Dell XPS 15 9520 (2022)
gaming
2022
15.6"
dGPU
⏱ ~6h
⚖️ 1.85 kg
⚖️ balanced
LB Score
68
out of 100
Fit for you
49/100
✚ Strong: fit_performance
⚠ Weak: fit_reliability
Your focus
Performance 20%
Mobility 20%
Reliability 20%
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Profile
vs medianCPU
58
Core i5-12500H
GPU
63
RAM max
64 GB
DDR5
Battery
56 Wh
~6h
Price
$798
market
Age
4 years
2022
📌 Quick verdict
Overall score 68/100. Strongest suit — Light office (95), weakest — Portability (45).
✓ Strengths
Light office (95) · Photo & design (89)
Money & ownership
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Cost to own
Buying at listing price $798, 2-year horizon — price minus projected resale, spread over months.
≈ $12/mo
Money could earn
Keeping the $798 price invested at 4.16%/yr (US Treasury 3-month bill, as of Oct 30, 2026) over 2 years instead of buying.
≈ $2.8/mo
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💰 Price trend
📉 Loses ~$266/year (15%).
Dashed segment is a model forecast, not observed listings.
Specs in context
LB Score
68
CPU score
58
Mainstream tier
GPU score
63
High tier
RAM max
64 GB
Professional
Weight
1.85 kg
Standard
Battery
56 Wh
Standard
Bars show where each spec sits on the site-wide level scale (same thresholds as the quick verdict). For weight, shorter bars mean a lighter laptop.
CPU generation
12th generation · model year 2022 — matches the model year
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Full specifications
- Brand
- Dell
- Series
- XPS 13/14/15/16/17
- Type
- Gaming
- Release year
- 2022≈
- Screen size
- 15.6"
- Resolution
- 1920x1200
- Panel type
- ips
- Color gamut (sRGB)
- 100%
- Processor
- Intel Core i5 12500H , Intel Core i7 12700H , Intel Core i9 12900HK
- RAM (max)
- 64 GB DDR5-4800
- Memory slots
- 2
- Memory configuration
- 1x8 GB
- Storage interface
- PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
- Storage slots
- 2
- Weight
- 1.85 kg
- Ports
- 3
- Thunderbolt
- ✓
- Battery
- 56 Wh
Configuration options
Available model options · 22 variants across 7 categories
🖥 Displays (3)
1920 x 1200
3456 x 2160
3840 x 2400
• Igpu (1)
Intel Iris Xe Graphics
🔋 Batteries (2)
56 Wh
86 Wh
⚙ Processors (3)
Intel Core i5 12500H
Intel Core i7 12700H
Intel Core i9 12900HK
🎮 Graphics (3)
GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile 4GB
GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile 4GB
GeForce RTX 3050 4GB
🔲 Memory (4)
8GB
16GB
32GB
64GB
💾 Storage (6)
256GB
512GB
1024GB
2048GB
4096GB
8192GB
Performance metrics
Performance
64
Portability
45
Light office
95
Gaming
61
Creative
70
Energy efficiency
72
Connectivity
68
Value
50
Color accuracy
85
Processors (2)
🎮 Gaming performance
FPS @ 1080p for the model's best GPU
