Ahead of IFA 2019, Dell has refreshed its XPS 13 lineup with the latest Intel Comet Lake 10th Gen processors. The base model featuring the Intel Core i3-10110U processor gets a price tag of $899. Besides, Dell plans to ship the top-end model with the hexacore Intel Core i7-10710U chipset in October.
Dell also announced that the XPS 13 2-in-1 is now available for purchase. It becomes the first laptop to get Project Athena certification, with 9 hours of battery life thanks to the 10th generation of Intel Core mobile processors for laptops and 2-in-1 devices.
Besides, Dell’s Inspiron and Vostro range will also soon start shipping with Intel’s 10th Gen CPUs. These include the likes of Inspiron 14 7000 and Inspiron 7000 13-inch 2-in-1 laptops, which begin shipping on October 1st starting at $929.99 and $849 respectively. Both devices will feature 10th Gen Comet Lake CPUs. The 2-in-1 will come in 13-inch, 15-inch, and 17-inch configurations, featuring DDR4 RAM and support for Nvidia GeForce MX250 graphics.
Intel’s latest 10th gen Comet Lake processors come in i3, i5, and i7 configurations with up to 6 cores, promising 2x performance improvement with increased productivity and multitasking.
“From multitasking to everyday content creation, the newest additions to the family-scale performance for even higher levels of productivity,” said Intel’s Chris Walker, Vice President and General Manager of Mobility Client Platforms in the Client Computing Group.
The new 10th-generation Intel Core lineup also gets Intel Wi-Fi 6 (Gig+) wireless chipset with WPA3 security support for a secure and faster Internet connection. Besides, the new range also scales the performance of Thunderbolt 3 ports with capabilities of up to 40 Gb/s data transfers. They take advantage of the super optimized 14nm process technology to offer a gain of 16 percent overall performance and more than 41 percent better productivity and multitasking.
Built using super optimized 14nm process technology, they deliver a 16 percent improvement in overall performance as well as over 41 percent improvements in productivity and multitasking.
