Dell has revealed the new Dell 14 Premium and Dell 16 Premium laptops, which are succeeding the XPS 14 and 16, respectively. The same design is sticking around, but the laptops now have the latest Core Ultra processors and optional RTX 50-series graphics.
Even though the XPS brand is one of the most recognizable in the PC industry, Dell confirmedearlier this yearthat it was ditching the name, along with other names like Inspiron and Precision. In place of all those brands is a new simplified lineup: Dell, Dell Pro, and Dell Pro Max. The last piece of the rebranding puzzle is Dell Premium, which is replacing the XPS series.
Dell 14 Premium
The firstDell 14 Premium laptopis nearly identical to the existing XPS 14, intended to compete with laptops like the MacBook Air and LG Gram Pro. The base configuration has a 14.5-inch screen, an Intel Core Ultra 7 255H processor, 16GB RAM, and 512GB SSD storage. There’s also a higher-end model that swaps out Intel Arc graphics for an RTX 4050 graphics card, bumps up the RAM to 32GB, and increases the storage to 1TB. Dell has other configuration options available through its website.
DA14250
Processor Options
Intel Core Ultra 7 Processor 255H (16-Core, 24MB Cache, up to 5.1 GHz)
Intel Core Ultra 9 Processor 285H (16-Core, 24MB Cache, up to 5.3 GHz)
32GB LPDDR5x Dual Channel at 8400 MT/s
64GB LPDDR5x Dual Channel at 8400 MT/s (post-launch)
Note: 8400 MT/s with 4050 graphics / 6400 MT/s on UMA Board
Storage Options
512GB PCIe 4 SSD, 1TB PCIe 4 SSD, 2TB PCIe 4 SSD (SED ready), 4TB PCIe 4 SSD (SED ready)
NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 4050 Laptop GPU 6GB GDDR6 (30W)
Construction
CNC machined aluminum with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 palm rest in graphite or platinum
Height: 18.0mm (0.71“)
Width: 320.0mm (12.6”)
Depth: 216.0mm (8.5")
Starting weight: 1.66kg (3.66lbs.) for 2K LCD; 1.72kg (3.79lbs.) for 3.2K OLED
70Whr battery (integrated) ExpressCharge 1.0
Ports And Slots
3x Thunderbolt 4 (USB Type-C) with DisplayPort 2.1 and Power Delivery
microSDXC card reader V7.1 UHS-I/UHS-II
Universal audio jack
Touch display (optional)
Full size, backlit, zero-lattice keyboard; 1.0mm travel
Seamless glass haptic touchpad
Capacitive touch function row
Ambient Light Sensor for display & keyboard backlight control
Display
14.5-inch 2K (1920 x 1200) InfinityEdge non-touch display, 500-nits typical brightness, 100% sRGB minimum, 2000:1 contrast ratio, 176° wide viewing angle +/- 88° / 88° / 88° / 88°, 30–120Hz, Dolby Vision, Eyesafe technology, anti-glare
14.5-inch 3.2K (3200 x 2000) OLED InfinityEdge touch display, 400-nits typical brightness, 100% DCI-P3 color gamut, VESA DisplayHDR 500, 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio, 176° wide viewing angle +/- 88° / 88° / 88° / 88°, 48–120Hz, Dolby Vision, Eyesafe technology, anti-reflective, anti-smudge
Wireless
Intel Killer Wi-Fi 7 BE201 2x2 + Bluetooth 5.4 Wireless Card
60W AC adapter (USB Type-C) with Intel Arc 140T GPU
130W AC adapter (USB Type-C) with NVIDIA graphics
FHD (1080p) webcam
TPM 2.0 FIPS 140–2 Certified
TCG Certified Windows Hello compliant
Fingerprint reader in power button & Windows Hello camera in upper bezel
Dell Support Assist for home PCs
Audio
Studio quality tuning with Waves MaxxAudio Pro and Waves Nx 3D audio
Quad-speaker design with 2W Main x 2 Channel + 2W Tweeter x 2 Channel; 8W total peak output
Universal audio jack featuring Waves Nx 3D audio with head tracking
Dual microphone array optimized with Intelligo High Fidelity Audio
Dolby Atmos
The polarizing design of the old XPS laptops is still here, like the touch-sensitive function row and a touchpad that blends into the laptop frame. The connectivity options are solid, though—you get three Thunderbolt 4 ports with 40 Gbps, an audio jack, Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 5.4, and a microSD card slot.
