PC World - USA (2020-02)

50 PCWorld FEBRUARY 2020

REVIEWS DELL XPS 13 2-IN-1 VS. HP SPECTRE X360 13

to 51 watts briefly).

The Dell is plain faster most of the time.

There is a cost, though: The Dell was far quicker

in triggering its fans, while the HP tried to keep

the fans silent longer.

The other bill for all this performance is

thermals at the keyboard deck. Below you can

see a thermal image of both laptops after

running the CPU near 100 percent for 40

minutes. The Dell’s keyboard temps on the

left are definitely toasty compared to the HP’s

on the right. HP also says its newest Spectre

features small air inlets below some of the

keys to allow cool air to be sucked in from the

keyboard and exhausted out the back. We

suspect they may have contributed to the

The Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 7390 pushes harder

when set to performance but that also means a

higher keyboard deck temperature over the 5th

gen HP Spectre x360 13T when also set to its

performance mode.

We recorded

the vitals of

both laptops

during a

Cinebench

R20 run and

it’s clear Dell

is far more

aggressive

with its clock

speeds.

Cinebench R20 run

Telemetry of Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 7390 and 5th Gen HP Spectre x360 13T

cooler keyboard on the HP as well.

All of this performance testing is on AC,

which is how most people will use their