Dell XPS 13 Linux Laptop Against Other Lenovo/ASUS Fedora Laptops Tests for a future article on Phoronix by Michael Larabel. Dell XPS 13: Processor: Intel Core i7-8550U @ 4.00GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: Dell 0H0VG3 (1.0.2 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v6/7th, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: PM961 NVMe SAMSUNG 256GB, Graphics: Intel UHD 620 3072MB (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC3271, Network: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless OS: Fedora 28, Kernel: 4.17.6-200.fc28.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.2, Display Server: Wayland, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.0.5, Compiler: GCC 8.1.1 20180712, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 ThinkPad X1 Carbon: Processor: Intel Core i7-5600U @ 3.20GHz (2 Cores / 4 Threads), Motherboard: LENOVO 20BSCTO1WW (N14ET25W 1.03 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U-OPI, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 128GB SAMSUNG MZNTE128, Graphics: Intel HD 5500 3072MB (950MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Network: Intel Connection + Intel Wireless 7265 OS: Fedora 28, Kernel: 4.17.6-200.fc28.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.2, Display Server: Wayland, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.0.5, Compiler: GCC 8.1.1 20180712, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 ASUS UX301LAA: Processor: Intel Core i7-4558U @ 3.30GHz (2 Cores / 4 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS UX301LAA v1.0 (UX301LAA.209 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Haswell-ULT DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 2 x 128GB SanDisk SD6SP1M1, Graphics: Intel Haswell 1536MB (1200MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio, Monitor: LQ133T1JW14, Network: Intel Wireless 7260 OS: Fedora 28, Kernel: 4.17.6-200.fc28.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.2, Display Server: Wayland, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.0.5, Compiler: GCC 8.1.1 20180712, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 ASUS UX32VDA: Processor: Intel Core i7-3517U @ 3.00GHz (2 Cores / 4 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS UX32VDA v1.0 (UX32VDA.203 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 3584MB, Disk: 2 x 128GB SanDisk SD5SF212, Graphics: Intel Ivybridge Mobile 1536MB (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC269VB, Network: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235 OS: Fedora 28, Kernel: 4.17.6-200.fc28.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.2, Display Server: Wayland, OpenGL: 4.2 Mesa 18.0.5, Compiler: GCC 8.1.1 20180712, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Timed Idle CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Dell XPS 13 ........ MIN: 37.0 AVG: 41.4 MAX: 47.0 ThinkPad X1 Carbon . MIN: 30.0 AVG: 31.8 MAX: 34.0 ASUS UX301LAA ...... MIN: 36.0 AVG: 38.6 MAX: 42.0 ASUS UX32VDA ....... MIN: 39.0 AVG: 42.6 MAX: 50.0 Timed Idle System Power Consumption Monitor Milliwatts < Lower Is Better Dell XPS 13 ........ MIN: 3928 AVG: 4143 MAX: 5410 ThinkPad X1 Carbon . MIN: 5563 AVG: 5614 MAX: 5905 ASUS UX301LAA ...... MIN: 11022 AVG: 11099 MAX: 11488 ASUS UX32VDA ....... MIN: 4168 AVG: 10163 MAX: 18988 Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Dell XPS 13 ........ 53.43 |=================================================== ThinkPad X1 Carbon . 39.66 |====================================== ASUS UX301LAA ...... 28.77 |=========================== ASUS UX32VDA ....... 32.15 |=============================== Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Dell XPS 13 ........ 2.16 |==================================================== ThinkPad X1 Carbon . 2.04 |================================================= ASUS UX301LAA ...... 0.96 |======================= ASUS UX32VDA ....... 1.17 |============================ Tesseract 2014-05-12 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Dell XPS 13 ........ MIN: 37.0 AVG: 65.0 MAX: 75.0 ThinkPad X1 Carbon . MIN: 30.0 AVG: 50.5 MAX: 68.0 ASUS UX301LAA ...... MIN: 37.0 AVG: 60.1 MAX: 70.0 ASUS UX32VDA ....... MIN: 46.0 AVG: 62.2 MAX: 70.0 Tesseract 2014-05-12 System Power Consumption Monitor Milliwatts < Lower Is Better Dell XPS 13 ........ MIN: 4056 AVG: 24793 MAX: 32017 ThinkPad X1 Carbon . MIN: 5580 AVG: 19418 MAX: 24598 ASUS UX301LAA ...... MIN: 10189 AVG: 29915 MAX: 47829 ASUS UX32VDA ....... MIN: 9183 AVG: 27381 MAX: 30155 GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Windowed Points > Higher Is Better Dell XPS 13 ........ 36992 |=================================================== ThinkPad X1 Carbon . 28908 |======================================== ASUS UX301LAA ...... 24025 |================================= ASUS UX32VDA ....... 33518 |============================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Windowed Points Per Watt > Higher Is Better Dell XPS 13 ........ 1528.93 |================================================= ThinkPad X1 Carbon . 1465.80 |=============================================== ASUS UX301LAA ...... 615.30 |==================== ASUS UX32VDA ....... 1086.70 |=================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Dell XPS 13 ........ MIN: 48.0 AVG: 63.7 MAX: 67.0 ThinkPad X1 Carbon . MIN: 42.0 AVG: 53.2 MAX: 55.0 ASUS UX301LAA ...... MIN: 49.0 AVG: 69.6 MAX: 76.0 ASUS UX32VDA ....... MIN: 55.0 AVG: 68.6 MAX: 72.0 GpuTest 0.7.0 System Power Consumption Monitor Milliwatts < Lower Is Better Dell XPS 13 ........ MIN: 4682 AVG: 24195 MAX: 26491 ThinkPad X1 Carbon . MIN: 8848 AVG: 19722 MAX: 22063 ASUS UX301LAA ...... MIN: 10622 AVG: 39046 MAX: 47585 ASUS UX32VDA ....... MIN: 9708 AVG: 30844 MAX: 37621 7-Zip Compression 16.02 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Dell XPS 13 ........ 18067 |=================================================== ThinkPad X1 Carbon . 9795 |============================ ASUS UX301LAA ...... 10656 |============================== ASUS UX32VDA ....... 9305 |========================== 7-Zip Compression 16.02 Compress Speed Test MIPS Per Watt > Higher Is Better Dell XPS 13 ........ 824.18 |================================================== ThinkPad X1 Carbon . 524.79 |================================ ASUS UX301LAA ...... 340.69 |===================== ASUS UX32VDA ....... 371.36 |======================= 7-Zip Compression 16.02 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Dell XPS 13 ........ MIN: 49 AVG: 68 MAX: 82 ThinkPad X1 Carbon . MIN: 43 AVG: 64 MAX: 73 ASUS UX301LAA ...... MIN: 51 AVG: 78 MAX: 83 ASUS UX32VDA ....... MIN: 57 AVG: 72 MAX: 75 7-Zip Compression 16.02 System Power Consumption Monitor Milliwatts < Lower Is Better Dell XPS 13 ........ MIN: 4889 AVG: 21921 MAX: 43249 ThinkPad X1 Carbon . MIN: 8842 AVG: 18664 MAX: 21801 ASUS UX301LAA ...... MIN: 10733 AVG: 31277 MAX: 34054 ASUS UX32VDA ....... MIN: 9842 AVG: 25056 MAX: 27468 VP9 libvpx Encoding 1.7.0 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Dell XPS 13 . MIN: 46.0 AVG: 46.5 MAX: 47.0 FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.2 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Dell XPS 13 ........ 9.32 |=============================== ThinkPad X1 Carbon . 13.66 |============================================= ASUS UX301LAA ...... 12.62 |========================================== ASUS UX32VDA ....... 15.34 |=================================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.2 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Dell XPS 13 ........ MIN: 44 AVG: 60 MAX: 86 ThinkPad X1 Carbon . MIN: 42 AVG: 57 MAX: 68 ASUS UX301LAA ...... MIN: 51 AVG: 66 MAX: 71 ASUS UX32VDA ....... MIN: 53 AVG: 62 MAX: 68 FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.2 System Power Consumption Monitor Milliwatts < Lower Is Better Dell XPS 13 ........ MIN: 4380 AVG: 20344 MAX: 24467 ThinkPad X1 Carbon . MIN: 7915 AVG: 14688 MAX: 16663 ASUS UX301LAA ...... MIN: 11000 AVG: 21735 MAX: 23476 ASUS UX32VDA ....... MIN: 10981 AVG: 18936 MAX: 20416 PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score > Higher Is Better Dell XPS 13 ........ 