Dell Precision 14 3490
Dell Precision 14 3490 - Specs
- HDD/SSD
- up to 4000GB SSD
- M.2 Slot
- 1x 2230 M.2 NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 See photo
- RAM
- up to 64GB
- OS
- Windows 10 Pro, Windows 11 Pro, Windows 11 Home
- Battery
- 54Wh
- Body material
- Plastic / Polycarbonate, Carbon
- Dimensions
- 321.35 x 212 x 19.06 - 21.04 mm (12.65" x 8.35" x 0.75")
- Weight
- 1.40 kg (3.1 lbs)
- Ports and connectivity
- 1x USB Type-A
- 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps)
- 1x USB Type-A
- 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps), Sleep and Charge
- 2x USB Type-C
- 4.0, Thunderbolt 4, Power Delivery (PD), DisplayPort
- HDMI
- 2.1
- Card reader
- microSD (microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC)
- Ethernet LAN
- 10, 100, 1000 Mbit/s
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 6E
- Bluetooth
- 5.3
- Audio jack
- 3.5mm Combo Jack
- Features
- Fingerprint reader
- optional
- Web camera
- FHD IR with Ambient Light Sensor, Express Sign-In with Presence Detection and Intelligent Privacy
- Backlit keyboard
- optional
- Microphone
- Digital Array Microphones
- Speakers
- 2x 2.5W Stereo Speakers, Waves MaxxAudio
- Optical drive
- Security Lock slot
- Wedge Lock
All Dell Precision 14 3490 configurations
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Office Work
Office Work should be used mostly by users who spend most of the time looking at pieces of text, tables or just surfing. This profile aims to deliver better distinctness and clarity by keeping a flat gamma curve (2.20), native color temperature and perceptually accurate colors.
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CPU performance
Here you can find the price/performance difference between all the CPUs that come in the Dell Precision 14 3490 series.
Here, we evaluate the CPU's performance using a real-world 3D rendering task, assessing its ability to handle complex computations and rendering workloads efficiently.
Results are from the Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core test (higher is better)
GPU performance
Here you can find the price/performance difference between all the GPUs that come in the Dell Precision 14 3490 series.
The results are from 3DMark Time Spy (Graphics). Higher is better.
Dell Precision 14 3490 in-depth review
The Dell Precision 14 3490 is the smaller version of the Precision 3590 that we already reviewed. The latter is a good office machine with pleasant comfort under load. The 3490 model is offered with the same hardware as its bigger sibling. This means Intel Meteor Lake processors with 15W or 28W base power and an optional NVIDIA RTX 500 Ada Generation dGPU. We picked a laptop with the latter plus a Core Ultra 7 155H - that sounds like a pretty potent combination for such a small notebook. We are curious to see how good the cooling will be when it has to tame such internals fitted into a compact[...]
Pros
- The fan is almost quiet under long CPU loads ()
- Pretty solid chassis
- Comfortable keyboard
- PWM-free (BOE0A95)
- Wide viewing angles (BOE0A95)
- 2x SODIMMs
- Up-to-date port selection with 2x Thunderbolt 4 ports + HDMI 2.1 + LAN
- Long battery life (around 9 hours of videos on a single charge)
- Web camera with a privacy shutter
- Optional Fingerprint reader, IR camera, keyboard backlight, NFC, Nano SIM slot, and SmartCard reader
- Good comfort under max CPU loads
- The CPU can sustain high clocks in short and medium loads (~3.00 GHz / 2.45 GHz for the P and E cores)
- The bottom plate can be easily pried
- The 1TB Samsung PM9C1a is fast for a 2230 NVMe drive
Cons
- Pricey
- The NVMe gets hot during benchmarking - 79°C
- Too many optional goodies
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