Compare Dell Precision 5550 vs MSI Creator 17

3x Thunderbolt 3 + 1x Audio jack + 1x SD card

3x USB 3.2 Gen1 + 1x Thunderbolt 3 + 1x USB-C 3.2 Gen2 / DP + 1x RJ45 (Gigabit LAN) + 1x microSD + 1x HDMI + 1x Headphone + 1x Microphone

WiFi 6, Bluetooth 5.1

WiFi 6 + Bluetooth 5.1

56 or 86 Wh

82 Wh

IR HD fixed focus camera

HD type (30fps@720p)

Space Gray

Aluminum

Stereo woofer 2.5 W x 2 and stereo tweeter 1.5 W x 2

2x 2W Duo Wave Speaker

230.30 mm

259.4 mm

11.65 mm

20.25 mm

344.4 mm

396.1 mm

1.84 kg

16:10

17 inch

17.3 inch

IPS

100% sRGB

60 Hz

60 or 144Hz

4K UHD (3840x2160) or FHD (1920x1080)

Intel HM470

Intel UHD Graphics 630, NVIDIA Quadro T1000, or Quadro T2000

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 6GB GDDR6, RTX 2070 Max-Q 8GB GDDR6, RTX 2070 SUPER w/ Max-Q 8GB GDDR6, or RTX 2080 SUPER w/ Max-Q 8GB GDDR6

HDR1000 with miniLED

White

Single-color (white) back-lit

Windows 10 or Ubuntu Linux 18.04

Windows 10

10th-gen Intel Core i5, i7, i9 H-series or Xeon W-series

Up to 10th-gen Intel Core i9

4K panel only

1.9 mm

2x SoDIMM up to 64GB (non-ECC) or 32GB (ECC)

2x slots, Max 64GB

DDR4 2933MHz non-ECC or DDR4 2666MHz ECC

DDR4 3200 MHz

180 or 230 W Slim adapter

M.2 PCIe NVMe up to 1TB, Self encrypting SSD available

2x M.2 SSD combo (PCIe / SATA)

2020-05

2020-01 (CES 2020)