Dell XPS 15 9500 vs XPS 15 9570: Which One Will Be Better for Now?

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The Dell XPS 9500 and Dell XPS 9750 laptops are compared here. Both are good laptops with some changes from the previous generation. Here, you can decide which one will be better to buy through this comparison review.

BUY NOW	BUY NOW
DELL XPS 15 9500	DELL XPS 15 9570
PROS	PROS
Overall fast performance. Gorgeous display. Good-quality speakers.	Great battery life. Bright, vibrant screen. Excellent performance. Port selection.
CONS	CONS
Moderate battery life with UHD+ screen. Poor web camera.	Awkwardly placed webcam. Audio output is not great.

SPECIFICATIONS

INTRODUCTION:

Dell XPS 15 9500

This is the latest upgraded 15-inch laptop in the XPS lineup. It offers some changes and improvements which will make the buyers happy. The design and performance of this XPS 9500 are really great but not much as XPS 17.

Dell XPS 15 9750

It’s a thin and light 15-inch laptop with pretty good performance and a killer screen. It’s got super-thin bezels, it’s got a 100 percent Adobe RGB like this thing is awesome, it’s one of the main features that drew my attention and it’s also a well-respected laptop.

DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION:

Dell XPS 15 9500

We’re actually getting the biggest design overhaul to the XPS lineup in about four years. The new XPS 9500 has thin bezels with a new aspect ratio which 16 by 10 instead of 16 by 9. There is no much improvement in design but the lesser ones also count. 

The keyboard has a new feel to it too. Compared to last year, you can see the keycaps and the whole keyboard itself have been widened. So, it feels more spacious and comfortable to type on. The keys also have a more rubbery less plasticky feel to them last year and it’s still one of the quietest keyboards as well but no less tactile or responsive. It’s a great keyboard and paired with this huge new precision touchpad. Again, giving us that MacBook Pro vibe, it just feels more modern and refined which is lovely to use.

Dell XPS 15 9750

The laptop is made out of aluminum with a soft-touch carbon fiber material for the keyboard deck and palm rest area. I think it’s a great texture. The hinge tension is pretty good, although it’s a bit on the stiffer side so it’s not exactly a one-hand open and there are also five LEDs on the side of the laptop that tells you your battery life. The rubber feet on the bottom raises the laptop for airflow and they are very grippy, this thing does not slip around.

This keyboard is actually one of the better keyboards that I’ve used so far, not quite as nice as Apple’s chiclet-style keyboards. It’s got a great layout, good key travel, it’s got white LED backlighting. You also have a fingerprint sensor/power button on the top right, it’s quick but it won’t register if you only have half of your finger on there which isn’t something that we see with the MacBook Pro.

Comparing with the MacBook Pro, this trackpad just isn’t going to be as good but it’s a pretty solid trackpad. It’s got a frosted glass surface, great texture, accurate tracking, and the only real complaint is the clicking mechanism. I think it’s a great trackpad, I don’t think I’ll need to bring a mouse on the go but you’re not gonna love this if you’re coming from a Macbook.

DISPLAY:

Dell XPS 15 9500

Sadly though, we no longer get the option of having an OLED screen on the XPS. They introduced it last year but they seem to have taken it away this year. There’s a real wow factor when you first open it up and see that screen.

As for the screen itself, the XPS 15 9500 got the 4K touch version and it also has the Full HD version which will give you more battery life comparatively. I love the fact that we now get the 16 by 10 aspect ratio and while you do get slightly bigger screen space when watching videos, everything else is just so much nicer and less claustrophobic to use than a typical 16 by 9. It really does make a difference. The bad news is that there’s no OLED option, the LCD display is stunning, brightness peaks at 500 nits, it supports display HDR 400 and it covers an impressive 100% sRGB, 100% Adobe RGB, and 93% color gamut. So, it’s definitely above average for color accuracy.

Dell XPS 15 9750

The screen on this thing is definitely the biggest selling point and it is awesome. There’s a 1080p model with a 100% sRGB which looks pretty dull and muted to me but there is also a 4k option. It’s got amazing colors, it’s got 100% Adobe RGB, great contrast, brightness is good but not as bright as a MacBook Pros and you also get super-thin bezels. The only criticism is that it doesn’t seem to be able to get that dim but it doesn’t really bother many of us.

