{"id":1640,"date":"2026-06-07T14:08:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T14:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=1640"},"modified":"2026-06-07T14:08:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T14:08:43","slug":"dell-xps-14-2026-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=1640","title":{"rendered":"Dell\u2019s new XPS 14 is better in almost every way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"zephr-anchor\">\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b2 _18mzr4b0 _18mzr4b7 _18mzr4b5 _19wv7tc1 _18mzr4bb\">The 2026 XPS 14 is the best premium laptop we\u2019ve seen from Dell in a while, with incredible build quality in a thin machine and good performance thanks to Intel\u2019s Core Ultra Series 3 \u201cPanther Lake\u201d chips. A bonus: Dell killed its lame <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2025\/1\/6\/24325799\/dell-pro-max-premium-plus-ces-laptop-pc-rebrand-announcement\">\u201cPremium Plus\u201d naming scheme<\/a>. XPS is so back!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">I can\u2019t believe how much of a turnaround this new model is from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/reviews\/611176\/dell-xps-13-laptop-review-9350-intel-lunar-lake\">XPS 13<\/a> I reviewed last year, which at the time was set to be the line\u2019s depressing swan song. The new XPS has improved in just about every way, with an actual physical F-row, better speakers, and remarkable battery life. Too bad it\u2019s wildly expensive.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--block-placement _1xorkac1 _1xorkac0 duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<div class=\"gc3ws21\">\n<div class=\"duet--article--scorecard gc3ws25 gc3ws24\" data-product-filter=\"\" id=\"product-card-dmcyOnByb2R1Y3Q6OTQ0Mzc4\">\n<div class=\"gc3ws2k\"><a class=\"gc3ws2g gc3ws2c\" href=\"https:\/\/www.anrdoezrs.net\/links\/8836598\/type\/dlg\/https:\/\/www.dell.com\/en-us\/shop\/dell-laptops\/dell-xps-14-laptop\/spd\/xps-da14260-laptop\/useda14260wcto01#customization-anchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"i7ks070\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg 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https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/268580_Dell_XPS_14_2026_laptop_review_ADiBenedetto_0014.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&amp;w=1080 1080w, https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/268580_Dell_XPS_14_2026_laptop_review_ADiBenedetto_0014.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&amp;w=1200 1200w, https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/268580_Dell_XPS_14_2026_laptop_review_ADiBenedetto_0014.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&amp;w=1440 1440w, https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/268580_Dell_XPS_14_2026_laptop_review_ADiBenedetto_0014.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&amp;w=1920 1920w, https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/268580_Dell_XPS_14_2026_laptop_review_ADiBenedetto_0014.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/268580_Dell_XPS_14_2026_laptop_review_ADiBenedetto_0014.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&amp;w=2400 2400w\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/268580_Dell_XPS_14_2026_laptop_review_ADiBenedetto_0014.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&amp;w=2400\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"gc3ws29\">\n<p><span class=\"gc3ws2s\">$<!-- -->2000<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"xhcq405 _19wv7tc1\">\n<div class=\"xhcq406\">\n<h4 class=\"xhcq408\">The Good<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Exceptional battery life thanks in part to variable refresh rate screens<\/li>\n<li>Excellent build quality<\/li>\n<li>Mercifully, it has a physical function row<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"xhcq407\">\n<h4 class=\"xhcq408\">The Bad<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Expensive \u2014 especially post-price increase<\/li>\n<li>Keyboard is nicely tactile, but latticeless design is not for everyone<\/li>\n<li>Trackpad haptics and palm rejection are just okay<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Dell sent us two XPS 14 laptops to test: A $1,999.99 entry-level model with an 8-core Intel Core Ultra 5 325 chip, 16GB of RAM, 512GB of storage, and a 1920 x 1200 IPS display, and a $2,899.99 touchscreen OLED version with a 16-core Core Ultra X7 358H, much beefier graphics power, and double the RAM and storage. Each has three Thunderbolt 4 ports and a 3.5mm audio jack.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--block-placement _1xorkac2 _1xorkac0 duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<div class=\"duet--article--highlight _1044qizl _1upt4f20\">\n<div class=\"_1upt4f26\">\n<ul class=\"duet--article--unordered-list _1044qizi irzhn80 _19wv7tc1 _1upt4f27\">\n<li class=\"irzhn81\"><span class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup\"><strong>Screen (OLED):<\/strong> A<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"irzhn81\"><span class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup\"><strong>Screen (IPS): <\/strong>B<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"irzhn81\"><span class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup\"><strong>Webcam:<\/strong> B<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"irzhn81\"><span class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup\"><strong>Keyboard: <\/strong>C<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"irzhn81\"><span class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup\"><strong>Trackpad:<\/strong> C<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"irzhn81\"><span