Graphics, Storage Performance, Bombardment Life

Graphics has never been a strong betoken of Intel's Y-series processors, and it's really no exception here. The GPU is fast enough to return basic applications to the XPS 13 two-in-1's 3200 x 1800 display without whatever effect, but you lot won't be achieving skilful gaming operation at all. Civilisation 6, for example, is unplayable even at the lowest quality and resolution.

The Dell XPS thirteen 2-in-1 also appears to suffer from some throttling issues. Non only is it 33 percent slower than the Cadre i7-7500U in 3DMark, but it's also 9 percent slower than the m3-6Y30. It shouldn't exist slower than a Skylake Y-series part in these tests, just the results clearly evidence that it is. The 2-in-1'south chassis also gets very hot to touch during these tests, even on the keyboard side, due to its reliance on passive cooling.

Inside my review unit was a 512GB Toshiba THNSN5512GPUK NVMe PCIe Chiliad.2 SSD. This particular SSD performs very well in sequential reads and writes, exceeding ane GB/s reads and 800 MB/southward writes. Random performance is mid-tier but however respectable for an ultraportable. In both tests, the HP Spectre x360 outperforms the Dell XPS 13 2-in-1, often by a pregnant margin. With that said, my Spectre x360 did pack a larger 1 TB SSD, and larger SSDs often perform better.

Bombardment Life

Inside the XPS 13 ii-in-ane is a 46 Wh non-removable battery, which is 25% smaller than the 60 Wh battery establish in the XPS 13. Dell figures that the slower 4.5W CPU will save a fair scrap of bombardment here: Dell claims xiii hours of Netflix streaming hither, which is the aforementioned figure quoted for the regular XPS 13.