Dell XPS 13 Plus vs Gigabyte Aorus 17G

The Dell XPS 13 Plus offers excellent portability and screen quality with respectable battery life, making it an ideal fit for general use, especially for those who prioritize a compact and high-resolution display in their workflow. Conversely, the Gigabyte Aorus 17G, while still good for general use, provides a larger screen and superior keyboard quality at the expense of lower portability and battery life, catering more to users who require a more expansive display and a robust typing experience for productivity tasks.

The Dell XPS 13 Plus, with its Intel Iris Xe graphics, provides decent gaming and 3D capabilities in a very portable form factor, albeit less powerful than dedicated gaming GPUs. The Gigabyte Aorus 17G boasts a more potent Nvidia RTX 3070 GPU and a higher screen refresh rate, making it better suited for intensive gaming and 3D applications, but at the cost of greater weight and less portability.

PerfectRec’s Content Creation Score takes into account the many different features of the laptop that make it more or less suitable for photo editing, video editing and other content creation tasks.

PerfectRec’s Software Development Score takes into account the many different features of the laptop that make it more or less suitable for software developers.

If you need a laptop with a particularly sharp and vibrant display for office applications, web browsing, or video streaming, the Dell XPS 13 Plus stands out with its high resolution and brightness, making text clear and colors pop. For engineering and design tasks that require accurate color representation, the same laptop also excels with its wide color gamut coverage, ensuring your work appears precisely as intended. However, for gaming or 3D modeling, the Dell's lower refresh rate may lead to less fluid motion compared to laptops tailored for those activities, while the Gigabyte Aorus 17G, despite having a good display for general and professional use, will also fall short for gaming due to a similar limitation in refresh rate.

Battery life estimate is based on a mix of common use patterns. More portable and higher performing laptops tend to have less battery life.

PerfectRec’s Build Quality Score incorporates case materials, display and keyboard flex, hinge quality, and overall reliability.

The Dell XPS 13 Plus stands out for engineering and design due to its high RAM capacity, cutting-edge CPU, and superior OLED screen, which is essential for detailed visual work. On the other hand, the Gigabyte Aorus 17G offers a robust dedicated graphics card and a larger screen, beneficial for demanding engineering simulations and designs but comes with less portability and a lower quality display panel.