class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup\"><strong>Port selection:<\/strong> C<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"irzhn81\"><span class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup\"><strong>Speakers:<\/strong> B<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"irzhn81\"><span class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup\"><strong>Number of ugly stickers to remove:<\/strong> 1<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">The build quality is impressive. They\u2019re only a little thicker than a MacBook Air, but about a third of a pound heavier, feeling like a solid slab. The next thing that strikes you, especially if you\u2019re haunted by XPS laptops past, is that the seamless haptic trackpad has lightly textured boundary lines and the keyboard has a proper function row. No more completely invisible trackpad and capacitive touch buttons for Escape and F-keys. Hallelujah!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">While these two changes are reason enough to rejoice, I still have my quibbles. Boundary lines or not, this haptic trackpad is still only okay. I sometimes need to press extra hard for a click to register, and I occasionally get an accidental double-click even when pressing lightly. I also sometimes get a misclick if my palms rest too heavily on it while typing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Speaking of typing, I still can\u2019t get behind this gapless keyboard. It has a paltry 0.8mm key travel, though it doesn\u2019t feel quite as shallow as it sounds. This is due to its tactile bump at the top of each key press, which gives it a surprisingly solid feel. Despite that tactility, I don\u2019t like typing on it. I feel slower, stilted, and more prone to typos. It\u2019s a major improvement to have a physical function row, but this keyboard is still not for me. At least now it\u2019s more of a \u201cYMMV\u201d kind of thing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Elsewhere, the 8-megapixel \/ 4K webcam looks sharp in bright light but loses a bit of its punch and color quality in dimmer lighting or when you\u2019re backlit. The speakers are quite good for this size of laptop, producing a well-balanced sound that you can crank up without distortion \u2014 although they unsurprisingly don\u2019t have the strongest bass.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">But the showstopper on the OLED model is, obviously, the display. The 2880 x 1800 tandem OLED touchscreen gets bright and is always rich in deep contrast and lively colors. It\u2019s a stunner. The 1920 x 1200 IPS panel on the lower-end configuration is almost humdrum by comparison. It reaches a slightly brighter 500 nits and it controls glare pretty well, but next to the OLED it\u2019s a little dull. However, the IPS screen has a unique feature of its own: a variable refresh rate that goes from 120Hz all the way down to 1Hz when you\u2019re viewing static content. The OLED matches that 120Hz, but its lowest refresh rate is 20Hz.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--block-placement _1xorkac1 _1xorkac0 duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<div style=\"position:relative\">\n<div>\n<section tabindex=\"-1\" aria-label=\"carousel\" class=\"duet--article--gallery _1044qizj xnv72h0\">\n<p><strong class=\"xnv72he\">1<!-- -->\/<!-- -->5<\/strong><span class=\"duet--media--caption inline xnv72hk _77sxmb0\"><figcaption class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _19wv7tc2 _77sxmba\"><em>I still dislike this keyboard. I can just tolerate it more now that it\u2019s got a function row.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/span><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">These low-dipping refresh rates help give both XPS 14s excellent battery life. On the OLED, I could get over 10 hours of near-continuous mixed usage (the usual boatload of Chrome tabs, occasional music or video streaming, and a video call or two). The same workload on the IPS model reached over 14 hours, likely thanks to that lower-res screen with 1Hz minimum refresh, and you can possibly stretch it longer if you\u2019re being cautious. (I was not.) The IPS config even smashed our battery rundown test with 26 hours of continuous runtime, even beating all the Arm-based laptops we\u2019ve tested. I hope we see these kinds of panels in more laptops. Like phones, dialing the refresh rate way down when you\u2019re staring at documents helps preserve battery.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">The Intel Panther Lake chips in these laptops also help both XPS 14s with power efficiency, but they\u2019re no slouches in the performance department. They\u2019ve got solid thermals, with the fans staying pretty quiet \u2014 even under load. And during stress tests the bottom case got pretty warm but most of the keyboard remained cool. The OLED model with the X7 chip and its integrated 12-core GPU is pretty formidable for graphics-heavy tasks like 3D rendering in Blender, and it can even squeak by in playing some AAA games. I ran <em>Battlefield 6 <\/em>at a fair 50fps at 1920 x 1200 resolution on the Low preset with XeSS set to Ultra Performance. Not amazing, but not potato quality \u2014 and in a thin-and-light productivity laptop.