FEATURES:

Dell XPS 15 9500

In the XPS 15, there is new 10th gen intel processors, and faster GTX 1650 Ti graphics. It really does feel like the big brother to the XPS 13, they’ve gone with the same 16 by 10 aspect ratio, the super-thin bezels including getting rid of that bezel at the bottom and there’s no Dell logo anymore and the new XPS 15 also adds a much bigger trackpad, a refined keyboard, richer and bassier speakers, USB-C charging, and a much sleeker chassis, partly as a result of dropping the older USB-A ports in favor of just having three Thunderbolt 3 USB-C, an SD card reader, and a headphone jack. With these changes though, I think more than ever this feels like the Windows Macbook Pro.

The XPS 15 starts at just 1300 dollars which gets you an i5, 8 GB of RAM, and 256GB storage but it misses out on the dedicated graphics card but if you don’t really care about that, then it’s actually really good value. If you want the proper XPS 15 with the graphics card, then you’re gonna have to pay at least 1750 dollars which is quite a lot considering you still get the same 8 GB of RAM and 256 GB storage, and Full HD screen as the base model. I mean, you can get the Razer Blade 15 with a faster graphics card and double the RAM for similar money. The one with the 4K screen, the graphics card, 16 GB of RAM, and actually one terabyte of storage will cost you 2200 dollars.

The little things which are also counted like being able to open it with one finger, or the fact it instantly logs me in with Windows Hello face unlock, plus we get that fingerprint reader as well which you can use for things like banking and online payments.

The speakers are also much better than before. It’s incredibly punchy in fact maybe even a little too bassy. Now, as for the webcam, the good news is it’s in a good place, it’s on the top bezel unlike XPS from a couple of years ago where it was on the bottom and it would look up your nose. Quality is pretty decent, it’s a little bit noisy, it’s not the brightest but of course, it all comes down to lighting then it gets a little bit better.

In Cinebench, we start out at about 4.3 gigahertz then within 30 seconds, it’s down to as low as 2.8 as it throttles to cool down, and then when I run Cinebench twice in a row, the score drops by 20% and I measured the process of temperature going above 95 degrees celsius and even hitting a hundred. on the outside, I recorded nearly 50 degrees in the center of the keyboard. So, whether you’re using keyboard shortcuts, while video editing or have your fingers on the WASD keys when gaming after five or ten minutes under load, it can get uncomfortably hot.

Dell XPS 15 9750

One of the more interesting things that I’ve noticed is there aren’t any speaker grilles on the sides of the keyboard. The speaker actually fires from the bottom of the laptop and they don’t sound that great. It doesn’t get very loud, there’s almost no bass so it sounds quite flat. I mean, it’s usable but the Surface Laptop and MacBook Pros have much better speakers.

Port selection is pretty good. On the left, we have a USB-A port, full-size HDMI, a USB-C port with support for four lanes Thunderbolt 3, and a headphone jack and on the right, we have a second USB-A port and a full-size SD card slot. It would have been nice to have a third USB-A port but overall, it’s a solid mix and the Thunderbolt 3 port now supports four lanes of PCIe for full 40 gigabits per second. The webcam is positioned on the very bottom of the screen, so it looks at your nose. If you need this one, it’s not a pretty angle.

Thermals are good for games and short renders but if you put a heavy load on both the CPU and the GPU for an extended period of time, this thing will throttle down to keep it from overheating. For CPU only tasks, it won’t throttle even in Prime95 but once you add in the GPU, it’s just not good enough. Fan noise while gaming is relatively quiet, it doesn’t really get that loud but if you push it to its max with a CPU and GPU stress test, it does get pretty loud. I found that the fans rarely actually spin at full speed and I couldn’t find a way to manually set the fans to full speed, so until Dell lets us do that the thermals on this thing aren’t great.

PERFORMANCE:

Dell XPS 15 9500

To see how much faster the new 2020 XPS 15, we compare this with the last year’s model. The new XPS 9500 is nearly 26% faster in Cinebench, 8% faster in Geekbench 5 in the single-core test, and 19% faster in multi-core. Moving on to the graphics, using Geekbench 5, the new XPS 9500 is nearly 9% faster in OpenCL and about 9.5% faster in Cuda.

In 3DMark Time Spy which tests both the processor and the graphics, we see a huge 35% boost but how does all this translate into real-world use? Playing a bit of Call of Duty and Warzone at 1080p on last year’s XPS and 1200p on the new XPS 9500 with high settings, I averaged 46 and 57 fps respectively, so an impressive 24% boost. Finally, in a Fortnight, we get 72 fps on last year’s model versus 79 fps on the new one that’s almost a 10% raise.

