Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 13.5 vs Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320
Performance Scores
Metric
Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 13.5
Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320
Battery Life
60.00
62.00
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
3981.00
8756.00
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
1020.00
1424.00
Connectivity
58.00
70.00
Display
46.00
42.00
GPU performance
0.00
1.00
Gaming
11.00
18.00
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
3372.00
8218.00
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
1460.00
2089.00
Max. brightness
350.00
500.00
NanoReview Score
47.00
50.00
Performance
37.00
54.00
Portability
90.00
97.00
Specifications
Specification
Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 13.5
Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320
Adaptive refresh rate
N/A
No
Adobe RGB profile
-
71%
Ambient light sensor
Yes
Yes
Area
687 cm2 (106.5 inches2)
588 cm2 (91.2 inches2)
Aspect ratio
3:2
16:10
Audio chip
N/A
Realtek ALC1319D
Audio jack (3.5 mm)
Yes
No
Backlight
Yes
Yes
Base frequency
1.0 GHz
1.7 GHz
Battery
N/A
55 Wh
Battery type
Li-Po
Li-Ion
Bluetooth
v5
v5.2
Bus
PCI-E Gen 3.0 (4x)
PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
CPU
Intel Core i5 1035G1Intel Core i7 1065G7Intel Core i7 1165G7
Intel Core i5 1240PIntel Core i5 1250PIntel Core i7 1260PIntel Core i7 1270PIntel Core i7 1280PIntel Core i5 1340PIntel Core i7 1360PIntel Core i7 1370P
Cable length
N/A
1 meters
Channels
1x128 GB
1x256 GB
Charge power
60 W
60 W
Charging port position
Left
Left, Right
Charging via USB (Power Delivery)
Yes
Yes
Clock
3733 MHz
6000 MHz
Coating
Glossy
Matte
Colors
Black, Gold, Gray, Blue
Silver, Gray
Contrast
-
940:1
Cooling system
Active
Active
Cores
4
12 (4P + 8E)
DCI-P3 color gamut
-
69%
Dimensions
308 x 223 x 14.5 mm 12.13 x 8.78 x 0.57 inches
295.3 x 199.04 x 15.25 mm 11.63 x 7.84 x 0.6 inches
Display
N/A
-
1920 x 1200 (Non-Touch)1920 x 1200 (Touch)3456 x 21603840 x 2400
DisplayPort
No
No
Dolby Atmos
Yes
No
Ethernet (RJ45)
No
No
FLOPS
0.5 TFLOPS
1.7 TFLOPS
Fabrication process
10 nm
10 nm
Fast charging
Yes
Yes
Fingerprint
No
Optional
Full charging time
-
2:40 hr
GPU base clock
300 MHz
300 MHz
GPU boost clock
1050 MHz
1300 MHz
HDMI
No
No
HDR support
No
Yes, Dolby Vision
Infrared sensor
No
Optional
Integrated GPU
Intel UHD Graphics G1
Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)
Key travel
1.5 mm
1 mm
Keyboard type
Island
Island
L3 Cache
6 MB
12 MB
Liquid metal
-
No
Loudness
-
~79 dB
Material
Aluminum
Aluminum
Max. ram size
N/A
-
Memory size
System Shared
System Shared
Memory speed
3.73 Gbps
6 Gbps
Memory type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR5
Microphones
2
2
NVMe
Yes
Yes
Noise level (max. load)
-
45.5 dB
Number of fans
2
2
Numpad
No
No
Opening angle
140°
135°
Optical drive
No
No
PPI
201 ppi
169 ppi
Power
N/A
2x2W, 2x2.5W
Proprietary charging port
No
No
RAM
-
8GB16GB
-
8GB16GB32GB
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs)
8
20
Refresh rate
60 Hz
60 Hz
Replaceable
No
No
Resolution
2256 x 1504 pixels
1920 x 1200 pixels
Response time
-
33 ms
SD card reader
No
No
Screen-to-body ratio
~79%
~88.6%
Shading units (cores)
256
640
Side bezels
11.3 mm
3.3 mm
Size
11.5 x 7.6 cm
11.2 x 6.4 cm
Speakers
2.0
2.2 (2 tweeters and 2 woofers)
Storage
-
128GB256GB512GB1024GB
-
256GB512GB1024GB2048GB
Storage type
SSD (M2)
SSD (M2)
Surface
Glass
Glass
Sync technology
No
No
TGP
15 W
15 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs)
16
40
Threads
8
16
Thunderbolt
No
Thunderbolt 4
Total slots
1
1
Touchscreen
Yes
No
Transformer
No
No
Turbo frequency
3.6 GHz
4.4 GHz
Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR5
USB Type-C
1x USB 3.2
2x USB 4.0
USB-A
1x USB 3.2
No
Upgradable
No
Yes
VGA
No
No
Vapor chamber
No
No
Voltage
N/A
11.55 V
Webcam
Above the display
Above the display
Webcam resolution
1280 x 720
1280 x 720
Weight
1.28 kg (2.82 lbs)
1.17 kg (2.58 lbs)
Weight of AC adapter
-
254 grams
Wi-Fi standard
v6
v6E
Windows Precision
Yes
Yes
sRGB color space
121%
99%