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--block-placement _1xorkac3 _1xorkac0 duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<div class=\"duet--article--table _1hbnm350\">\n<table class=\"_1hbnm352\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th class=\"_1hbnm355\">\n<h3 class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup\"\/><\/th>\n<th class=\"_1hbnm355\">\n<h3 class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup\">Dell XPS 14 (2026) \/ Intel Core Ultra X7 358H \/ 32GB \/ 1TB<\/h3>\n<\/th>\n<th class=\"_1hbnm355\">\n<h3 class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup\">Dell XPS 14 (2026) \/ Intel Core Ultra 5 325 \/ 16GB \/ 512GB<\/h3>\n<\/th>\n<th class=\"_1hbnm355\">\n<h3 class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup\">MacBook Pro 14 \/ Apple M5 \/ 16GB \/ 1TB<\/h3>\n<\/th>\n<th class=\"_1hbnm355\">\n<h3 class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup\">MacBook Air 15 \/ Apple M5 \/ 16GB \/ 1TB<\/h3>\n<\/th>\n<th class=\"_1hbnm355\">\n<h3 class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup\">Asus Zenbook A16 \/ Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme X2E94100 \/ 48GB \/ 1TB<\/h3>\n<\/th>\n<th class=\"_1hbnm355\">\n<h3 class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup\">Asus Zenbook Duo (2026) \/ Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake) \/ 32GB \/ 1TB<\/h3>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"_1hbnm356\">\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">CPU cores<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">16<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">8<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">10<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">10<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">18<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">16<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"_1hbnm356\">\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">GPU<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">Intel Arc B390 (12 cores)<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">Intel Graphics (4 cores)<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">Apple M5 (10 cores)<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">M5 (10 cores)<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">Adreno X2-90<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">Arc B390 (12 cores)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"_1hbnm356\">\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">Geekbench 6 CPU Single<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">2880<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">2612<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">4208<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">4175<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">3643<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">3009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"_1hbnm356\">\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">Geekbench 6 CPU Multi<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">16728<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">11027<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">17948<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">16567<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">22044<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">17268<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"_1hbnm356\">\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">Geekbench 6 GPU (OpenCL)<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">54473<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">23129<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">49059<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">47661<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">41101<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">56839<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"_1hbnm356\">\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">Cinebench 2026 Single<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">505<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">463<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">736<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">727<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">628<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">528<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"_1hbnm356\">\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">Cinebench 2026 Multi<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">2973<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">2047<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">4486<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">3413<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">6327<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">3993<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"_1hbnm356\">\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">PugetBench for Photoshop<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">9976<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">6823<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">12354<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">11513<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">10931<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">8773<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"_1hbnm356\">\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">PugetBench for Premiere Pro (2.0.0+)<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">30517<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">Not tested<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">71122<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">61861<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">Not tested<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">54920<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"_1hbnm356\">\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">Blender classroom test (seconds, lower is