Inspiron 16 Plus (7620) vs MacBook Air 15" (M2)

Inspiron 16 Plus (7620) $1,300
MacBook Air 15" (M2) $1,299
Base Price
$1,300
Base Price
$1,299
CPU
Core i7-12700H
CPU
M2 8C10G-FL
GPU
GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop 45W
GPU
10-Core M2-FL
Memory
16GB
Memory
8GB
Storage
512GB
Storage
256GB
Display
16" LCD IPS 3072x1920 -
Display
15.3" LCD IPS 2880x1864 -
Core i7-12700H
14 Cores
20 Threads
2.3GHz Clock
M2 8C10G-FL
8 Cores
8 Threads
3.49GHz Clock
GB6S 2,300
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GB6M 10,000
42%
GB6S 2,500
66%
GB6M 9,525
40%
GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop 45W
2560 Shaders
4GB GDDR6
1290MHz
10-Core M2-FL
1280 Shaders
Shared Memory
1398MHz
1080p 46 FPS
38%
FP32 6.61 TFLOPS
13%
1080p 25 FPS
21%
FP32 3.58 TFLOPS
7%
16GB
DDR5-4800
8GB
LPDDR5-6400
56 Tabs
11%
24 Tabs
5%
512GB
M.2-2230-M-S2
PCIe 3.0 x4
Up to 2.2GB/s Read
256GB
Soldered
PCIe 3.0 x4
Up to 1.4GB/s Read
954 min 4K Video
24%
442 min 4K Video
11%
No Optical Drive
No Optical Drive
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16"
LCD IPS
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15.3"
LCD IPS
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300 Nits
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60Hz
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60Hz
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3072x1920
5.9 Million Pixels
226 PPI
2880x1864
5.4 Million Pixels
224 PPI
LED Backlight
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1,000:1 Contrast
LED Backlight
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1,700:1 Contrast
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White Backlight
78 Keys
Scissor Switch
White Backlight
Multi-Touch Clickpad Trackpad
Plastic Surface
Force Touch Trackpad
Glass Surface
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Not Included
Not Included
Not Included
No Biometrics
Fingerprint
2
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No Cellular
No Cellular
Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax)
2 Stream
Up to 1200Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax)
2 Stream
Up to 1200Mbps
Bluetooth 5.2
Bluetooth 5.3
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Integrated Chipset
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Audio
1x Audio Jack
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Audio
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Card
1x SDXC Card
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Power
DC - 7.4 x 5mm
Power
MagSafe 3
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External
External
130W
20.00V
6.50A
35W
20.00V
1.75A
USB-PD
1.00A 5V (5W)
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4.50A 20V (90W)
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USB-PD
3.00A 5V (15W)
3.00A 9V (27W)
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2.33A 15V (34.95W)
1.75A 20V (35W)
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USB-C
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1.8M (6 ft) Cable
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2x USB-C
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Removable Cable
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86Wh
7544mAh
11.40V
Lithium-Ion
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66.5Wh
5833mAh
11.40V
Lithium-Ion Polymer
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Up to 9 Hours
Up to 16 Hours
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Charge Time
Up to 50% in 30 min
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Up to 80% in 50 min
Up to 100% in 90 min
Windows
macOS 13 Ventura
Build Material
Aluminum
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Build Material
Aluminum
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Cooler
2x Fans
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Display Side Boarder Size
5.0mm
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Display Side Boarder Size
3.5mm
Height
19 mm (0.7 in)
Width
356.8 mm (14 in)
Depth
251.9 mm (9.9 in)
Volume
1.71 L
Height
11.5 mm (0.5 in)
Width
340.4 mm (13.4 in)
Depth
237.6 mm (9.4 in)
Volume
0.93 L
Weight
2.05 kg (4.5 lb)
Weight + Charger
2.53 kg (5.6 lb)
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Weight
1.51 kg (3.3 lb)
Weight + Charger
1.61 kg (3.6 lb)
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CPU
Not Upgradable
CPU
Not Upgradable
GPU
Not Upgradable
GPU
Not Upgradable
Memory
Upgradable
Memory
Not Upgradable
Storage
Upgradable
Storage
Not Upgradable
Wi-Fi
Upgradable
Wi-Fi
Not Upgradable
Motherboard
Not Upgradable
Motherboard
Not Upgradable
Power Supply
Upgradable
Power Supply
Upgradable
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1x M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0 x4
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Memory Slots
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2x SO-DIMM
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