Devindra has been writing about the way technology intersects with our lives for nearly 20 years. He started the Amherst Student's first technology column, worked in IT support for many (many) years, and eventually moved to Brooklyn to cover New York's tech scene in 2009.
Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission.. But with that mobile-focused hardware comes new expectations: More battery efficiency than Intel 's x86 chips, as well dramatically faster AI capabilities thanks to its beefier NPU .
Across most benchmarks like Geekbench 6 and Cinebench 2024, this XPS 13 easily trounced its Intel sibling by several thousand points. I tested the XPS 13's base-level 1080p+ non-touchscreen display, and while it wasn't as glorious as the OLED-equipped XPS devices I've seen, it still looked sharp and colorful.Take most of the downsides from the Intel version of the XPS 13, as well as problems still plaguing Arm-based Windows devices like theSome emulated x86 apps like Evernote run into noticeable slowdowns. I often encountered lag when switching between notes, as well as scrolling down long documents.
Battery life was average compared to most Windows PCs and surprisingly low for an Arm-based system. It reached seven hours and 48 minutes in the PCMark 10 Applications battery benchmark, which was far below the 13 hours and 15 minutes the Intel XPS 13 hit in the Modern Office PCMark test. Microsoft’s Surface Pro Copilot+ system, meanwhile, lasted for twelve hours and 15 minutes in the Applications test.I'm still not a fan of the XPS 13's invisible trackpad.
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