Dell Inspiron 15.6" Carbon Black 2021
CPU Intel Core i5 -
RAM 8 GB
Storage 512 GB
Screen 15.6" 1920x1080
GPU Intel UHD Graphics
OS Windows 11 Home
12 Overall Score
Price $537
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
Cons
- Below average port selection (4th percentile)
- Below average ram (14th percentile)
- Below average screen (23rd percentile)
- Below average reliability (32nd percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| CPU | Intel Core i5 - |
| Cores | 4 |
| Frequency | 2.4 GHz |
Graphics
| GPU | Intel UHD Graphics |
| Type | Integrated |
| VRAM Type | Shared |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 512 GB |
| Storage Type | SSD |
Display
| Size | 15.6" |
| Resolution | 1920x1080 (Full HD) |
Physical
| OS | Windows 11 Home |
vs Competition
| Spec | Dell Inspiron 15.6" | Apple MacBook Pro M4 Pro | Lenovo Legion 5i 83F00008US | MSI Prestige PRE13EVOA2088 | ASUS Zenbook UX3405CA-PS99T | HP OmniBook X Flip |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core i5 - | Apple M4 Pro | Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX | Intel Core Ultra 7 258V | Intel Core Ultra 9 285H | AMD Ryzen AI 7 350 |
| RAM (GB) | 8 | 24 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 24 |
| Storage (GB) | 512 | 512 | 1024 | 1000 | 1000 | 1024 |
| Screen | 15.6" 1920x1080 | 14" 3024x1964 | 15.1" 2560x1600 | 13.3" 2880x1800 | 14" 2880x1800 | 14" 1920x1200 |
| GPU | Intel UHD Graphics | Apple M4 Pro 16-core | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 | Intel Arc Graphics | Intel Arc Graphics | AMD Radeon 860M |
| OS | Windows 11 Home | macOS | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Pro | Windows 11 Home |
| Weight (kg) | - | 1.6 | 2 | 1 | 1.3 | 1.4 |
| Battery (Wh) | - | 72 | 80 | - | 75 | - |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | CPU | GPU | RAM | Ports | Screen | Portability | Storage | Reliability | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dell Inspiron 15.6" | 44.7 | 32.7 | 13.5 | 4.3 | 22.5 | 36.8 | 38.2 | 32.3 | 58.1 |
| Apple MacBook Pro M4 Pro Compare | 90.5 | 72.6 | 67 | 99.4 | 99.2 | 72.8 | 38.2 | 97 | 99.3 |
| Lenovo Legion 5i 83F00008US Compare | 93.3 | 82 | 88.2 | 97.7 | 94.1 | 52.1 | 81.1 | 79.9 | 90.2 |
| MSI Prestige PRE13EVOA2088 Compare | 64.1 | 62.6 | 81.7 | 81.4 | 91.3 | 96.2 | 73.2 | 59.5 | 87.4 |
| ASUS Zenbook UX3405CA-PS99T Compare | 88.8 | 65.4 | 91.3 | 81.4 | 94.9 | 86.1 | 63.4 | 59.5 | 97 |
| HP OmniBook X Flip Compare | 77.7 | 59 | 84.5 | 81.4 | 74.6 | 78.7 | 68.6 | 32.3 | 97 |
Price
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