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Dell XPS 15 9520 15.6" FHD+ Laptop, Intel Core i5-12500H, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, Backlit Keyboard, Fingerprint Reader, Windows 11 Home (Silver)

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That’s despite the fact that this is pretty much a hardware bump of the previous generation, with minor other tweaks. It’s still handled by a set of quad speakers that fire through those cuts on the sides of the laptop and through the grills that flank the keyboard. That translates in up to 45W allocated to the GPU in all the titles that we’ve tested, which scaled well with Dynamic Boost, and 15W going to the CPU. Based on a Principled Technologies report commissioned by Dell Technologies, “Lower cost, more choice: The benefits of choosing all-Dell business laptops,” June 2023. inch display, where Netflix and other streaming content are quite enjoyable and benefit from great high dynamic range (HDR) support.

Ultrabook, Celeron, Celeron Inside, Core Inside, Intel, Intel Logo, Intel Atom, Intel Atom Inside, Intel Core, Intel Inside, Intel Inside Logo, Intel vPro, Itanium, Itanium Inside, Intel Evo, Intel Optane, Iris, Itanium, MAX, Pentium, Pentium Inside, vPro Inside, Xeon, Xeon Phi and Xeon Inside are trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the U. Despite my modest requirements, I'm trying to get a premium highly-specced laptop so that it will last me for many years. Against the Lenovo Legion 5i Pro gaming laptop and the MSI Creator Z17 in performance mode, the XPS 15 9520 caught up in its single-core scores but couldn’t keep up in multi-core. And I hope Dell are able to get their quality-control and reliability in check for this generation, and address some of the inconsistencies of the past models. The thermal design of the Dell XPS 9520 hasn’t changed in any significant way from the 9510 generation, although some of the thermal plates that cover the VRMs and various accessories are slightly different.The hinge design diverts the hot air back and away from the laptop in both cases, so perhaps the differences in panels partially explain these, with the OLED running cooler than the 4K IPS. What I did is push up the back of the laptop from the desk, as this improves the airflow into the fans. And I’ll insist on casual gaming, as the XPS 15 is not primarily a gaming ultraportable by any means.

If that doesn't work, you could also consider the XPS 15, if you can ditch the Numberpad requirement. Thus, it doesn’t perform as fast as other Intel 12th-gen implementations on the same hardware in sustained loads, nor on the CPU side, or on the GPU side, where we’re looking at 3050-class chips with 35-45W designs, and not the full-power options available on other laptops. As for potential burn-in, that should be fine with this generation of Samsung OLEDs, but I’d still look into the particularities and best practices of OLED laptop screens, just to set the right expectations before going with one of these. I spoke to an online dell rep about this, they did various tests to tell me everything was ok but we eventually got to a Windows battery test and it confirmed what I had been saying that I was at best getting 4hours 30 min battery life at 405 brightness. I also noticed that some of the Performance cores do run hotter than the others in this test, such as Core 3 and Core 5.The only complaint with the display is that it’s not quite 4K+ resolution, which mostly impacts streaming video. I found little use for the Cool mode, though, as that offers the power settings of the Quiet mode, but with much louder fans – so limited performance, loud fans, and lower temperatures. Furthermore, laptops such as the Razer Blade 15 2022 or the Asus ZenBook Pro 16X, end-up faster as well.

Bumping the back of the laptop off the desk is hardly going to impact the performance, as the laptop already runs at its 60W crossload design to begin with, but will lower the internal temperatures to 60-65 degrees. For the most part, though, I’ve rarely even noticed the fans in this laptop during these weeks, and you can also switch over to the Quiet profile if you want to force them to keep idle most of the time even with daily multitasking. For example, it hit 50 frames per second (fps) in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla at 1200p and ultra graphics, which is quite playable and only 10 fps behind the MSI Creator Z17 with an RTX 3070 Ti. By using our site you agree to the storing of cookies on your device to enhance your site experience and for analytical purposes. The XPS 15 9520 is a little faster than the previous generation, despite running on the exact same GPU.on a Principled Technologies report commissioned by Dell Technologies, “Lower cost, more choice: The benefits of choosing all-Dell business laptops,” June 2023. Even so, the laptop was able to run our benchmark titles at 1080p/1200p and high graphics at decent framerates, and it was even playable at 1440p/1600p. The XPS 15 9520 has the same quad-speaker setup as the previous model, with two upward-firing speakers next to the keyboard and two speakers firing at an angle underneath the keyboard deck. You'll experience incredibly long battery life—up to 13 hours, 20 minutes* on a FHD+ model with 86WHr battery when streaming your favourite shows, up to 9 hours and 13 minutes* of streaming on an OLED model with 86WHr battery or up to 8 hours, 42 minutes* of streaming on a 4K+ model with 86Whr battery.

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