Dell Latitude 5400 & 7400 Competitive Platform Performance Analysis

There are many differentiating factors that separate one notebook from another. Over and above the individual component selection in a system, manufactures differentiate their systems by leveraging various material choices, industrial designs, and form factors, in addition to configuring them with unique or useful features that help set the systems apart. Regardless of a notebook’s design, the internal platform that it’s built upon will determine its overall performance in various workloads, which will in turn have a significant impact on the user experience. Currently, there are two dominant platforms employed in the majority of notebooks -- Intel’s and AMD’s -- though an array of fledgling Arm-based platforms are making in-roads as well. Regardless, the vast majority of mainstream or enterprise consumers, however, will likely be deciding between Intel- or AMD-based notebooks, when it comes times to make a purchase.

In this paper, we aim to determine how the current two dominant notebook platforms perform in an array of scenarios, using an assortment of systems, including Dell’s Latitude 5400 and 7400 series laptops.