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Dell Precision 5550 15-inch

Mobile Workstation

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Dell Precision 5550 is the mobile workstation version of the company's premium laptop, the XPS 15 9500. It offers a Xeon W-10855M CPU option and ECC memory support as well as Turing Quadro GPUs instead of the GeForce graphics found in the consumer XPS 15.

Like the consumer version, the Precision 5550 is a gorgeous device with virtually no bezel around the 15.6-inch display, which is available in FHD+ or 4K. Both come with a pleasing 16:10 aspect ratio.

For a marginally larger footprint, Dell has also debuted the Precision 5750, the first 17-inch mobile workstation from the company that focuses on portability besides performance.

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What we found

Pros

Very fast WLAN transfer rates for a workstation
Slim bezels
Fast SD card reader
Long battery life

Cons

Below-average CPU performance when gaming
High power consumption when gaming

What external reviewers found

External score 74%

Pros

Good battery life
Fast Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.1 connectivity
Fast SD card reader

Cons

No Thunderbolt 3
CPU throttling when gaming

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	FHD+	4K

External Reviews

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Reviewer score 74% (normalized by Neofiliac)

Reviewers from notebookcheck have found:

The chassis is identical to the XPS 15 9500 but in a darker matte gray tone instead of silver. The metal bottom panel is slightly more difficult to remove than on last year's Precision 5540. The Intel AX201 comes standard for Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.1 connectivity. A three-year limited warranty comes standard.

Pros

Fast Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.1 connectivity
Fast SD card reader
Good battery life

Cons

CPU throttling when gaming
No Thunderbolt 3

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^ Dell Precision 5550 Workstation Review: The XPS 15 For Professionals. [notebookcheck].

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