better)<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">49<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">145<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">44<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">46<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">198<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">61<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"_1hbnm356\">\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">Blender cosmos test (seconds, lower is better)<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">165<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">Not tested<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">Not tested<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">Not tested<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">670<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">204<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"_1hbnm356\">\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">Premiere 4K Export (lower is better)<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">5 minutes, 40 seconds<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">6 minutes, 21 seconds<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">2 minutes, 47 seconds<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">2 minutes, 53 seconds<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">6 minutes, 38 seconds<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">3 minutes, 3 seconds<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"_1hbnm356\">\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">Sustained SSD reads (MB\/s)<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">6540.39<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">6808.93<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">7049.45<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">7049.45<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">7092.91<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">6762.15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"_1hbnm356\">\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">Sustained SSD writes (MB\/s)<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">5707.5<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">5177.14<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">7317.6<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">7480.55<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">5694.94<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">5679.41<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"_1hbnm356\">\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">3DMark Time Spy graphics score<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">4902<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">2770<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">Not tested<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">Not tested<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">5289<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">6654<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"_1hbnm356\">\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">Price as tested<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">$2,899.99<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">$1,999.99<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">$1,949<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">$1,499<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">$1,699.99<\/td>\n<td class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1hbnm357\">$2,699.99<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Still, much cheaper MacBooks beat the new XPS models in raw performance. A fanless <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/894866\/apple-macbook-air-m5-15-2026-laptop-review\">15-inch M5 MacBook Air<\/a> wipes the floor with the entry-level XPS 14, and it even beats the higher-end OLED model in most non-GPU-heavy benchmarks. Step up to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/803349\/apple-macbook-pro-14-m5-2025-review\">14-inch M5 MacBook Pro<\/a>, and the scales tip even a little further in Apple\u2019s favor \u2014 plus you get an HDMI port and SD card slot.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">This brings us to the XPS 14\u2019s biggest issue: price. When it launched, the entry-level IPS model cost $1,600. Now it\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anrdoezrs.net\/links\/8836598\/type\/dlg\/https:\/\/www.dell.com\/en-us\/shop\/dell-laptops\/dell-xps-14-laptop\/spd\/xps-da14260-laptop\/useda14260wcto01#customization-anchor\" rel=\"sponsored\">$2,000<\/a>. The OLED model with the X7 chip started at $2,200, and it now costs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anrdoezrs.net\/links\/8836598\/type\/dlg\/https:\/\/www.dell.com\/en-us\/shop\/dell-laptops\/dell-xps-14-laptop\/spd\/xps-da14260-laptop\/useda14260hbtshyzc#customization-anchor\" rel=\"sponsored\">$2,900<\/a>. This is of course all due to \u201congoing market conditions,\u201d also known as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/839353\/pc-ram-shortage-pricing-spike-news\">RAMageddon<\/a>. But it doesn\u2019t change the fact that this is a crap-ton of money for the performance you\u2019re getting. Dell recently announced a lower-cost <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/940498\/dell-xps-13-student-laptop-intel-wildcat-panther-lake-computex-price\">XPS 13<\/a> priced at $700 ($600 for students as a temporary discount). It\u2019s nice to see upcoming attempts at competing with the MacBook Neo, but in the meantime Dell\u2019s OLED XPS 14 went up in price by the cost of that whole XPS 13.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--block-placement _1xorkac1 _1xorkac0 duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<div style=\"position:relative\">\n<div>\n<section tabindex=\"-1\" aria-label=\"carousel\" class=\"duet--article--gallery _1044qizj xnv72h0\">\n<p><strong class=\"xnv72he\">1<!-- -->\/<!