K00F5/K00F5,Model DA130PM170,HA130PM170
By Dell
$47.77
$69.99 32% OFF

Availability

Surface Laptop 3Dell XPS 15 9575
Released20192018
Release Date
  • Introduced: October 2, 2019 (Microsoft October Event)
  • Pre-ordered: October 2, 2019
  • Released: October 22, 2019
  • Announced at CES 2018
  • Available on April 2018
Pricing
  • Surface Laptop 3 (13.5”) › Starting at 999$
  • Surface Laptop 3 (15”) › Starting at 1,199$
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Exterior

Surface Laptop 3Dell XPS 15 9575
Dimensions
  • Surface Laptop 3 (13.5”)
    12.1” x 8.8” x 0.57” (308 mm x 223 mm x 14.5 mm).
  • Surface Laptop 3 (15”)
    13.4” x 9.6” x 0.57” (339.5 mm x 244 mm x 14.69 mm).
13.93 x 9.25 x 0.62 in (354 x 235 x 16 mm)
Width: 13.93” (354 mm)
Depth: 9.25” (235 mm)
Height: 0.62” (16 mm)
Weight
  • Surface Laptop 3 (13.5”)
    • 2.84 lb (1,288 g)
      Sandstone and Matte Black
    • 2.79 lb (1,265 g)
      Cobalt Blue and Platinum
  • Surface Laptop 3 (15”)
    • 3.40 lb (1,542 g)
  • 4.36 lb (1.97 kg)
Colors
  • Surface Laptop 3 (13.5”)
    • Metal
      Matte Black Sandstone
    • Alcantara
      Matte Black Platinum
  • Surface Laptop 3 (15”)
    • Metal
      Matte Black Platinum
  • Silver (CNC machined aluminum in platinum silver with carbon fiber composite palm rest in black)
Keyboard and Trackpad
  • Keyboard:
    • Full-size backlit keyboard with the soft-touch feel and full 1.3mm travel.
    • Large palm rest with premium Alcantara® material for maximized typing comfort.
  • Trackpad:
    • Larger size 115 mm x 76.66 mm, glass.
    • Supports up to Five-finger multitouch gesture.
  • Full-size backlit Mag-Lev keyboard, 0.7mm travel.
  • 4.13 x 3.14 in (105 mm x 80 mm) precision touchpad with multi-touch gesture support.

Display

Surface Laptop 3Dell XPS 15 9575
Size13.5 Inches15.6 Inches
Info
  • Surface Laptop 3 (13.5”)
    • Resolution: 2256 x 1504 (3.4M Pixels)
    • Pixel Per Inch: 201
  • Surface Laptop 3 (15”)
    • Resolution: 2496 x 1664 (4.15M Pixels)
    • Pixel Per Inch: 201
  • PixelSense™ Display
  • Aspect ratio: 3:2
  • Inking: designed together with Surface Pen
  • Touch: 10 points multi-touch
  • Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3
  • 10nm Oleophobic Coating
  • 100% sRGB color, individually calibrated
  • 15.6-inch FHD touchscreen
    1920 x 1080, IPS, 141 PPI, 100% sRGB,400-nit brightness, InfinityEdge, Anti-Reflective, 10-finger Touch Support, Multi-protocol Active Pen with Tilt support, Edge-to-edge Corning® Gorilla® Glass 4.
  • 15.6-inch 4K UHD touchscreen
    3840 x 2160, IPS, 282 PPI, 100% AdobeRGB,400-nit brightness, InfinityEdge, Anti-Reflective, 10-finger Touch Support, Multi-protocol Active Pen with Tilt support, Edge-to-edge Corning® Gorilla® Glass 4.

