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Dell Precision 5540 15.6"

Mobile Workstation

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Dell Precision 5540 is an ultra-thin 15.6-inch mobile workstation that shares its chassis with the XPS 15 7590. Like the consumer-oriented model, the Precision 5540 offers 4K OLED display and 4K IGZO touchscreen options.

Under the hood, the Precision 5540 is powered by 9th-gen Intel Core H-series or Xeon E processors as well as NVIDIA Quadro graphics up to Quadro T2000. It also supports up to 64GB of DDR4 memory and up to 4TB of PCIe SSD. As a workstation, the new compact 15.6-inch Precision comes with Thunderbolt 3 and WiFi 6 connectivity options.

All of these are packed inside a slim chassis just under 2/3 of an inch thin. The InfinityEdge display allows the Precision 5540 to fit a 15.6-inch display in a chassis of a 14-inch device from yesteryear. With the 97Wh battery option, the Precision 5540 also offers a level of portability rarely seen in a mobile workstation.

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What we found

Pros

Gorgeous 4K OLED display
Slim, slim design
Excellent battery life

Cons

Not as powerful as the XPS 15

What external reviewers found

External score 70%

Pros

Good system performance
Gorgeous OLED display
Decent battery life
Strong performance
Low energy consumption

Cons

Lackluster graphics performance
No Thunderbolt 3 port
No Thunderbolt 3

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External Reviews

laptopmag^[1]

Reviewer score 75% (normalized by Neofiliac)

Reviewers from laptopmag have found:

The Dell Precision 5540 has an Intel Core i9-9980HK processor and 32GB of RAM. It transcoded a 4K video to 1080p in just 8 minutes and 30 seconds on our HandBrake benchmark. Dell's 512GB SSD copied 4.97GB of data in just 7 seconds, translating to 727 MBps.

Pros

Gorgeous OLED display
Strong performance
Long battery life

Cons

No Thunderbolt 3 port
Lackluster graphics performance

notebookcheck^[2]

Reviewer score 65% (normalized by Neofiliac)

Reviewers from notebookcheck have found:

Dell has equipped the Precision 5540 with a 512-GB SK Hynix SSD. While we were able to record good read and write speeds in our storage benchmarks, it cannot quite keep up with the storage solutions of competing models. During daily use, the workstation offers smooth system operation and fast application start-up.

Pros

Matte IPS display
Decent battery life
Good system performance
Low energy consumption

Cons

No Thunderbolt 3

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References

^ Dell Precision 5540 review. [laptopmag].
^ Dell Precision 5540 in Review: Workstation Doubles as a Hand Warmer. [notebookcheck].

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