On our web surfing-based battery test (with the display set at 150 nits of brightness) the 1080p XPS 13 lasted 12 hours and 39 minutes, while the 4K XPS 13 only posted a time of 8:14. The XPS 13 can outlast the MacBook Pro it just depends on what screen you choose. Winner: Tie Dell XPS 13 vs MacBook Pro: Battery life Both rates fell below our 30 fps smoothness threshold. The MacBook Pro only ran Civilization VI at 18 frames per second, a second behind the XPS 13’s 19 fps. Neither the MacBook Pro 2020 nor the XPS 13 (both armed with Intel Iris Plus graphics) proved to be a gaming machine. The XPS 13 netted a 657, beating the MacBook Pro's 569. The Dell XPS 13 took that win back on the PugetBench Photoshop benchmarks, which perform the same 21 tasks three times.

The Dell XPS 13 (15:40) needed a little under 3 more minutes. The MacBook Pro took a clear win in our Handbrake video editing test, needing only 12 minutes and 43 seconds to convert 4K video to 1080p. That's not really a loss for the MacBook, though, considering the XPS 13's Core i7 CPU is a notch higher. The Dell XPS 13 (Core i7-1065G7, 16GB of RAM and a 512GB SSD) did even better, posting a score of 4,648. The Geekbench 5 general performance benchmark gave the MacBook Pro 2020 (10th Gen Core i5, 16GB of RAM and a 512GB SSD) a strong multi-core performance score of 4,399. and clicking its keys provides pleasant feedback. Its keys have adequate vertical travel so you're not bottoming out. I type on the MacBook Pro on a regular basis, and find it to be blissfully simple to the point where I still wonder why Apple tried to reinvent the keyboard in the first place. Meanwhile, the XPS 13 has found other ways to improve for this year's model. The most important part of the 2020 MacBook Pro is that Apple ditched the flawed 'butterfly' switch mechanisms, and went back to a traditional scissor-switch keyboard.

Winner: MacBook Pro Dell XPS 13 vs MacBook Pro: Keyboard and trackpad The MacBook Pro's screen produces 114% of the sRGB color gamut, which is near the 1080 XPS 13 (114.8%) and above the 4K XPS 13 (107.5%). That beats both the Dell XPS 13's 301-nit 4K screen and its 1080p panel (417 nits) as well.Ī closer battle was found in color reproduction. The MacBook Pro's screen (according to our Klein K-10a Colorimeter) gets brighter, maxing out at an average of 485 nits of brightness. In our lab tests, key differences emerged. The Dell XPS 13 doesn't have such an option, but nobody's crying foul. The MacBook Pro also offers Apple's own True Tone display technology, which gives you the option to have the system automatically adjust the panel's white balance based on ambient lighting.

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