Wow … is this the first time I’m seeing a AMD powered laptop from Dell. Well, it does feature AMD’s latest APU – the Ryzen 5 2500U with a Radeon Vega 8 iGPU, or the more powerful Ryzen 7 2700U with a Radeon Vega 10 iGPU.
Despite not wanting to do away with Intel’s dominance in its portfolio anytime soon, Dell is obviously looking to better round up its product lineup with some red team-powered goodies. Case in point: the 2-in-1 convertible Dell Inspiron 13 7000, which makes use of AMD’s latest Ryzen mobile APUs to deliver a strong computing performance, whilst also emphasizing content consumption. There’s an option for all budgets (starting from $700 for the base version and up to $1019 for the top-tier one), and the CPU choices are naturally based around either AMD’s Ryzen 5 2500U with a Radeon Vega 8 iGPU, or the more powerful Ryzen 7 2700U with a Radeon Vega 10 iGPU (both 4 core, 8-thread CPUs, but with 512 and 640 Vega Stream processors, respectively).
Specs-wise, users can configure their convertible with 8, 12 or 16 GB of DDR4-2400 RAM and a 256GB SSD, which is enough for most content users might want to run on a portable such as this. The convertible itself looks solidly built and has a premium look to it, thanks to the brushed aluminum, which brings the weight to a maximum of 1.75 kg (3.86 lbs) depending on the configuration.
Source: Dell, AMD, via AnandTech, TPU