Ports

Surface Laptop 3Dell XPS 15 9575
Surface Laptop 3 Ports
Image Source: Microsoft
  • 1 x Full-size USB 3.0
  • 1 x USB Type-C 3.1 Gen 2
    Supports Power Delivery and DisplayPort.
  • 1 x Surface Connect™
    Supports charging and docking station.
  • 1 x Headset jack
Dell XPS 15 9575 Ports
Image Source: Dell
  • 2 x Thunderbolt™ 3 
    (4 lanes of PCI Express Gen 3) supporting: Power Delivery, Thunderbolt 3 (40Gbps bi-directional), USB 3.1 Gen 2 (10Gbps), Native DisplayPort 1.2 video output, VGA, HDMI, Ethernet, and USB-A via Dell Adapter (sold separately).
  • 2 x USB Type-C 3.1
    Supports Power Delivery and DisplayPort.
  • 1 x microSD card reader
  • 1 x Noble lock slot
  • 1 x Battery gauge button and indicator
  • 1 x Headset jack

Internal Specs

Surface Laptop 3Dell XPS 15 9575
Processor
  1. 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-1035G7
    4 cores, 8 threads, 1.20 → 3.70 GHz, 6MB SmartCache, 15W
  2. 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-1065G7
    4 cores, 8 threads, 1.30 → 3.90 GHz, 8MB SmartCache, 15W
  3. AMD Ryzen™ 5 3580U Microsoft Surface® Edition
    4 cores, 8 threads, 2.10 → 3.70 GHz, 2MB L2 Cache, 4MB L3 Cache, 15W
  4. AMD Ryzen™ 7 3780U Microsoft Surface® Edition
    4 cores, 8 threads, 2.30 → 4.00 GHz, 2MB L2 Cache, 4MB L3 Cache, 15W
  1. 8th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-8305G
    4 cores, 8 threads, 2.80 → 3.80 GHz, 6MB Cache, 65W
  2. 8th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-8705G
    4 cores, 8 threads, 3.10 → 4.10 GHz, 8MB Cache, 65W
Integrated Graphics
  1. 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-1035G7
    Intel® Iris® Plus Graphics
    64 Execution Units, 300 → 1050 MHz
  2. 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-1065G7
    Intel® Iris® Plus Graphics
    64 Execution Units, 300 → 1100 MHz
  3. AMD Ryzen™ 5 3580U Microsoft Surface® Edition
    Radeon™ Vega 9 Graphics
    9 Graphics Cores, 1300 MHz
  4. AMD Ryzen™ 7 3780U Microsoft Surface® Edition
    Radeon™ RX Vega 11 Graphics
    11 Graphics Cores, 1400 MHz
  1. 8th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-8305G
    Intel® UHD Graphics 630
    24 Execution Units, 350 → 1000 MHz
  2. 8th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-8705G
    Intel® UHD Graphics 630
    24 Execution Units, 350 → 1100 MHz
Memory
  • Surface Laptop 3 (13.5”)
    • 8GB 16GB
      3733 MHz LPDDR4X RAM
  • Surface Laptop 3 (15”)
    • 8GB 16GB
      2400 MHz DDR4 RAM
  • 8 GB 16 GB
    2400 MHz Dual-channel DDR4 RAM.
Discrete Graphics-
  • Radeon™ RX Vega M GL Graphics
    4GB HBM2 graphics memory, 931 MHz up to 1,011 MHz, 20 Compute Units, 179.2 GB/s memory bandwidth, 1024 bit memory interface, H.264, H.265 (10-bit HEVC) hardware encode/decode.
Storage
128 GB 256 GB 512 GB 1 TB
Removable M.2 NVMe SSD
  • 128 GB 256 GB 512 GB 1 TB
    PCIe 3x4 NVMe SSD up to 32 Gbps.

