Dell commenced 2025 by giving a fresh identity to its established laptop ranges, facing some backlash in the process. Today, the firm unveiled the first successors to its renowned XPS line: the Dell Premium 14 and 16.

These laptops are equipped with Intel Core Ultra Series 2 processors, enhanced 120Hz screens, and a redesigned Dell logo sans the circle. They retain the sleek design of the XPS 14 and 16, featuring gapless keyboards, seamless touchpads, and finishes in Platinum and Graphite.

The Premium 14 and 16 are now available from Dell, starting at $1,649.99 and $2,699.99, respectively, with shipments anticipated from mid to late July.

The more compact Premium 14 boasts a 14.5-inch 2K LCD display, an Intel Core Ultra 7 CPU, integrated Intel Arc Graphics, RAM options ranging from 16GB to 64GB, 512GB to 4TB of SSD storage, and WiFi 7 compatibility. Optional enhancements include an OLED touchscreen and an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 GPU. It provides up to 20 hours of battery life, with the non-OLED variant offering the longest usage.

At first, the Premium 14 is capped at 32GB of RAM and 4TB of storage, but a 64GB RAM variant will be available later.

The more robust Premium 16 features a 16.3-inch 2K display, up to an Intel Core Ultra 9 processor, an RTX 5060 graphics card, RAM options from 16GB to 64GB, and storage configurations ranging from 512GB to 4TB. It can deliver up to 27 hours of usage on a single charge, although upgrading to the 4K OLED touchscreen affects this.

Similar to the Premium 14, some high-end specifications for the Premium 16 are not yet available. Dell intends to introduce more GPU options soon, including variants equipped with Intel Arc 140T, RTX 5050, and RTX 5070 graphics, capable of supporting up to four 8K external displays.

Both new Premium laptops come with a neural processing unit (NPU) featuring a peak of 13 TOPS, which is below the 40 TOPS required for Copilot+ PCs. Consequently, they lack specific AI functionalities present in other well-known Windows laptops, such as Recall, Studio Effects, and a Cocreator image generator in Microsoft Paint. For some, this may be seen as advantageous, as a fall 2024 Intel survey indicated that 44% of participants viewed AI PCs as “a gimmick or futuristic technology.”

These latest Premium laptops should not be mistaken for Dell’s Pro Premium laptops, which are tailored for business use and are Copilot+ PCs.