MSI Sword 15 (2023) vs Dell Inspiron 15 3530
Performance Scores
Metric
MSI Sword 15 (2023)
Dell Inspiron 15 3530
Battery Life
54.00
61.00
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
10543.00
4916.00
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
1647.00
1560.00
Connectivity
60.00
62.00
Display
53.00
14.00
GPU performance
6.00
2.00
Gaming
33.00
23.00
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
8916.00
5181.00
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2322.00
2170.00
Max. brightness
300.00
220.00
NanoReview Score
48.00
40.00
Performance
65.00
48.00
Portability
59.00
75.00
Specifications
Specification
MSI Sword 15 (2023)
Dell Inspiron 15 3530
Adobe RGB profile
-
N/A
Ambient light sensor
No
No
Area
930 cm2 (144.1 inches2)
842 cm2 (130.5 inches2)
Aspect ratio
16:9
16:9
Audio chip
N/A
Realtek ALC3204, Realtek ALC3254
Audio jack (3.5 mm)
Yes
Yes
Backlight
Yes
No
Base frequency
2 GHz
1.2 GHz
Battery
N/A
-
41 Wh54 Wh
Battery type
Li-Po
Li-Po
Bluetooth
v5.2
v5.3
Bus
PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
CPU
Intel Core i5 12450HIntel Core i5 12500HIntel Core i7 12650HIntel Core i7 12700HIntel Core i9 12900HIntel Core i7 13620H
Intel Processor U300Intel Core i3 1305UIntel Core i5 1335UIntel Core i7 1355U
Cable length
N/A
1 meters
Channels
1x512 GB
1x128 GB
Charge power
180 / 200 / 240 W
65 W
Charging port position
Left
Left
Charging via USB (Power Delivery)
Yes
Yes
Clock
5200 MHz
3200 MHz
Coating
Matte
Matte
Colors
White
Black
Contrast
-
400:1
Cooling system
Active
Active
Cores
8 (4P + 4E)
5 (1P + 4E)
DCI-P3 color gamut
-
N/A
Dimensions
359 x 259 x 24.9 mm 14.13 x 10.2 x 0.98 inches
358.5 x 234.9 x 15.52-17.50 mm 14.11 x 9.25 x 0.61-0.69 inches
Display
-
1920 x 1080 (144Hz)1920 x 1080 (240Hz)
-
1366 x 7681920 x 1080 (60Hz)1920 x 1080 (120Hz)
DisplayPort
No
No
Dolby Atmos
No
No
Ethernet (RJ45)
Yes
No
FLOPS
6.7 TFLOPS
2.7 TFLOPS
Fabrication process
8 nm
12 nm
Fast charging
Yes
Yes
Fingerprint
No
No
GPU
GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile 6GBGeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile 6GBGeForce RTX 3060 Mobile 6GBGeForce RTX 3070 Mobile 8GBGeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile 8GBGeForce RTX 4050 Mobile 6GBGeForce RTX 4060 Mobile 8GBGeForce RTX 4070 Mobile 8GB
N/A
GPU base clock
1403 MHz
1065 MHz
GPU boost clock
1635 MHz
1320 MHz
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.1
1x HDMI 1.4
HDR support
No
No
Infrared sensor
No
No
Integrated GPU
Intel UHD Graphics (48EU)
Intel UHD Graphics (48EU)
Key travel
-
1.3 mm
Keyboard type
Island
Island
L3 Cache
12 MB
8 MB
Liquid metal
No
No
Loudness
-
N/A
Material
-
Aluminum
Max. ram size
64 GB
16 GB
Memory bus
128 bit
64 bit
Memory size
6 GB
2 GB
Memory speed
12 Gbps
~12 Gbps
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Microphones
-
1
NVMe
Yes
Yes
Noise level (max. load)
-
N/A
Number of fans
2
1
Numpad
Yes
Yes
Nvidia Optimus
Yes, Advanced Optimus
Yes
Opening angle
-
N/A
Optical drive
No
No
PPI
141 ppi
100 ppi
Power
2x2W
2x2W
Proprietary charging port
Yes
Yes
RAM
-
16GB32GB64GB
-
4GB8GB12GB16GB
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs)
40
16
Refresh rate
144 Hz
60 Hz
Replaceable
No
No
Resolution
1920 x 1080 pixels
1366 x 768 pixels
Response time
-
20 ms
SD card reader
No
Yes
Screen-to-body ratio
~72.2%
~79.7%
Shading units (cores)
2048
1024
Side bezels
6.8 mm
6.6 mm
Size
15.6 inches
11.5 x 8.0 cm
Speakers
2.0
2.0
Storage
-
512GB1024GB2048GB
-
128GB256GB512GB1024GB
Storage type
SSD (M2)
SSD (M2)
Surface
Plastic
Plastic
Sync technology
-
No
TGP
75 W
25 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs)
64
32
Threads
12
6
Thunderbolt
No
No
Total slots
2
1
Touchscreen
No
No
Transformer
No
No
Turbo frequency
4.4 GHz
4.4 GHz
Type
DDR5
DDR4
USB Type-C
1x USB 3.2
1x USB 3.2
USB-A
3x USB 3.2
2x USB 3.2
Upgradable
Yes
Yes
VGA
No
No
Vapor chamber
No
No
Voltage
N/A
11.25 V
Webcam
Above the display
Above the display
Webcam resolution
1280 x 720
1920 x 1080
Weight
2.25 kg (4.96 lbs)
1.65 kg (3.64 lbs)
Wi-Fi standard
v6
v6
Windows Precision
Yes
Yes
sRGB color space
-
-