Connectivity

Surface Laptop 3Dell XPS 15 9575
Wi-Fi
  • Surface Laptop 3 (13.5”) Wi-Fi 6: IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax compatible.
  • Surface Laptop 3 (15”) Wi-Fi 5: IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac compatible.
  • Rivet Killer® 1435-S
    Up to 867 Mbps, Dual band 2.4 GHz/5 GHz, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g, WiFi-4 (802.11n), WiFi-5 (802.11ac).
  • Intel® 8265
    Up to 867 Mbps, Dual band 2.4 GHz/5 GHz, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g, WiFi-4 (802.11n), WiFi-5 (802.11ac).
Bluetooth
  • Bluetooth Wireless 5.0 technology
  • Bluetooth 4.1

Battery

Surface Laptop 3Dell XPS 15 9575
Size45.8 Wh
  • 6-cell smart lithium-ion 75 Wh
Battery LifeUp to 11.5 hours of typical device usage
  • Up to 15 hours and 53 minutes
* Tested on FHD panel.
Power Supply
  • 60W power supply with USB-A (5W) (65W total)
  • Supports Fast Charge (0-80% in about one hour)
130 W power adapter
Power rated at 20VDC/6.50A.

Software

Surface Laptop 3Dell XPS 15 9575
OS
  • For Consumer: Windows 10 Home
  • For Commercial: Windows 10 Pro
Free upgrade to Windows 11
Windows 10 Home Windows 10 Pro
Upgradable to Windows 11
Built-in AppsMicrosoft Office 365 30-days trial
  • Microsoft Office 30-days trial
  • McAfee LiveSafe™ 12 Month Subscription

Camera & Audio

Surface Laptop 3Dell XPS 15 9575
Camera
  • Windows Hello face authentication camera (front-facing)
  • 720p HD front-facing video camera
  • Front-facing camera
    Bottom-mount front camera with fixed focus lens, 0.92 Megapixels (1280 x 720 HD) at 30 fps.
  • Infrared camera
    340 x 340 for Windows Hello authentication.
Audio
  • Dual far-field Studio Mics
  • OmniSonic stereo speakers with Dolby® Audio™ Premium
  • Realtek ALC3271-CG with Stereo speakers professionally tuned with Waves MaxxAudio® Pro
  • Two speakers (1W x 2 = 2W total)
  • Dual-array microphones

Misc

Surface Laptop 3Dell XPS 15 9575
InkingSupports Surface Pen
4096 levels of pressure
Tilt sensing
Best in class latency
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Sensors
  • Ambient light sensor
  • Optional Windows Hello compliant fingerprint reader in the power button
  • Ambient light sensor
  • Gyroscope
  • eCompass/Magnetometer
  • Accelerometer/FFS
Security
  • HW TPM 2.0 chip for enterprise security
  • Enterprise-grade protection with Windows Hello face sign-in
  • Windows Hello with Fingerprint Sign in
  • Windows Hello with Infrared Camera
  • Noble lock slot
In the box
  • Surface Laptop 3
  • Power supply
  • Quick Start Guide
  • Safety and warranty documents
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Warranty
  • One-year limited hardware warranty
  • Commercial: Advanced Exchange warranty service with expedited device replacement
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MoreSupports Surface Dial
Supports off-screen interaction only
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Key Features

Surface Laptop 3Dell XPS 15 9575
At Glance
Released in
2019
3:2 2.5K
13.5”
1664p 60Hz
Weight
2.79 lb
1.27 kg
Up to
AMD Ryzen 7-3780U Microsoft Surface Edition
4C/8T, 2.30 → 4.00 GHz
Geekbench 5
721
Single Core
Geekbench 5
2,741
Multi-Core
With integrated
Radeon™ RX Vega 11 Graphics
11 Graphics Cores, 1400 MHz
Configurable up to
16GB
3733 MHz LPDDR4X
Surface Laptop 3 Ports
Released in Early
2018
16:9 4K UHD
15.6”
2160p 60Hz
Weight
4.36 lb
1.98 kg
Up to
Intel Core i7-8705G
4C/8T, 3.10 → 4.10 GHz
Geekbench 5
960
Single Core
Geekbench 5
3,576
Multi-Core
With integrated
Intel® UHD Graphics 630
24 Execution Units, 350 → 1100 MHz
Up to
16GB
2400 MHz DDR4
Dell XPS 15 9575 Ports
AMD Radeon
RX Vega M GL
4GB HBM2

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