| Game | Medium (1080p) | High (1080p) | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Counter-Strike 2 | — | 240 | ✓ Comfortable |
| Overwatch | — | 240 | ✓ Comfortable |
| Counter-Strike 2 | — | 170 | ✓ Comfortable |
| Valorant | — | 150 | ✓ Comfortable |
| GTA V | — | 140 | ✓ Comfortable |
| PUBG: Battlegrounds | — | 140 | ✓ Comfortable |
| Dota 2 | — | 118 | ✓ Comfortable |
| Fortnite | — | 110 | ✓ Comfortable |
| F1 2021 | 127 | 105 | ✓ Comfortable |
| Grand Theft Auto V | — | 95 | ✓ Comfortable |
| Battlefield 5 | — | 93 | ✓ Comfortable |
| Forza Horizon 4 | — | 90 | ✓ Comfortable |
| F1 23 | 109 | 87 | ✓ Comfortable |
| Forza Horizon 5 | — | 87 | ✓ Comfortable |
| F1 22 | 106 | 86 | ✓ Comfortable |
| The Witcher 3 | — | 81 | ✓ Comfortable |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | — | 71 | ✓ Comfortable |
| Far Cry 5 | 76 | 68 | ✓ Comfortable |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 44 | 66 | ✓ Comfortable |
| X-Plane 11.11 | 76 | 62 | ✓ Comfortable |
| Tiny Tina's Wonderlands | 85 | 56 | ⚠ Playable |
| Assassin's Creed Mirage | 63 | 55 | ⚠ Playable |
| Resident Evil 4 Remake | — | 50 | ⚠ Playable |
| Metro Exodus | — | 49 | ⚠ Playable |
| Cyberpunk 2077 1.6 | 64 | 46 | ⚠ Playable |
| Baldur's Gate 3 | 50 | 45 | ⚠ Playable |
| Final Fantasy XV Benchmark | 60 | 44 | ⚠ Playable |
| Returnal | 38 | 34 | ⚠ Playable |
| Avatar Frontiers of Pandora | 36 | 32 | ⚠ Playable |
💡 29 games in the database for this GPU. ✓ playable (≥60 FPS), ⚠ medium (30-59), ✗ low (<30).
💻 Software compatibility
Counter-Strike 2
✗ Weak
CPU
117%
GPU
91%
RAM
800%
Grand Theft Auto V
✓ Runs well
CPU
292%
GPU
999%
RAM
999%
Cyberpunk 2077
✓ Runs well
CPU
167%
GPU
210%
RAM
800%
Minecraft
✓ Runs well
CPU
584%
GPU
631%
RAM
999%
Fortnite
✓ Runs well
CPU
106%
GPU
394%
RAM
800%
Valorant
✓ Runs well
CPU
389%
GPU
999%
RAM
999%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
✓ Runs well
CPU
195%
GPU
252%
RAM
999%
Elden Ring
✓ Runs well
CPU
106%
GPU
131%
RAM
533%
Red Dead Redemption 2
✓ Runs well
CPU
195%
GPU
225%
RAM
800%
Apex Legends
✓ Runs well
CPU
106%
GPU
158%
RAM
999%
Hogwarts Legacy
✓ Runs well
CPU
130%
GPU
210%
RAM
400%
Dota 2
✓ Runs well
CPU
389%
GPU
999%
RAM
999%
Baldur's Gate 3
✓ Runs well
CPU
106%
GPU
180%
RAM
800%
Starfield
✗ Weak
CPU
83%
GPU
91%
RAM
400%
Call of Duty: Warzone
✓ Runs well
CPU
106%
GPU
180%
RAM
800%
League of Legends
✓ Runs well
CPU
584%
GPU
999%
RAM
999%
Sims 4
✓ Runs well
CPU
389%
GPU
999%
RAM
999%
Helldivers 2
✗ Weak
CPU
83%
GPU
97%
RAM
800%
Battlefield 5
✓ Runs well
CPU
130%
GPU
210%
RAM
800%
Far Cry 5
✓ Runs well
CPU
146%
GPU
287%
RAM
800%
Forza Horizon 4
✓ Runs well
CPU
167%
GPU
351%
RAM
800%
Forza Horizon 5
✓ Runs well
CPU
130%
GPU
180%
RAM
800%
Metro Exodus
✓ Runs well
CPU
146%
GPU
204%
RAM
800%
Overwatch
