Dell XPS 16 Review: Well-Rounded, Big-Screen Laptop With Spiky, Big-Time Price
The Dell XPS 16 is a well-designed, high-performance laptop with a vibrant 16-inch OLED display and solid build quality, offering a good balance of portability and power. It uses Intel's Panther Lake processors and integrated Intel Arc graphics, making it suitable for content editing and light gaming but not for demanding graphics tasks. Despite its strong performance and premium feel, the XPS 16 is expensive, with a top configuration reaching $3,550 and no option for a dedicated GPU.
- ▪The Dell XPS 16 features a 16-inch 3.2K OLED touchscreen and is powered by Intel Core Ultra X7 358H processor with integrated Intel Arc B390 graphics.
- ▪It delivers strong CPU performance and battery life but lacks discrete GPU options, limiting its use for intensive graphics workloads.
- ▪The laptop starts at $1,750 and can cost up to $3,550, placing it in the same price range as laptops with Nvidia RTX GPUs despite not offering one.
- ▪Physical design includes a sleek, lightweight chassis but has seams that collect debris and limited port selection, including no SD card slot.
- ▪RAM and storage are not user-upgradable, and Dell offers only fixed configurations with no option to add a dedicated GPU.
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8 / 10 Score Cnet Score CNET provides expert, unbiased reviews of products and services. When we assign a score, we use a scale of 1-10. Each product we score is evaluated by criteria specific to its category with most assessing pricing, quality, features and performance. Read more on: How we test Dell XPS 16 $2,350 at Dell Pros Stylish design with solid feel Beautiful 16-inch 3.2K OLED display Good balance between performance and battery life Physical keys in Function row Cons RTX-level price without RTX GPU Seams along the edges and below the keyboard are debris magnets Few ports, no SD card slot Can't upgrade RAM or SSD Table of Contents Dell XPS 16 Review: Well-Rounded, Big-Screen Laptop With Spiky, Big-Time Price Dell XPS 16 (2026) Dell XPS 16 performance Thin and light and…
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