Dell 16 Premium vs Asus ExpertBook B5 (B5605)
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Performance
System and application performance
Gaming
Performance in popular 3D games
Display
Viewing angle, color accuracy, brightness
Battery Life
Potential battery life in light and average use
Connectivity
Ports, webcam and other interfaces
Portability
Design, materials, durability and usability
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Value for money (Beta)
Key Differences
Advantages of the Dell 16 Premium
- Higher screen refresh rate: 120 versus 60 Hz
- Performs significantly better (up to 2.4x) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- Can run popular games at about 67-91% higher FPS
- Features a much bigger (~99%) battery – 99.5 against 50 watt-hours
- Higher number of cutting-edge USB Type-C ports: 3 versus 2
- Thinner bezels and 10% higher screen-to-body ratio
- Provides 67% higher max. screen brightness: 500 vs 300 nits
Advantages of the Asus ExpertBook B5 (B5605)
- Includes an old-school USB-A port
- Easier to carry: weighs 320 grams less (around 0.71 lbs)
- User-upgradable RAM (up to 64GB)
Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 2.07 kg (4.56 lbs) | 1.75 kg (3.86 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 358.18 x 240.05 x 18.7 mm 14.1 x 9.45 x 0.74 inches |
358.4 x 253.9 x 17.5-17.9 mm 14.11 x 10 x 0.69-0.7 inches |
| Area | 860 cm2 (133.2 inches2) | 910 cm2 (141.1 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~89.6% | ~81.6% |
| Side bezels | 3.5 mm | 6.9 mm |
| Colors | Silver, Gray | Gray |
| Material | Aluminum | Aluminum |
| Transformer | No | No |
| Opening angle | - | 180° |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | Active | Active |
| Vapor chamber | Yes | No |
| Liquid metal | No | No |
| Number of fans | 2 | 1 |
| Noise level (max. load) | 48.9 dB | - |
Display
| Size | 16.3 inches | 16 inches |
| Type | IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (30-120 Hz) | No |
| PPI | 139 ppi | 142 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 16:10 |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1200 pixels | 1920 x 1200 pixels |
| HDR support | - | No |
| Sync technology | G-Sync | No |
| Touchscreen | No | No |
| Coating | Matte | Matte |
| Ambient light sensor | - | No |
Screen space comparison
16 Premium
16.3″ (16:10 ratio) = 119.4 in2
ExpertBook B5 (B5605)
16″ (16:10 ratio) = 115.1 in2
~3% more screen space
| Contrast | 2000:1 | - |
| sRGB color space | 100% | 100% |
| Response time | 35 ms | - |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Voltage | 11.7 V | - |
| Full charging time | 2:00 hr | - |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
| Charging via USB (Power Delivery) | Yes | Yes |
| Charging port position | Left, Right | Left |
| Charge power | 130 W | 65 W |
| Weight of AC adapter | 462 grams | - |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 2.0 GHz | 1.7 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 5.1 GHz | 4.9 GHz |
| Cores | 16 (6P + 10E) | 14 (4P + 10E) |
| Threads | 16 | 14 |
| L3 Cache | 24 MB | 18 MB |
| Integrated GPU | Arc Graphics 140T | Arc Graphics 130T |
| Fabrication process | 3 nm | 3 nm |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)
Graphics Card
GPU name
| TGP | 45 W | 35 W |
| Type | Dedicated | Integrated |
| Fabrication process | 5 nm | 5 nm |
| GPU base clock | - | 300 MHz |
| GPU boost clock | - | 2200 MHz |
| FLOPS | 8.6 TFLOPS | 3.9 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | 8 GB | System Shared |
| Memory type | GDDR7 | DDR5 |
| Memory bus | 128 bit | - |
| Memory speed | ~24 Gbps | 6.4 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 2560 | 896 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 80 | 56 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 32 | 28 |
| GPU performance | 8.6 TFLOPS | 3.9 TFLOPS |
GPU Benchmarks
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Blender GPU | 2129 | 621 |
| Solar Bay | 30581 | 12465 |
Expected FPS based on average performance across 9 popular games. Details
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 2x8 GB | 1x8 GB |
| Clock | 7467 MHz | 6400 MHz |
| Type | LPDDR5X | DDR5 |
| Upgradable | No | Yes |
| Total slots | - | 2 |
| Max. ram size | - | 64 GB |
Storage
Storage size
| Bus | PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) | PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) |
| Storage type | SSD (M2) | SSD (M2) |
| Channels | 1x512 GB | 1x512 GB |
| Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
| Total slots | 1 | 2 |
| NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Audio chip | CirrusLogic CS42L43 | - |
| Speakers | 2.2 (2 tweeters and 2 woofers) | 2.0 |
| Power | 2x2W, 2x3W | - |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | No |
| Loudness | ~84.2 dB | - |
| Microphones | 2 | 2 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v7 | v7 |
| Bluetooth | v5.4 | v5.4 |
| Fingerprint | Yes | Optional |
| Infrared sensor | Yes | Optional |
| Optical drive | No | No |
| Webcam | Above the display | Above the display |
| Webcam resolution | 1920 x 1080 | 1920 x 1080 |
| USB-A | No | 2x USB 3.2 |
| USB Type-C | 3x USB 4.0 | 2x USB 4.0 |
| Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt 5 | Thunderbolt 4 |
| HDMI | No | 1x HDMI 2.1 |
| DisplayPort | No | No |
| VGA | No | No |
| Audio jack (3.5 mm) | Yes | Yes |
| Ethernet (RJ45) | No | Yes |
| SD card reader | Yes | Yes |
| Proprietary charging port | No | No |
Input
| Keyboard type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | No | Yes |
| Backlight | Yes | Yes |
| Key travel | 1 mm | 1.5 mm |
| Size | 14.8 x 9.0 cm | - |
| Surface | Glass | - |
| Windows Precision | Yes | Yes |
*Disclaimer! Ports, speakers, display, and other specifications can vary depending on the laptop's specific configuration or region.
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