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Dell XPS 13 Vs. Microsoft Surface Laptop 4: Which Is Best For You?
Kyle Alspach
CRN compares the new XPS 13, featuring 11th-gen Intel processors, with the Surface Laptop 4, offering a choice of Intel or AMD processors.
Price
As alluded to earlier, opting for the AMD-powered models of Microsoft’s Surface Laptop 4 will offer a pricing advantage compared to buying the Intel models of the laptop. The 13.5-inch Surface Laptop 4 with AMD offers a starting price of $999.99. That price gets you the AMD Ryzen 5 chip and 8 GB of RAM. The starting price for Dell’s latest XPS 13 (with Intel Core i3) is currently $50 cheaper—at $949.
However, for the 13.5-inch Surface Laptop 4 with Intel (Core i5), the starting price goes up to $1,299.99. Though it’s worth noting that this pricing does get you double the storage, at 512 GB.
Meanwhile, at the same price point, you can get the 15-inch Surface Laptop 4 with AMD. That model starts at $1,299.99, with the AMD Ryzen 7 processor and 256 GB of storage. The 15-inch Surface Laptop 4 with Intel starts at $1,799.99, and this gets you a higher-performance Intel chip, the Core i7, along with 512 GB of storage.
The $949 pricing for the XPS 13 includes the FHD+ non-touch display. To get the XPS 13 with an FHD+ touch screen will add $100 to the price, while opting for the 4K display will add $400 to the price. Currently, Dell is listing the model with the OLED display at $1,649.99, though that price also gets you 16 GB of RAM, 512 GB of storage and the top-end Core i7 chip.