The Dell 14 starts at $1,650 for the base configuration, and you canorder one nowfrom Dell’s online store.
Dell 16 Premium
TheDell 16 Premiumis the larger and more powerful model, with a 16.3-inch screen in all configurations. The base model has an Intel Core Ultra 7 255H processor with 32GB RAM and 1TB storage, but Dell also has options with a Core Ultra 9 CPU, RTX 5060 or 5070, and 4K OLED screen.
DA16250
Intel Core Ultra 7 Processor 255H (16-Core, 24MB Cache, up to 5.3 GHz)
Intel Core Ultra 9 Processor 285H (16-Core, 24MB Cache, up to 5.4 GHz)
32GB LPDDR5X Dual Channel at 8400 MT/s (post launch)
64GB LPDDR5X Dual Channel at 8400 MT/s (post launch)
Note: 8400 MT/s with 5070 graphics only / 7467 MT/s with UMA, 5050 or 5060 graphics
Graphics
Intel Arc 140T GPU (post launch)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop GPU 8GB GDDR7 (45W) (post launch)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop GPU 8GB GDDR7 (45W)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop GPU 8GB GDDR7 (55W) (post launch)
16.3-inch 2K (2560 x 1600) InfinityEdge non-touch display, 500 nits typical brightness, 100% sRGB, 2000:1 contrast ratio, 120 Hz, wide viewing angle +/- 88° / 88° / 88° / 88°, 30–120Hz, Dolby Vision, Eyesafe technology, anti-glare
16.3-inch 4K (3840 x 2400) OLED InfinityEdge touch 400-nits typical brightness, 100% DCI-P3 color gamut, VESA DisplayHDR 500, 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio, 120 Hz, wide viewing angle +/- 89° / 89° / 89° / 89°, 48–120Hz, Dolby Vision, Eyesafe technology, anti-reflective, anti-smudge
99.5Whr battery (integrated)
ExpressCharge 1.0
Height: 18.7 mm (0.74“)
Width: 358.1 mm (14.1”)
Depth: 240.0mm (9.4")
Starting weight: 2.06kg (4.56lbs.) for 2K LCD and UMA, 2.11kg (4.65lbs) for 4K OLED and UMA
130W AC adapter (USB Type-C)
Ports and Slots
3x Thunderbolt 4 (USB Type-C) with DisplayPort 2.1 and Power Delivery with Intel, NVIDIA 5050 & 5060
3x Thunderbolt 5 (USB Type-C) with DisplayPort 2.1 and Power Delivery with NVIDIA 5070 (post launch)
microSDXC card reader v7.1 UHS-I/UHS-II
Full-size, backlit, zero-lattice keyboard; 1.0mm travel
TGC Certified Windows Hello compliant
Dell Support Assist for Home PCs
Quad-speaker design with 3W Main x 2 Channel + 2W Tweeter x 2 Channel; 10W total peak output
Dual microphone array optimized with Intelligen
High Fidelity Audio
The design is mostly the same as the Dell Premium 14 and earlier XPS laptops, though it has more depth to accommodate the more power-hungry graphics cards. The connectivity is also mostly identical, but you do get Thunderbolt 5 on the models with an RTX 5070 graphics card. That’s still a rarity in the PC industry—thelatest M4 MacBook Prosupports it on some configurations, andlast year’s Razer Blade 18was the first laptop with it.
Pricing for the Dell Premium 16 starts at $2,700, and you canbuy one from Dell’s website. That’s definitely expensive, but if you need a portable Windows workstation, it’s hard to go wrong here.