PC World - USA (2021-01)

44 PCWorld JANUARY 2022

REVIEWS DELL INSPIRON 14 2-IN-1

editing. The laptop also remained

comfortably cool and quiet while juggling

multiple apps, browser tabs, and downloads.

The Inspiron 14 2-in-1’s productivity

prowess was on display in Futuremark’s

PCMark 10 test, which simulates a gamut of

office work, web browsing, and creative

tasks. It edged out several other 2-in-1

laptops we’ve tested lately, including the

similarly priced HP Envy x360 15 with the

same processor.

HP’s laptop did retake the lead in our

Handbrake test, which involves encoding a

large video file, but both laptops maintain a

commanding lead over comparable 2-in-1s

with Intel processors. More cores are almost

always better for this test and Intel’s quad-core

i7-1165G7 CPU is no match for the eight

cores in AMD’s Ryzen 7 5700U.

Similarly, the Inspiron 14 2-in-1’s multi-

threaded performance excelled in the quick

performance stress test of Cinebench, but

note that Intel-powered laptops have an edge

in single-threaded performance, which covers

most basic productivity tasks. The difference

isn’t something you’d necessarily notice, but

it is there.

As for battery life, the Inspiron 14 2-in-1

has a 54,000 Whr battery, which puts it in the

middle of the road for thin-and-light laptops.

That’s clearly reflected in our battery rundown

test, which loops a video in offline mode at a

SHORTER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE

1,738

1, 575

3,287

2,74 0

3,296

Handbrake Encode

(Android tablet)

CPU performance

HP Envy x360 15Ryzen 7 5700U

Dell Inspiron 14 7000 2-in-2Ryzen 7 5700U

Samsung Galaxy Pro 360Core i7-1165G7

Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 9310Core i7-1165G7

Lenovo ThinkPad 14s YogaCore i7-1165G7

LONGER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE

Dell Inspiron 14 7000 2-in-2Ryzen 7 5700U

HP Envy x360 15Ryzen 7 5700U

Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 9310Cor e i7-1165G7

Lenovo ThinkPad 14s YogaCor e i7-1165G7

Samsung Galaxy Pro 360Cor e i7-1165G7

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921

1,517

188

1,4 01

190

863

219

833

216

Single thread All threads

Cinebench R15 .038

LONGER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE

Samsung Galaxy Pro 360Core i7-1165G7

Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 9310Core i7-1165G7

Dell Inspiron 14 7000 2-in-2Ryzen 7 5700U

HP Envy x360 15Ryzen 7 5700U

Lenovo ThinkPad 14s YogaCore i7-1165G7

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966

605

677

434

Battery life

Minutes