✓ Runs well
CPU
234%
GPU
999%
RAM
999%
PUBG: Battlegrounds
✓ Runs well
CPU
146%
GPU
263%
RAM
800%
Resident Evil 4 Remake
✓ Runs well
CPU
117%
GPU
154%
RAM
800%
Escape from Tarkov
✓ Runs well
CPU
195%
GPU
252%
RAM
800%
God of War
✓ Runs well
CPU
265%
GPU
263%
RAM
800%
Horizon Zero Dawn
✓ Runs well
CPU
265%
GPU
210%
RAM
800%
Death Stranding
✓ Runs well
CPU
234%
GPU
204%
RAM
800%
Control
✓ Runs well
CPU
195%
GPU
210%
RAM
800%
Doom Eternal
✓ Runs well
CPU
265%
GPU
316%
RAM
800%
Batman: Arkham Knight
✓ Runs well
CPU
324%
GPU
316%
RAM
999%
Hitman 3
✓ Runs well
CPU
265%
GPU
316%
RAM
800%
Flight Simulator 2020
✓ Runs well
CPU
209%
GPU
252%
RAM
800%
Watch Dogs Legion
✓ Runs well
CPU
209%
GPU
263%
RAM
800%
Borderlands 3
✓ Runs well
CPU
234%
GPU
225%
RAM
999%
Anno 1800
✓ Runs well
CPU
195%
GPU
316%
RAM
800%
Rainbow Six Siege
✓ Runs well
CPU
487%
GPU
631%
RAM
999%
The Division 2
✓ Runs well
CPU
265%
GPU
252%
RAM
800%
Gears Tactics
✓ Runs well
CPU
234%
GPU
421%
RAM
800%
Hunt Showdown
✓ Runs well
CPU
209%
GPU
316%
RAM
999%
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands
✓ Runs well
CPU
195%
GPU
154%
RAM
800%
Mafia Definitive Edition
✓ Runs well
CPU
265%
GPU
316%
RAM
999%
Days Gone
✓ Runs well
CPU
265%
GPU
210%
RAM
800%
Ghostwire Tokyo
✓ Runs well
CPU
139%
GPU
263%
RAM
533%
Returnal
✓ Runs well
CPU
167%
GPU
158%
RAM
400%
Dying Light 2
✓ Runs well
CPU
195%
GPU
154%
RAM
800%
Resident Evil Village
✓ Runs well
CPU
167%
GPU
180%
RAM
800%
The Callisto Protocol
✓ Runs well
CPU
117%
GPU
158%
RAM
800%
Atomic Heart
✓ Runs well
CPU
182%
GPU
263%
RAM
800%
Alan Wake 2
✗ Weak
CPU
139%
GPU
97%
RAM
400%
Black Myth Wukong
✓ Runs well
CPU
117%
GPU
263%
RAM
400%
Ghost of Tsushima
✓ Runs well
CPU
117%
GPU
263%
RAM
800%
The Last of Us Part 1
✓ Runs well
CPU
117%
GPU
158%
RAM
400%
Diablo 4
✓ Runs well
CPU
265%
GPU
316%
RAM
800%
Spider-Man Miles Morales
✓ Runs well
CPU
195%
GPU
316%
RAM
800%
Star Wars Jedi Survivor
✓ Runs well
CPU
117%
GPU
115%
RAM
800%
Dead Space Remake
✓ Runs well
CPU
182%
GPU
154%
RAM
800%
Lies of P
✓ Runs well
CPU
167%
GPU
263%
RAM
800%
Sons of the Forest
✓ Runs well
CPU
117%
GPU
137%
RAM
533%
Rise of the Tomb Raider
✓ Runs well
CPU
389%
GPU
631%
RAM
999%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
✓ Runs well
CPU
324%
GPU
316%
RAM
800%
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
✓ Runs well
CPU
292%
GPU
316%
RAM
800%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
✓ Runs well
CPU
167%
GPU
263%
RAM
800%
F1 24
✓ Runs well
CPU
324%
GPU
154%
RAM
800%
Need for Speed Heat
✓ Runs well
CPU
167%
GPU
180%
RAM
800%
Civilization 6
✓ Runs well
CPU
389%
GPU
631%
RAM
999%
Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order
✓ Runs well
CPU
324%
GPU
526%
RAM
800%
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