Dell Latitude 15 5530 – Top 5 Pros and Cons

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Vanaf: Severin Kolakov 20 Juni 2022 / 04:58 0

The Dell Latitude 15 model once again graces us with its presence, this time delivering its 2022 Alder Lake version, which bears the name Latitude 15 5530.

It is the second laptop, to feature an Alder Lake U-series processor, so it would be interesting to see if Dell can present better value for the consumer since the Aspire 5’s Core i3-1215U was decently slower than AMD’s last-gen competition. Let’s see how this one fares, and what its most polarizing qualities are.

Today we present you with LaptopMedia’s top 5 picks about the Dell Latitude 15 5530.

Dell Latitude 15 5530: Full Specs / In-depth Review

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Dell Latitude 15 5530

Processor: Intel Core i7-1265U
Videokaart: Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)
RAM: 32GB RAM
STORAGE: 512GB SSD

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Dell Latitude 5530

Processor: Intel Core i5-1235U
Videokaart: Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU)
RAM: 16GB RAM
STORAGE: 512GB SSD

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Dell Latitude 5530

Processor: Intel Core i5-1235U
Videokaart: Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU)
RAM: 16GB RAM
STORAGE: 256GB SSD

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4 reasons to BUY the Dell Latitude 15 5530

1. I/O

The laptop comes with really good I/O coverage, which consists of two USB Type-A 3.2 (Gen. 1) ports, two USB Type-C 4.0 ports, which also support Thunderbolt 4, an HDMI 2.0 port, a MicroSD card reader, an Ethernet port, and a 3.5 mm audio jack.

2. Upgradeability

In terms of upgradeability, there are two SODIMM slots that fit up to 64GB of DDR4 RAM, despite Alder Lake supporting DDR5 memory. For a laptop that has a starting price that is north of $1,500, there is a lot to be desired. In terms of storage, you have two M.2 PCIe SSD slots, one of which can fit Gen 4 drives.

Here is our detailed teardown video, which shows how to access both the RAM and the SSD slots.

3. Battery life

The laptop comes with a well-sized 58Wh battery pack, which lasts for 11 hours and 7 minutes of Web browsing, or 8 hours and 33 minutes of video playback, which will totally last through a whole day. Now, we conduct the battery tests with the Windows Better performance setting turned on, screen brightness adjusted to 120 nits, and all other programs turned off except for the one we are testing the notebook with.

4. Performance

The Core i5-1235U that this laptop relies on comes with 10 cores and 12 threads. There are only 2 Performance cores with hyperthreading and 8 Efficiency cores without hyperthreading.

CPU benchmarks

Compared to last-gen CPUs, and especially its Tiger Lake counterpart, the Core i5-1135G7, the new 12th Gen Core i5 scores decently higher than all of them, including the Core i7-1165G7. Below are benchmark results in both Cinebench 20 and Adobe Photoshop. In the latter, the CPU is especially quick, finishing the benchmark in just 4.75 seconds.

3D Rendering

De resultaten zijn afkomstig van de Cinebench R23 CPU-test (hoe hoger de score, hoe beter)

Intel Core i5-1235U Dell Latitude 5530

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7449

Intel Core i5-1135G7 Dell Latitude 5520

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5681

Intel Core i5-1135G7 Lenovo ThinkPad L15 Gen 2

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4958

Intel Core i7-1165G7 ASUS ExpertBook B1 B1500

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5908

1 reason NOT to buy the Dell Latitude 15 5530

1. Display quality

The laptop offers three display options, but we’ll focus on the one that we tested. The 15.6-inch Full HD IPS panel that we reviewed comes with comfortable viewing angles, a max brightness of 306 nits in the middle of the screen, 286 nits as an average for the whole area, a maximum deviation of 10%, and a contrast ratio of 1240:1. In terms of color coverage, the laptop could be much better, considering the price tag, which we mentioned above. The panel covers only about 50% of the sRGB color gamut, while the accuracy also struggled a bit.

We tried applying our Design and Gaming profile, but it didn’t lower the dE value enough, only to about 3.9 which is far from acceptable. Here are the results of the accuracy test with both the stock settings (left) and with our profile applied (right).

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Since our profiles are tailored for each individual display model, this article and its respective profile package are meant for Dell Latitude 15 5530 configurations with 15.6″ FHD IPS BOE 1DW1M-NV15N4V (BOE0A86).

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Office Work

Office Work is voornamelijk bedoeld voor gebruikers die de meeste tijd besteden aan het bekijken van teksten, tabellen of gewoon surfen. Dit profiel streeft naar een betere onderscheidbaarheid en helderheid door een vlakke gammacurve (2.20), native kleurtemperatuur en perceptueel accurate kleuren te behouden.

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Design and Gaming

Dit profiel is bedoeld voor ontwerpers die professioneel met kleuren werken, maar ook voor games en films. Design and Gaming haalt het uiterste uit beeldschermen, waardoor ze zo nauwkeurig mogelijk zijn in de sRGB IEC61966-2-1 norm voor Web en HDTV, met witpunt D65.

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Health-Guard

Health-Guard elimineert de schadelijke Pulsbreedtemodulatie (PWM) en vermindert het negatieve Blauwe Licht dat onze ogen en lichaam beïnvloedt. Omdat het op maat gemaakt is voor elk paneel, slaagt het erin de kleuren perceptueel accuraat te houden. Health-Guard simuleert papier zodat de druk op de ogen sterk wordt verminderd.