Dell Dell 16 16" DC16256 Midnight Blue
About This Laptop
Enhance your personal and professional productivity with a 16-inch laptop with a sleek, durable aluminum design.
- Edge-to-edge clarity: Enjoy crisp, expansive visuals on a 16-inch FHD+ display and a 16:10 aspect ratio - delivering a wide, immersive viewing experience.
- All-day comfort: Dell ComfortView helps reduce harmful blue light emissions, keeping your eyes comfortable - even during extended screen time.
- Built for virtual connection: Bring your connections to life with an FHD camera, designed with wide dynamic range and temporal noise reduction to deliver crisp, sharp images, no matter the lighting conditions.
- Keyboard: Full size keyboard with number pad for ease of use and enhanced productivity. Optional backlit keyboard is available.
- Adaptive thermals: Built-in technology allows your PC to sense when it's on a stable surface and adjusts its power and thermals to run more efficiently.
- Dell Services: 1 Year Onsite Service provides support when and where you need it. Dell will come to your home, office, or location of choice, if an issue covered by Limited Hardware Warranty cannot be resolved remotely.
Overview
Performance
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong social proof (85th percentile) 85th
- Strong cpu (78th percentile) 78th
- Strong user sentiment (78th percentile) 78th
- Strong gpu (70th percentile) 70th
Cons
- Below average compact (20th percentile) 20th
- Below average reliability (32th percentile) 32th
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 7 250 |
| Cores | 8 |
| Frequency | 5.1 GHz |
| L3 Cache | 16 MB |
Graphics
| GPU | AMD Radeon Graphics |
| Type | integrated |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 1 TB |
| Storage Type | SSD |
Display
| Size | 16" |
| Panel | IPS |
| Brightness | 300 nits |
Connectivity
| USB-C Ports | 1 |
| USB Ports | 2 |
| HDMI | HDMI 1.4 |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 6 |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| Ethernet | Gigabit Ethernet |
Physical
| Weight | 2.0 kg / 4.4 lbs |
| OS | Windows 11 Home |
vs Competition
| Spec | Dell Dell 16 16" DC16256 | Apple MacBook Pro M4 Max | ASUS ROG Flow GZ302EA-XS99 | Lenovo Legion Pro Series Legion Pro 7i Gen 10 | Samsung Galaxy Book5 Pro NP940XHA-KG3US | MSI Prestige PRE13EVOA2088 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 7 250 | Apple M4 Max | AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 | Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX | Intel Core Ultra 7 256V | Intel Core Ultra 7 258V |
| RAM (GB) | 16 | 64 | 128 | 32 | 32 | 32 |
| Storage (GB) | 1024 | 8192 | 1024 | 1024 | 1000 | 1000 |
| Screen | 16" | 14.2" 3024x1964 | 13.4" 2560x1600 | 16" 2560x1600 | 14" 2880x1800 | 13.3" 2880x1800 |
| GPU | AMD Radeon Graphics | Apple (40-Core) | AMD Radeon | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Laptop GPU | Intel Arc | Intel Arc |
| OS | Windows 11 Home | macOS | Windows 11 Pro | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home |
| Weight (kg) | 2 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 1.2 | 1 |
| Battery (Wh) | - | 72 | 70 | 99 | 15 | - |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Cpu | Gpu | Ram | Port | Screen | Compact | Storage | User Sentiment | Reliability | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dell Dell 16 16" DC16256 | 78.4 | 69.6 | 37.9 | 68.8 | 39.1 | 20.3 | 68.8 | 77.5 | 31.6 | 85.2 |
| Apple MacBook Pro M4 Max Compare | 91.5 | 18.5 | 96.3 | 79.9 | 98.9 | 66.8 | 99.7 | 94.1 | 96 | 99.2 |
| ASUS ROG Flow GZ302EA-XS99 Compare | 95.1 | 80.2 | 99.9 | 77.5 | 89.2 | 92.7 | 81.1 | 0 | 57.9 | 99.2 |
| Lenovo Legion Pro Series Legion Pro 7i Gen 10 Compare | 96.6 | 90 | 90.2 | 98.1 | 94.3 | 8.5 | 81.1 | 94.1 | 78.1 | 99.2 |
| Samsung Galaxy Book5 Pro NP940XHA-KG3US Compare | 66.4 | 64.2 | 80.8 | 66.7 | 93.2 | 85 | 73.2 | 88.7 | 78.1 | 94.4 |
| MSI Prestige PRE13EVOA2088 Compare | 63.1 | 64.2 | 80.8 | 83.3 | 90 | 95.3 | 73.2 | 94.1 | 57.9 | 87.5 |
Usage Scores
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