-- -->3<\/strong><span class=\"duet--media--caption inline xnv72hk _77sxmb0\"><figcaption class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _19wv7tc2 _77sxmba\"><em>Side by side, you can see that the IPS screen (right) is brighter, but the OLED (left) has nicer colors and deeper contrast.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/span><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">It\u2019s heartbreaking to see these kinds of prices. $2,200 for the OLED XPS 14 felt justifiable for a high-end computer with fantastic build quality. But at $2,900? For $200 less you can get an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/867548\/asus-zenbook-duo-2026-intel-panther-lake-review\">Asus Zenbook Duo<\/a> with <em>two<\/em> 14-inch OLEDs and an even better Intel Panther Lake chip. And for less than the <em>entry-level<\/em> XPS 14, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/907864\/asus-zenbook-a16-snapdragon-x2-elite-extreme-review\">Zenbook A16<\/a> offers three times the RAM and a 16-inch OLED in a lighter package. And when you compare Apple\u2019s offerings to the XPS 14 for price to performance? It\u2019s a massacre.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _18mzr4ba _19wv7tc1\">I commend Dell for righting the ship and revitalizing the XPS line after its rebranding blunder. But even if the new XPS laptops are better than ever, they\u2019re now a tough sell for new reasons.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--block-placement _1xorkac1 _1xorkac0 duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<div class=\"duet--article--highlight _1044qizj _1upt4f20\">\n<div>\n<p><h2 class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup\">2026 Dell XPS 14 specs (as reviewed)<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_1upt4f26\">\n<ul class=\"duet--article--unordered-list _1044qizi irzhn80 _19wv7tc1 _1upt4f27\">\n<li class=\"irzhn81\"><span class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup\"><strong>Display (OLED): <\/strong>14-inch (2880 x 1800) 20-120Hz OLED touchscreen, 400 nits<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"irzhn81\"><span class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup\"><strong>Display (IPS):<\/strong> 14-inch (1920 x 1200) 1-120Hz IPS LCD, 500 nits<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"irzhn81\"><span class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup\"><strong>CPU (OLED):<\/strong> Intel Core Ultra X7 358H<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"irzhn81\"><span class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup\"><strong>CPU (IPS):<\/strong> Intel Core Ultra 5 325<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"irzhn81\"><span class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup\"><strong>GPU (OLED):<\/strong> Intel Arc B390 (12 cores)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"irzhn81\"><span class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup\"><strong>GPU (IPS):<\/strong> Intel Graphics (4 cores)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"irzhn81\"><span class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup\"><strong>RAM (OLED):<\/strong> 32GB LPDDR5X (soldered)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"irzhn81\"><span class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup\"><strong>RAM (IPS):<\/strong> 16GB LPDDR5X (soldered)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"irzhn81\"><span class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup\"><strong>Storage (OLED):<\/strong> 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"irzhn81\"><span class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup\"><strong>Storage (IPS):<\/strong> 512GB M.2 NVMe SSD<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"irzhn81\"><span class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup\"><strong>Webcam:<\/strong> 8-megapixel \/ 4K HDR<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"irzhn81\"><span class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup\"><strong>Connectivity:<\/strong> Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6.0<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"irzhn81\"><span class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup\"><strong>Ports:<\/strong> 3x Thunderbolt 4 USB-C (DisplayPort 2.1 \/ Power Delivery), 3.5mm combo audio jack<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"irzhn81\"><span class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup\"><strong>Biometrics:<\/strong> Windows Hello face unlock<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"irzhn81\"><span class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup\"><strong>Weight:<\/strong> 3.0 pounds \/ 1.36kg<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"irzhn81\"><span class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup\"><strong>Dimensions (OLED):<\/strong> 12.19 x 8.26 x 0.58 inches \/ 309.5 x 209.7 x 14.6mm<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"irzhn81\"><span class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup\"><strong>Dimensions (IPS):<\/strong> 12.19 x 8.26 x 0.60 inches \/ 309.5 x 209.7 x 15.2mm<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"irzhn81\"><span class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup\"><strong>Battery:<\/strong> 70Wh<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"irzhn81\"><span class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup\"><strong>Price (OLED):<\/strong> $2,899.99<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"irzhn81\"><span class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup\"><strong>Price (IPS):<\/strong> $1,999.99<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\"><em>Photography by Antonio G. 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