628004 |================================================== ThinkPad X1 Carbon . 474785 |====================================== ASUS UX301LAA ...... 481832 |====================================== ASUS UX32VDA ....... 341789 |=========================== PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score Per Watt > Higher Is Better Dell XPS 13 ........ 30904.88 |================================================ ThinkPad X1 Carbon . 30198.33 |=============================================== ASUS UX301LAA ...... 21283.96 |================================= ASUS UX32VDA ....... 17936.21 |============================ PHPBench 0.8.1 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Dell XPS 13 ........ MIN: 47 AVG: 69 MAX: 87 ThinkPad X1 Carbon . MIN: 40 AVG: 67 MAX: 72 ASUS UX301LAA ...... MIN: 47 AVG: 65 MAX: 74 ASUS UX32VDA ....... MIN: 50 AVG: 66 MAX: 69 PHPBench 0.8.1 System Power Consumption Monitor Milliwatts < Lower Is Better Dell XPS 13 ........ MIN: 4562 AVG: 20321 MAX: 23654 ThinkPad X1 Carbon . MIN: 7770 AVG: 15722 MAX: 18628 ASUS UX301LAA ...... MIN: 10522 AVG: 22638 MAX: 24741 ASUS UX32VDA ....... MIN: 10818 AVG: 19056 MAX: 20276 PyBench 2018-02-16 Total For Average Test Times Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Dell XPS 13 ........ 1342 |============================== ThinkPad X1 Carbon . 1876 |=========================================== ASUS UX301LAA ...... 1821 |========================================= ASUS UX32VDA ....... 2294 |==================================================== PyBench 2018-02-16 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Dell XPS 13 ........ MIN: 47.0 AVG: 62.5 MAX: 66.0 ThinkPad X1 Carbon . MIN: 41.0 AVG: 70.2 MAX: 74.0 ASUS UX301LAA ...... MIN: 48.0 AVG: 71.0 MAX: 74.0 ASUS UX32VDA ....... MIN: 46.0 AVG: 67.4 MAX: 70.0 PyBench 2018-02-16 System Power Consumption Monitor Milliwatts < Lower Is Better Dell XPS 13 ........ MIN: 4551 AVG: 19940 MAX: 23298 ThinkPad X1 Carbon . MIN: 8935 AVG: 17553 MAX: 19181 ASUS UX301LAA ...... MIN: 10844 AVG: 24351 MAX: 25274 ASUS UX32VDA ....... MIN: 9790 AVG: 19829 MAX: 20890 Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.13 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Dell XPS 13 ........ 199.18 |======================= ThinkPad X1 Carbon . 400.74 |============================================== ASUS UX301LAA ...... 323.85 |===================================== ASUS UX32VDA ....... 437.63 |================================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.13 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Dell XPS 13 ........ MIN: 46 AVG: 68 MAX: 81 ThinkPad X1 Carbon . MIN: 45 AVG: 64 MAX: 74 ASUS UX301LAA ...... MIN: 47 AVG: 87 MAX: 91 ASUS UX32VDA ....... MIN: 46 AVG: 75 MAX: 78 Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.13 System Power Consumption Monitor Milliwatts < Lower Is Better Dell XPS 13 ........ MIN: 4397 AVG: 22420 MAX: 40489 ThinkPad X1 Carbon . MIN: 9066 AVG: 19258 MAX: 22748 ASUS UX301LAA ...... MIN: 10633 AVG: 36503 MAX: 38528 ASUS UX32VDA ....... MIN: 9827 AVG: 28020 MAX: 30288 C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Dell XPS 13 ........ 28.19 |==================== ThinkPad X1 Carbon . 61.75 |=========================================== ASUS UX301LAA ...... 52.97 |===================================== ASUS UX32VDA ....... 73.03 |=================================================== C-Ray 1.1 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Dell XPS 13 ........ MIN: 50 AVG: 70 MAX: 85 ThinkPad X1 Carbon . MIN: 47 AVG: 69 MAX: 78 ASUS UX301LAA ...... MIN: 53 AVG: 84 MAX: 88 ASUS UX32VDA ....... MIN: 51 AVG: 73 MAX: 75 C-Ray 1.1 System Power Consumption Monitor Milliwatts < Lower Is Better Dell XPS 13 ........ MIN: 4503 AVG: 21749 MAX: 37488 ThinkPad X1 Carbon . MIN: 9215 AVG: 18385 MAX: 21065 ASUS UX301LAA ...... MIN: 11655 AVG: 33657 MAX: 34687 ASUS UX32VDA ....... MIN: 10448 AVG: 24180 MAX: 25544 Stockfish 9 Total Time Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better Dell XPS 13 ........ 