The Dell XPS 13 has been the benchmark for ultraportables for the past decade. With Windows and also with Linux because it was one of the few truly relevant computers with native support for a free system.

Not for nothing was the consumption model chosen by the American company debut on the Copilot+ PC platform and here we have the Dell XPS 13 with Snapdragon You won’t be alone, and this week we’ve brought you ten laptops from all the major PC manufacturers, as well as Microsoft itself with new Surfaces.

Dell XPS 13 with Snapdragon

The Copilot version is a design copy of the current model with Intel ‘Meteor Lake’ processors. Its aluminum chassis remains ultra-thin (14.8 mm) and light, only weighing 1.19 kg.

Dell offers three display sizes to choose from 13.4 inches. from a non-touch LCD with FHD resolution and a refresh rate of 120 Hz to a touch OLED panel with a native resolution of 2880 x 1800 pixels.

Inside, it offers a big difference from the current model and the fact that it is equipped with an ARM SoC model Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100) 12-core with CPU speed up to 3.4 GHz, integrated Adreno graphics with up to 3.8 TFLOPS GPU and the famous 45 TOP NPU (it’s the same for the entire Qualcomm range) for AI processing. Dell will also offer a cheaper Snapdragon X Plus, but only for the Chinese market.

The basic version will include 16 GB of dual-channel LPDDR5x-7467 memory and a 512 GB PCIe 4.0 SSD. For the user who needs it, however, there will be higher options, up to 64 GB of RAM and up to 2 TB of storage.

Dell equips your laptop with a 1080p webcam with infrared sensor compatible with Windows Hello. It features four speakers, two microphones and Dolby Atmos sound. Dell introduces its new keyboard with a set of capacitive touch keys above the keyboard where the function keys would normally be located. It includes an ambient light sensor to control the brightness of the keyboard backlight and a fingerprint reader.

In the field of connectivity, we highlight the support of the latest wireless standards, Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.4. It is also a novelty two USB4 ports with DisplayPort 2.1 support. Its battery is 55 Wh, a capacity lower than the Intel version, but should offer more autonomy thanks to the low consumption of the ARM architecture.

New Dell XPS 13 with Snapdragon Available in mid-June in two colors (platinum or graphite) with base price $1,300. Dell will also launch other ARM-based PCs, the $1,099 Inspiron 14 Plus for consumers and two more Latitude models for the professional market.