Dell's XPS 13 9345 pits Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite against Intel's Lunar Lake in the Asus Zenbook S 14. Which laptop best shows off its new chipset?
Windows manufacturers have been hungering for a chipset that can keep up with Apple’s very fast and efficient M3 architecture. Enter Qualcomm with its Snapdragon X and Intel with iLunar Lake. Each aims at providing better battery life with good performance, as well as adding faster on-device AI speeds to support Microsoft’s Copilot+ PC initiative.
The XPS 13 9345 starts at $1,200 for a Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite chipset, 16GB of RAM, a 512GB SSD, and a 13.4-inch FHD+ IPS display. Upgrading that model to 32GB and 1TB results in a $1,500 price, similar to the Zenbook. With a 3K OLED display, the XPS 13 9345 costs $1,860. Both laptops are solidly built. Both also have smooth hinges that allow opening the lid with one hand. In this respect, these are closely matched laptops.
Both laptops have 1080p webcams with infrared cameras for Windows 11 facial recognition. The XPS 13 also has a fingerprint reader embedded in the keyboard. Both have fast Neural Processing Units that support Microsoft’s Copilot+ PC initiative, but for now, there’s not a lot of AI functionality to show off the NPUs’ performance.
Display We reviewed the XPS 13 with one of three displays, an FHD+ IPS display running at 120Hz. There are also QHD+ IPS and 2.8K OLED options. The Zenbook S 14 has one display, a 2.8K OLED display running at 120Hz.
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