7282595 |================================================= ThinkPad X1 Carbon . 3624360 |======================== ASUS UX301LAA ...... 4551110 |=============================== ASUS UX32VDA ....... 3914618 |========================== Stockfish 9 Total Time Nodes Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better Dell XPS 13 ........ 321336.84 |=============================================== ThinkPad X1 Carbon . 194269.23 |============================ ASUS UX301LAA ...... 116423.68 |================= ASUS UX32VDA ....... 132687.80 |=================== Stockfish 9 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Dell XPS 13 ........ MIN: 41 AVG: 70 MAX: 87 ThinkPad X1 Carbon . MIN: 44 AVG: 66 MAX: 77 ASUS UX301LAA ...... MIN: 52 AVG: 92 MAX: 96 ASUS UX32VDA ....... MIN: 54 AVG: 77 MAX: 79 Stockfish 9 System Power Consumption Monitor Milliwatts < Lower Is Better Dell XPS 13 ........ MIN: 5073 AVG: 22663 MAX: 44988 ThinkPad X1 Carbon . MIN: 8418 AVG: 18656 MAX: 22187 ASUS UX301LAA ...... MIN: 11377 AVG: 39091 MAX: 40270 ASUS UX32VDA ....... MIN: 10670 AVG: 29502 MAX: 30969 libjpeg-turbo tjbench 1.5.3 Test: Decompression Throughput Megapixels/sec > Higher Is Better Dell XPS 13 ........ 173.67 |================================================== ThinkPad X1 Carbon . 133.68 |====================================== ASUS UX301LAA ...... 136.49 |======================================= ASUS UX32VDA ....... 117.62 |================================== libjpeg-turbo tjbench 1.5.3 Test: Decompression Throughput Megapixels/sec Per Watt > Higher Is Better Dell XPS 13 ........ 9.90 |============================================= ThinkPad X1 Carbon . 11.34 |=================================================== ASUS UX301LAA ...... 6.23 |============================ ASUS UX32VDA ....... 6.24 |============================ libjpeg-turbo tjbench 1.5.3 CPU Temperature Monitor Celsius < Lower Is Better Dell XPS 13 ........ MIN: 49.0 AVG: 58.8 MAX: 62.0 ThinkPad X1 Carbon . MIN: 45.0 AVG: 54.9 MAX: 69.0 ASUS UX301LAA ...... MIN: 57.0 AVG: 63.9 MAX: 73.0 ASUS UX32VDA ....... MIN: 51.0 AVG: 64.0 MAX: 70.0 libjpeg-turbo tjbench 1.5.3 System Power Consumption Monitor Milliwatts < Lower Is Better Dell XPS 13 ........ MIN: 4905 AVG: 17539 MAX: 21181 ThinkPad X1 Carbon . MIN: 9007 AVG: 11791 MAX: 13755 ASUS UX301LAA ...... MIN: 11799 AVG: 21907 MAX: 25019 ASUS UX32VDA ....... MIN: 10759 AVG: 18858 MAX: 21904 GIMP 2.8.22 Test: unsharp-mask Seconds < Lower Is Better Dell XPS 13 ........ 10.92 |============================== ThinkPad X1 Carbon . 15.09 |========================================== ASUS UX301LAA ...... 15.39 |=========================================== ASUS UX32VDA ....... 18.34 |=================================================== GIMP 2.8.22 Test: resize Seconds < Lower Is Better Dell XPS 13 ........ 3.12 |================================ ThinkPad X1 Carbon . 4.12 |=========================================== ASUS UX301LAA ...... 4.02 |========================================== ASUS UX32VDA ....... 5.00 |==================================================== GIMP 2.8.22 Test: auto-levels Seconds < Lower Is Better Dell XPS 13 ........ 5.68 |================================ ThinkPad X1 Carbon . 7.52 |=========================================== ASUS UX301LAA ...... 7.56 |=========================================== ASUS UX32VDA ....... 9.17 |==================================================== CPU Temperature Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Celsius Dell XPS 13 ........ MIN: 37 AVG: 63 MAX: 87 ThinkPad X1 Carbon . MIN: 30 AVG: 60 MAX: 78 ASUS UX301LAA ...... MIN: 37 AVG: 79 MAX: 96 ASUS UX32VDA ....... MIN: 40 AVG: 71 MAX: 79 System Power Consumption Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Milliwatts Dell XPS 13 ........ MIN: 3927 AVG: 18597 MAX: 44988 ThinkPad X1 Carbon . MIN: 5547 AVG: 17111 MAX: 24598 ASUS UX301LAA ...... MIN: 9890 AVG: 32450 MAX: 47829 ASUS UX32VDA ....... MIN: 9168 AVG: 25617 MAX: 37621