Dell XPS 13 9305

  • Launched: March 2021
  • Screen-to-body ratio: ~81.1%
  • Dimensions: 302 x 199 x 15.8 mm (11.89 x 7.83 x 0.62 inches)
Select the laptop configuration that you are interested in
Display:
CPU:
GPU:
RAM:

Review

Evaluation of the main characteristics with the configuration selected for the Dell XPS 13 9305
Performance
42
Gaming
14
Display
40
Battery Life
59
Connectivity
85
Portability
97
BestCheck Score
57

Tests and Specifications

Detailed tests and technical specifications of the Dell XPS 13 9305

Case

Weight 1.16 kg (2.56 lbs)
Dimensions 302 x 199 x 15.8 mm 11.89 x 7.83 x 0.62 inches
Area 601 cm2 (93.1 inches2)
Screen-to-body ratio ~81.1%
Side bezels 3.8 mm
Colors Silver
Material Top: Aluminum Middle: Carbon fiber Bottom: Aluminum
Transformer No
Opening angle 140°
Cooling solution
Cooling system Active
Vapor chamber No
Liquid metal No
Number of fans 2

Display

 
Size 13.3 inches
Type IPS LCD
Refresh rate 60 Hz
PPI 166 ppi
Aspect ratio 16:9
Resolution 1920 x 1080 pixels
HDR support No
Sync technology No
Touchscreen No
Coating Matte
Ambient light sensor Yes
Display tests
Contrast 1000:1
sRGB color space 100%
Response time 30 ms
Max. brightness
400 nits

Battery

Capicity
Voltage 7.6 V
Full charging time 2:00 hr
Battery type Li-Po
Replaceable No
Fast charging Yes
USB Power Delivery Yes
Charging port position Left
Charge power 45 / 65 W
Cable length 1 meters
Weight of AC adapter 220 / 280 grams

CPU

 
Base frequency 1.7-3.0 GHz
Turbo frequency 4.1 GHz
Cores 2
Threads 4
L3 Cache 6 MB
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4
Fabrication process 10 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
1618
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
3228
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
1293
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
3025

Graphics Card

 
TGP 15 W
Type Integrated
Fabrication process 10 nm
GPU base clock 300 MHz
GPU boost clock 1100 MHz
FLOPS 0.84 TFLOPS
Memory size System Shared
Memory type LPDDR4X
Memory speed 4.27 Gbps
Shading units (cores) 384
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 24
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 12
GPU performance
0.84 TFLOPS

RAM

 
Channels 4x2 GB
Clock 4267 MHz
Type LPDDR4X
Upgradable No

Storage

 
Bus PCI-E Gen 3.0 (4x)
Storage type SSD (M2)
Channels 1x256 GB
Upgradable Yes
Total slots 1
NVMe Yes

Sound

Audio chip Realtek ALC3271-CG
Speakers 2.0
Power 2x2W
Dolby Atmos No
Loudness ~84 dB
Microphones 2

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard v6
Bluetooth v5.1
Fingerprint Yes
Infrared sensor No
Optical drive No
Webcam Above the display
Webcam resolution 1280 x 720
Ports
USB-A No
USB Type-C 3x USB 3.2
Thunderbolt Thunderbolt 4
HDMI No
DisplayPort No
VGA No
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes
Ethernet (RJ45) No
SD card reader Yes
Proprietary charging port No

Input

Keyboard
Keyboard type Island
Numpad No
Backlight Yes
Key travel 1.3 mm
Touchpad
Size 10.5 x 6.5 cm
Surface Glass
Windows Precision Yes