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00:00So, there's this new XPS 13 in town. I've reviewed a lot of XPS devices on this channel.
00:09This one here is the one from early 2019. Very well reviewed device. I really like this
00:14machine. I think a lot of people do. It's not cheap, but they're good. Everything across
00:18the board is quite solid on this device. And everything carries over to this new model.
00:22Like the screen, the keyboard, the chassis, battery, everything remains the same. Except,
00:28they now have the option for these crazy 6 core 10th gen Intel CPUs. These are extremely
00:34powerful. They boost up to like 4.7 gigahertz. It's the most powerful CPU that Intel's made
00:39for a 15 watt TDP. And the fact that Dell fit that CPU into this thin and light 13 inch
00:45device is pretty crazy. It is literally the only 13 inch laptop on the market right now
00:50with a 6 core CPU. It's pretty bonkers. So, I ran some benchmarks and for multi-core stuff,
00:56the scores are very good. Not only is it better than the older XPS 13 by quite a bit,
01:02it's pushing numbers that are very similar to like 15 inch gaming laptops. Like this
01:06thing is crazy good for burst multi-core performance. So, things like benchmarks are gonna do really
01:11well on this machine on like a single run. But with CPUs, like the more cores you have,
01:16the more power. But the more power you have comes more responsibility, but also comes
01:21heat. And that's where this thing starts to have problems. If you run benchmarks for an
01:26extended period of time, where the CPU is pushed hard for the entire time, like after
01:3150, maybe 60 seconds, performance starts to dip. Stuff gets hot, the clock speed drops,
01:36and just the whole idea of a 6 core CPU in such a small laptop starts to become less
01:41appealing. I tried this with Cinebench and Prime 95, so some benchmarks. I also tried
01:45it with Adobe Premiere, like I ran a render that just went for a relatively long period
01:49of time. It just cannot maintain a high boost clock for an extended period of time. Now,
01:54some of that is because of thermal constraints, because it's a 13 inch device, but it's also
01:58because it's only getting 15 watts. Like there's a lot of kind of limitations that Dell has
02:03placed on this chip because it's in this chassis. There's two ways to look at this 6 core device.
02:09If you compare it to the previous model of the XPS 13, it is better, even if you take
02:14into account all the thermal limitations. But if you look at this 6 core XPS 13, and
02:19you imagine what it could have been if they pumped more wattage into it, and they revamped
02:23the thermal system to take advantage of the processor, it could have been a lot better,
02:28especially because there are other companies out there that are making 14 and 15 inch laptops
02:33that can cool this chip quite well. But as it stands, if you want a 6 core CPU in a 13
02:38inch device, the XPS 13 is a, well, it's the only option. I will say, if you are a developer
02:44and your compile time isn't like super long, I think this is a pretty decent fit if you
02:48can afford it. And again, I don't want to take away from the regular configurations
02:55of the XPS 13. Like this is specifically a commentary about the 6 core version. The regular
03:01stuff, I'll post a link to it below, but I've done reviews on the more cheaper configurations.
03:07It's an excellent device. I just don't know if the 6 core CPU is a particularly good fit
03:11for this chassis. Okay. Hope you guys enjoyed this video. Thumbs if you liked it, subs if
03:15you loved it. See you guys next time.