For most people, the more important thing is how it handles video editing in Premiere Pro. Scrubbing through the timeline feels pretty similar on both but when it comes to export times, a 10 minute 4K video took around 5.30 minutes on last year’s XPS versus around 4.30 minutes on the new one that’s a fairly substantial 15% faster export time. The newer 1650 Ti doesn’t have NVIDIA’s newer end encoder, so it doesn’t benefit as much from their recent driver update that boosts performance with Adobe. However, the XPS 17 with the RTX 2060 graphics will support it.

Dell XPS 15 9750

Performance on the XPS 15 is pretty good, it’s using an i7-8750H, it’s got 16 GB of RAM, a 512 GB SSD, and a GTX 1050 TI Max Q. The GPU is definitely the biggest weakness but other than that, it’s a pretty solid machine. The i7 performs really well in both games and video editing. The RAM is user upgradeable and can install up to 32 GB. The storage 512 GB SSD is very fast getting reads of 3100 and writes of 1100 megabytes per second and the 1050 Ti is pretty basic, it’s better than the integrated graphics and it’s pretty good but you’re not going to be crushing games at 1080p at ultra graphics.

BATTERY:

Dell XPS 15 9500

Presumably, to fit in this new form factor, Dell’s actually reduced the size of the battery from 97 watt-hours down to 86 watt-hours which is a bit disappointing, especially as for example the Macbook Pro 16 manages to pack in a massive 99.9-watt-hour battery. The battery life of this is similar to last year’s 4K model. One hour of youtube at 50% brightness using 15% of the battery and with normal use, you may get about six hours from the 4K XPS 15. As usual though if battery life is important to you, then go for the Full HD Plus model by saving $300, it will give you probably between 10-12 hours.

Dell XPS 15 9750

The battery in here is a 97 watt-hour battery and I’m getting like 6.5 hours of battery life with the screen at 70% brightness light to moderate use. This assumption is for the 4K screen. So, if you go for the 1080p model, you’ll get better battery life but the colors on the 4K screen are so much better. There is a USB-C port on the left that supports charging but you’re going to need to use the Barrow plug to get the full 130 watts and the charger they include is pretty compact.

WHICH TO BUY?

The XPS 15 9500 as a package with a fresh new design, taller screen, USB-C charging, better speakers, a more spacious keyboard, and a huge trackpad plus with an average 19% performance boost, the XPS 15 9500 is an incredible laptop but I do highly recommend it. However, it’s still let down by overheating and throttling plus with the price increase while it’s still cheaper than the Macbook Pro 16, it is a lot of money. If you can afford it or if you even buy a cheaper one and upgrade the RAM and SSD yourself, you won’t be disappointed.

The Dell XPS 15 9500 body is made out of aluminum and carbon fiber and it’s built really well. The screen is awesome with super-thin bezels. The keyboard is comfortable to type on and the trackpad is good with accurate tracking. The speaker’s fired downward and they sound pretty bad for a 15-inch laptop, battery life is good. I think this is a great laptop. Overall, both the laptops are good ones to buy but the XPS 9750 is from a little bit old series and the price of it will be comparatively less but it also has some heating issues. The new XPS 9500 has all the upgraded features with some improvements. So, if you want a perfect laptop with all the issues solved and with all the upgradeable features, then the XPS 9500 will be better to buy. 

Expert reviews of Dell XPS 15 9500:

By Expertreviews 
A gorgeous laptop with a modicum of gaming ability and a (mostly) fabulous display.

By Techadvisor
It might not be quite perfect, but the Dell XPS 15 for 2020 is stunning in many ways and easily one of the best full-size laptops you can buy.

By Pcworld
The Dell XPS 15 9500 is finally the MacBook Pro killer it’s always wanted to be, with a gorgeous display, better keyboard and trackpad components, and strong productivity performance. We miss USB-A, though.

Expert reviews of Dell XPS 15 9570:

By Indiatoday
If you are willing to invest Rs 2.2 lakhs in a laptop, you expect to have little to no compromises on most fronts, whether it be the display, battery life or performance. The XPS 15 manages to keep the compromises to a bare minimum like its predecessors…

By 91mobiles
During my 10-day stint with Dell’s XPS 15 9570, I loved using the laptop so much that it’s tough sending it back. Yet, the laptop isn’t for meant for everyone. If you’re looking for a machine for casual purposes, then the XPS 15 is surely overkill. On…

By Digit
The Dell XPS 15 is essentially a wolf disguised as a sheep. It comes kitted with all the top end components. The performance of the laptop is in the very top rung of non-gaming laptops and even in comparison to some gaming machines, the XPS 15 can hold…

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