Since the birth of the laptop, OEMs have tried to make various trade-offs and compromises between thin and light fuselage and high performance. But for high-end business people, their use scenarios and appeals are to balance thinness and high performance. Fortunately, upstream chip manufacturers have solved this problem from the source of core hardware design. For example, relying on the multiple low-power features, innovative technology and embedded Iris Xe nuclear display combination of the 11th generation Core mobile series products, the Dell XPS 13 9305, which weighs only 1.17kg, can provide multi-task smooth use, efficient graphics processing experience, and measured 4K streaming video playback for 451 minutes of endurance, becoming a technology artifact for business executives and industry elites.
The XPS series is a dell-branded high-end business notebook series. The characteristic of this series is to put aside the cost-effective shackles of "only configuration theory", and invest more energy and cost in the aspects of workmanship materials, screen quality tuning, security settings, service support, etc., which are easy to ignore by many consumers, just to meet the multi-scenario strict use demands of elites. The XPS 13 9305 reviewed today gives people the most feeling is to create a convenient experience atmosphere through advanced technology.
In terms of appearance, the most eye-catching thing is this three-sided narrow InfinityEdge micro-bezel design, 13.3-inch FHD Full HD screen with 400 nits of brightness and 100% sRGB high color gamut, making the user's visual experience more immersive. In order to ensure the harmony and unity of thinness and metal texture, the XPS 13 9305 fuselage is composed of a whole piece of 6000 series aviation aluminum, and then precision created by CNC cutting, so that the original hard metal becomes delicate and soft, but also simple and capable. The whole fuselage is smaller than a piece of A4 paper, and the XPS 13 9305 notebook weighs only 1.17kg, and any Tote bag can be easily loaded, without burden and full of beauty.
The guarantee that there will still be strong performance and longer battery life under such a delicate fuselage is due to the XPS 13 9305 equipped with 11th generation Core mobile series processors. Due to the use of more advanced Willow Cove microarchitecture, the 11th generation Core low-voltage processor on the basis of 4 cores and 8 threads, up to 4.8GHz single core Turbo frequency, while its overall power consumption can be controlled between 7-15W and 12-28W, leaving a great deal of controllable space for many OEMs. And such as the highest support for 96-cell Xe architecture Iris core display, support for Thunderbolt 4 protocol, PCI-E 4 channel standard are all driving the industry forward, but also let users enjoy a new technology experience.
In order to improve the overall performance, the 11th generation Core bus has realized bandwidth improvement from the basic structure, effectively reducing latency. And the use of a new memory controller, support LP4/x-4266 and DDR4-3200 specifications of memory, the maximum capacity can support 32GB and 64GB respectively, further eliminate the memory bottleneck.
The XPS 13 9305 embedded in today's evaluation is the current flagship i7-1165G7 processor, which adopts a 4-core 8-thread design, a 10nm process, embedded 96-unit Iris Xe core display, the base frequency is 2.8GHz, the turbo frequency can reach 4.7GHz, and the full-core turbo frequency can reach 4.1GHz; compared with the previous generation, the three-level cache is increased to 12MB, and the large cache allows the CPU to read data more quickly and work efficiently.
It is worth mentioning that the 11th generation Core low-voltage processors with the Xe architecture Iris core display provide better graphics processing performance. Compared with the previous generation of nuclear displays, there are more than 180% improvements in many performance indicators, which is why products with a thin and light body like the XPS 13 9305 still have a super smooth performance experience of editing high-definition video and high-resolution photos.
After understanding the thin and light appearance and strong performance power of this XPS 13 9305, are you also worried about the heat dissipation problem of the whole machine, I believe this is also the focus of many notebook manufacturers. First of all, the i7-1165G7 processor is a 12-28W low-power design, so it minimizes heat generation at the source, and secondly, the fuselage uses dual fans and heat pipes to achieve excellent heat dissipation in the slim body shape, thereby improving mobile performance.
It should also be mentioned that the XPS 13 9305 uses a GORE insulation film in aerospace technology, which has lower thermal conductivity than air and achieves better thermal isolation for high-heat areas. Under the joint action of multiple heat dissipation methods, the powerful performance of XPS 13 9305 can be better played.
In terms of body port reservation, the XPS 13 9305 is also as convenient as possible in the thin and light body of the multi-media data transmission and scalability. There are 2 Thunderbolt 4 ports, 1 USB-C port, 1 Micro SD card slot and 1 headphone jack on both sides of the fuselage. For high-end business people, thin and light notebook products have a Thunderbolt port that is especially important, as it not only charges laptops, connect multiple devices (including connecting up to two 4K displays), but also achieve data transfer rates of up to 40 Gbps.
For high-end business people, network connection speed and stability are prerequisites for efficient work. Building on the standard Wi-Fi 6 features, the XPS 13 9305 also comes standard with a higher performance Killer AX1650 wireless card module. For gamers, Intel's high-performance products have lower network latency, which helps them get faster response speeds, while for ultra-thin and light models like the XPS 13, the AX1650 can bring experiences such as video conferencing, webcasting and other high QoS assurance needs.
As mentioned in the opening paragraph, the XPS series pays more attention to the protection of information security for business people. The XPS 13 9305 adds a fingerprint reader at the power key and has built-in encryption technology to prevent information from being copied or stolen from the computer. In addition, the Intel EVO platform certification mark at the wrist rest on the right side of the fuselage also represents the superior quality and performance of this XPS 13 9305.
Next, let's verify the performance geometry of xps 13 9305 through CrossMark professional testing. CrossMark tests the comprehensive performance of the whole machine through the three dimensions of creativity, productivity and responsiveness, which can also be regarded as the "youth version" of SYSmark 25; it has certain guiding significance for the performance purchase of office/business notebooks.
(Test product configuration: i7-1165G7, 16GB 4267MHz LPDDR4x, 512GB M.2 SSD, Iris Xe architecture core display, 13.3-inch 1920*1080 screen)
This site has carried out two tests on this XPS 13 9305, which are plug-in + maximum performance endurance and battery + maximum performance mode. It can be seen that the productivity and creativity of the whole machine have high scores, which is in line with the demands of users with high loads, especially content creation users. And in the battery mode, the performance score of the whole machine does not have much downward trend, and then equipped with the long endurance of the 52Wh capacity battery, so that business people who often go out are more comfortable without fear of power pressure. (All test software in this article is the actual use of my real test and does not represent the position of any brand party.) ）
After the overall review, we found that the XPS 13 9305 combines high performance, fast response, long battery life, stunning visuals and a sophisticated and stylish form factor. At the same time, with the strong support of the 11th-generation Core i7-1165G7 processor in the highest turbo frequency 4.7GHz, 96-cell Xe architecture Iris core display, etc., the thin and light models also have uncompromising performance. In addition, with the help of multi-port function integration Thunderbolt 4 interface, lower latency and efficient AX1650 wireless network chip, XPS 13 9305 meticulously meets the multi-scenario usage requirements of every business person. Of course, these details and intentions of the XPS 13 9305 have also been certified by the Intel EVO platform, which proves from another perspective that XPS 13 9305 is the elite choice of high-end business light and thin books.