Dell refreshes XPS 15 and 17 laptops with Raptor Lake CPUs and RTX 40 GPUs

Dell has refreshed its XPS 15 and XPS 17 laptops and ships them with Intel’s Raptor Lake generation i5, i7 or i9 CPUs and RTX 40 GPUs. The most expensive versions will be available from March 7. Less powerful laptops will be available later this year.

The XPS 15, with model name 9530, can be equipped with an i5-13500H CPU with twelve computing cores and a clock speed of 4.7Ghz or an i7-13700H with a clock speed of 5Ghz. The fastest processor with which the XPS 15 can be configured is the i9-13900HK with fourteen computing cores and a maximum clock frequency of 5.4Ghz. The laptops come with between 8GB and 64GB of memory, which, with the exception of 8GB, consist of two sticks. The memory is on all models of the DDR5 variant with a speed of 4800MT/s.

Unlike its predecessor, the laptop no longer has an integrated GPU. The device is instead available with an Intel A370M GPU with 4GB of GDDR6 memory. There are also more powerful options; these are the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 with 6GB of GDDR6 memory, the RTX 4060 with 8GB of memory and the RTX 4070 with 8GB of memory as well. The tgp of the Nvidia gpus is set to 40W.

When it comes to storage, customers can choose from four M.2 PCIe SSDs: a 512GB, a 1TB, a 2TB and a 4TB version. In terms of the display, nothing has changed compared to the previous XPS laptops. Dell supplies the laptops with a 15.6″ LCD or OLED screen with resolutions of 1920×1200 or 3840×2400 pixels respectively. All screens have a maximum brightness of 400 to 500cd/m² and a refresh rate of 60Hz.

The XPS 15 laptops have a fingerprint scanner, three USB Type-C ports with one supporting USB 3.2 and two supporting Thunderbolt 4, a 3.5mm port and an SD card slot. The laptops measure 344.72×230.14x18mm and weigh 1.86 to 1.92kg. Both models have a battery capacity of 86Wh. There is also a 720p camera on board, the two woofers and tweeters have a peak power of 8W and there is support for Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.2.

The XPS 17, which is given the model name 9730, has the same i5, i7 or i9 soc as the cheaper model. However, it is possible to equip the laptop with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 GPU with 12GB of GDDR6 memory. Those graphics cards also get 60W of power, 20W more than the XPS 15. The choice of memory and storage are the same. The 17″ screen is available as a 1920×1200 pixel version without a touchscreen or as a 3840×2400 pixel version with a touchscreen. Both screens have a maximum brightness of 500cd/m².

Where the XPS 15 gets three USB-Type C ports, the XPS 17 comes with four of these ports. These also all support Thunderbolt 4. The other specifications are the same, only the XPS 17 gets a larger 97Wh battery and the laptop measures 374.48×248.08×19.5mm. The device weighs 2.31 to 2.44 kg.

The top model of the XPS15 will be available from March 7 for a price of 3342 euros, including VAT. The more expensive model is initially only available in the most expensive version of 3852 euros. The cheaper configurations with less powerful hardware will not be available until later in the spring. Prices and exact availability will also be announced at that time.