Dell Screen Sizes
Current Dell screens run from 13.3 to 18 inches (33.8 to 45.7 cm). Here is the screen size, resolution and pixel density of each model. The width and height of each screen come from Dell’s specs.
What screen size is each Dell laptop?
Source: Dell’s published spec sheets, linked in the table. Screen width and height are worked out from the diagonal and resolution.
Which Dell laptop has the biggest screen?
The Alienware 18 Area-51, at 18 inches (45.7 cm). Its screen has 83% more area than the Dell Pro 13 Premium, the smallest in the table at 13.3 inches.
Sit farther away than the last column and you will not see single pixels, with 20/20 vision.
Which screen sizes does Dell use?
Our Dell list covers six of the nine sizes in our chart. It has nothing at 11.6, 13.6 and 17.3 inches. The XPS 13 (13.4 in) is a little bigger than its chart size.
Three use the wide 16:9 shape and eleven use 16:10. At a typical 18 in46 cm, single pixels show on twelve of them and stay hidden on the other two.
- 13.3 inch: the Dell Pro 13 Premium and XPS 13, at 1920 × 1200 and 2560 × 1600.
- 14 inch: the Dell 14 Plus, Dell Pro 14 (Intel) and XPS 14, at 2560 × 1600 and 1920 × 1200.
- 15.3 inch: the Alienware 15, at 1920 × 1200.
- 15.6 inch: the Dell 15 (Intel), Dell 15 (AMD) and Dell Pro 15 Essential, at 1920 × 1080.
- 16 inch: the Dell 16 (Intel), Dell 16 Plus and Alienware 16 Aurora, at 1920 × 1200 and 2560 × 1600.
- 18 inch: the Dell Pro Max 18 Plus and Alienware 18 Area-51, at 2560 × 1600.
What Dell laptop lines are there?
Dell sells its laptops under the Dell, Dell Pro and Dell Pro Max names, plus XPS and Alienware. Plus and Premium in a name mark a higher tier within a line.
Which Dell laptop has the sharpest screen?
2560 × 1600 is the most common resolution, on six of them. The XPS 13 has the sharpest screen, at 225 PPI. Three Dell models share the softest, at 141 PPI.
From 24 in61 cm away, even the softest of them hides its pixels to 20/20 vision. Of the eight brand lists on this site, Dell comes fifth for average sharpness, at 169 PPI.
How big is each Dell screen size?
Each size page shows the screen to scale, with the viewing distance and the resolution that suit it.
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Affiliate linksWhat screen size are older Dell laptops?
The table above lists current models. Our Dell line pages cover 191 models, old and new, with every screen size and resolution Dell lists for each one.
What about other laptop brands?
How we measure
Screen width and height come from the diagonal and the resolution of each model: width = diagonal × resolution width ÷ √(resolution width² + resolution height²). Pixel density is the diagonal in pixels divided by the diagonal in inches.