It’s effective so long as a bright light source isn’t directly behind you. The display is glossy but has an anti-reflective coat to minimize glare. The screen remains vibrant and clear even in well-lit environments. It’s bright, too, with a maximum of 457 nits. Small fonts look refined and are easy to read, as there’s little visible pixelation or aliasing around them. That works out to a pixel density of 266 pixels per inch and provides excellent detail in high-resolution images and video. The Dell XPS 17 has an excellent 17-inch display with a resolution of 3840 x 2400, among the highest available on any laptop in 2023. Apple’s MacBook Pro 14 M2 Pro is far better, enduring over 24 hours in the same test, but the XPS 17 defeats Windows alternatives like the Razer Blade 16, which provided only three hours of battery life, and the Lenovo Slim Pro 7, which offers a tad under ten hours of endurance. Apps open with lightning speed and demanding tasks (such as encoding a video at 4K resolution) cruise to completion with ease.īattery life is strong, too, reaching 11 hours in our standard battery life test. The XPS 17 is also currently one of our record holders in storage performance CrystalDiskMark reported a read speed of 7145MB/s and a write speed of 6447MB/s, currently making this laptop’s SSD the fastest in read speeds and second-fastest in write speeds we’ve ever recorded from a productivity laptop.ĭell’s strong results add up to a simple conclusion: it’s fast, and it feels fast. In multi-core, the XPS 17 ranks number one, clocking in 15% faster than the M2 Max and almost 8% faster than our best value pick, the Acer Swift 3 OLED, with a CPU one generation behind the XPS 17. The XPS 17’s single-core performance falls mid-pack at about 9% slower than the LG Gram 17, our current, top-ranking laptop in this benchmark. The Lenovo Yoga 9i Gen 8, for example, is nearly 14% slower than the Dell XPS 17 (although with a less powerful Intel Core i7-1360P, we’re not surprised by this difference).Ī similar story arose from our Cinebench R23 processor benchmark. The XPS 17 also easily exceeds smaller productivity laptops in the same Geekbench 6 multi-core test. It’s not quite as fast as the M2 Max, which is about 15% faster in multi-core processing than the Core i7-13700H-but it does trade blows with the M1 Max being about 1% faster. Most people should be pleased with the Dell XPS 17's long-lasting battery life and relatively fast performance.Īll Dell XPS 17 models can be configured with an Intel Core i7-13700H processor with a total of 14 cores (six performance, eight efficient) and 20 threads, which delivers strong performance, especially in tasks that heavily rely on multiple cores. What we like Strong processor and storage performance If you do see the XPS 17 configuration sold without a discount, wait for a discount. It’s a clever way for a company to make it appear as if a product is discounted when, in reality, it will rarely be sold for more than its listed price. Dell, like many laptop manufacturers, doesn’t list an official MSRP but instead an Estimated Value, and often sells its products at a discount relative to that value. This review is based on a current retail price of $2,950. Dell’s upgrades are remarkably affordable, adding a mere $450 to the base price of roughly $2,500, coming to a total of $2,950. My test laptop also received an upgrade from 16GB to 32GB of RAM and from 512GB to 1TB of storage. The RTX 4060 and RTX 4080 are also available graphics options. ![]() The Dell XPS 17 I tested is a mid-range configuration with a base Intel Core i7-13700H processor (upgradeable to a Core i9-13900H), while Nvidia’s RTX 4070 is an upgrade from the base RTX 4050.
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