The Dell XPS 13 (9350) gets solid performance and graphics from its Intel Core Ultra 7 258V processor, along with impressive battery life, impactful speakers, and a vivid Tandem OLED display option.

The new Dell XPS 13 ($1,399 to start) looks identical to the Dell XPS 13 (2024) I reviewed a few months ago, only this model features a new Intel Core Ultra 200v “Lunar Lake” chip and the first tandem OLED display we've seen on a laptop.

Dell's new version of the XPS 13 comes with Intel's new Core Ultra Series 2 chips, as announced at IFA.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox

Intel's Lunar Lake debuts with striking effect, elevating the Dell XPS 13 (9350) ahead of its MacBook rival in Laptop Mag's stringent battery tests.

So with that in mind, Intel Core Ultra 200 series sports up to a claimed 1.5x better graphics performance thanks to the 2nd generation graphical cores and improved ray tracing capabilities. In fact, Intel has gone in so hard on this that the company has made sacrifices elsewhere for it (more on that later).

We benchmarked a retail model Asus Zenbook S 14 with Intel's new and true AI-ready Lunar Lake platform and saw standard-setting battery results.

The first wave of laptops powered by Intel's Lunar Lake chips is here, and our battery life benchmark results paint an intriguing picture of which one is the best. Intel set the bar high for the first Lunar Lake laptops ahead of their launch,

Astounding battery life and massive leaps forward in CPU and GPU performance prove that Intel is done messing around. Click here for Lunar Lake benchmarks.

Lunar Lake is Intel’s Snapdragon killer. Intel’s Core Ultra Series 2 (Lunar Lake) was specifically designed to emphasize low power, but with competitive performance. In this it somewhat succeeds, though the Core Ultra 7 258V chip I tested can still run a distant second,