Dell XPS 15 9560 vs. Dell XPS 15 7590 (with mitigations on/off) Testing my two laptops with spectre and meltdown mitigations on and off 7590 / Mitigations On: Processor: Intel Core i9-9980HK @ 5.00GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: Dell 0T8KGX (1.5.0 BIOS), Memory: 32GB, Disk: SSDPEMKF010T8 NVMe INTEL 1024GB, Graphics: i915drmfb, Audio: Realtek ALC3266 OS: Clear Linux OS 29390, Kernel: 5.5.8-arch1-1 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 9.1.1 20190512 gcc-9-branch@271104 + Clang 8.0.0 + LLVM 8.0.0, File-System: overlayfs, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160, System Layer: Docker 9560 / Mitigations On: Processor: Intel Core i5-7300HQ @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Dell 0YV12N (1.18.0 BIOS), Memory: 32GB, Disk: PC300 NVMe SK hynix 256GB, Graphics: i915drmfb, Audio: Realtek ALC3266 OS: Clear Linux OS 29390, Kernel: 5.5.8-arch1-1 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 9.1.1 20190512 gcc-9-branch@271104 + Clang 8.0.0 + LLVM 8.0.0, File-System: overlayfs, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160, System Layer: Docker Timed Idle Time To Idle (In Minutes): 1 7590 / Mitigations On . PASS 9560 / Mitigations On . PASS