Surface Laptop Studio vs. Dell XPS 15 9510
Here is a side by side comparison between Surface Laptop Studio and Dell XPS 15 9510 specs including CPU, RAM, storage, battery, display, and more.
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Surface Laptop Studio Pros
Reasons that Surface Laptop Studio is better than Dell XPS 15 9510.
Surface Laptop Studio supports a faster memory speed than the Dell XPS 15 9510. It supports up to 4267MHz versus 3200MHz of system memory on the Dell XPS 15 9510.
Surface Laptop Studio weighed 3.83 pounds, 10% lighter than the 4.22 pounds Dell XPS 15 9510.
Weight | Surface Laptop Studio | Dell XPS 15 9510 |
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Pound | 3.83 lbs. | 4.22 lbs. |
Kilogram | 1.74 kg | 1.91 kg |
Dell XPS 15 9510 Pros
Reasons that Dell XPS 15 9510 is better than Surface Laptop Studio.
Intel Core i9-11900H inside Dell XPS 15 9510 has a 66% better multi-core CPU performance score than the Intel Core i7-11370H inside Surface Laptop Studio.
Dell XPS 15 9510 supports a larger memory capacity than the Surface Laptop Studio. It supports up to 64GB versus 32GB of system memory on the Surface Laptop Studio.
Dell XPS 15 9510 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 Laptop Studio since it has onboard memory.
Memory | Surface Laptop Studio | Dell XPS 15 9510 |
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Slots | Onboard | x2 |
Type | LPDDR4X | DDR4 |
Dell XPS 15 9510 has a 15.6-inch screen size 8% larger than the 14.4-inch Surface Laptop Studio.
Dell XPS 15 9510 has more ports and slots count than the Surface Laptop Studio. It has six versus four amount of ports and slots on the Surface Laptop Studio.
Ports | Surface Laptop Studio | Dell XPS 15 9510 |
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full-size SD card slot | No | Yes |
headphone jack | Yes | Yes |
lock slot | No | Yes |
Surface Connect+ | Yes | No |
Thunderbolt 4 | Yes x2 | Yes x2 |
USB-C | No | Yes |
Total | 4 | 6 |
Dell XPS 15 9510 has better versatile I/O connectivity than the Surface Laptop Studio. It has four versus two commonly used ports and slots on the Surface Laptop Studio.
Ports | Surface Laptop Studio | Dell XPS 15 9510 |
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headphone jack | Yes | Yes |
Thunderbolt 4 | Yes | Yes |
full-size SD card slot | No | Yes |
USB-C | No | Yes |
Surface Laptop Studio: Our analysis and reviews

What we like
Reasons to like about Surface Laptop Studio.
Surface Laptop Studio exceed all minimum system requirements for Windows 11.
Requirements | Surface Laptop Studio |
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Secure Boot | Yes |
TPM 2.0 | TPM 2.0 |
Processor | Intel Core i5-11300H → Intel Core i7-11370H |
4GB RAM | 16GB → 32GB |
64GB Drive | 256GB → 2TB |
2 Cores CPU | 4 cores |
According to Microsoft, the Surface Laptop Studio lasts up to 19 hours of battery life.
- Up to 19 hours of typical device usage Intel Core i5 models.
- Up to 18 hours of typical device usage Intel Core i7 models.
Surface Laptop Studio comes with a single removable M.2 SSD slot that you can replace and upgrade in the future. Learn more.
What we don't like
Reasons not to like about Surface Laptop Studio.
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Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio - 14.4" Touchscreen - Intel® Core™ i7 - 32GB Memory - 1TB SSD - Platinum By Microsoft
$2,199.99 Was: $2,699.99 |
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Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio - 14.4" Touchscreen - Intel® Core™ i5 - 16GB Memory - 256GB SSD - Platinum By Microsoft
$1,299.00 Was: $1,599.99 |
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Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio, 14.4" Touchscreen, Intel 11th Gen Core i7 (Up to 4.8GHz), NVIDA GeForce RTX 3050Ti, 16GB DDR4 RAM, 512GB SSD, Win11h, Platinum, with MTC Stylus Pen By Microsoft
$1,999.99 |
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Microsoft Surface Studio 2 (Intel Core i7, 32GB RAM, 1TB) - Newest Version (Renewed) By Microsoft
$3,099.00 Was: $3,976.63 |
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Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio 14.4-inch Touchscreen, 512GB SSD, i7, 16GB RAM with Windows 10 Pro (Core i7-11370H, Wi-Fi, GeForce RTX 3050 Ti, Latest Model) Platinum, ABR-00026 By Microsoft
$2,345.20 |
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