Interesting. I just got a 5560 as a seed unit to see how we liked it. It came equipped with the i9 11950H and 64 gigs of ram (non-ECC) and my processor score was 23052.1 in passmark. I will say I bought a samsung 980 1tb NVME (it wouldn't read the m.2 ssd I already had) and the drive score doubled so I'd say stay away from the base NVME.
Hi Nathan, the Precision 5560 I received was configured with the 256GB Gen 3 PCIe x4. It's actually one of their lowest SSD but great to know that a simple change to the Samsung 980 gives you big SSD speed boost, hopefully this will be good info for other viewers =). As for the i9-11950H, I have received the Precision 5760 and I have it configured with the i9-11950H as well, Processor score was 23454.2. Surprising result that our scores are lower than the i7-11850H! I have good idea why... thermal throttling again.
@@BsianTech This is why Dell sent us this as were were using a Dell Precision 3500 series and some of them had cooked themselves from the heat. These were suppose to have better cooling with less thermal throttling. We wanted the i7K series processor but they don't have these in laptops I am guessing because of heat. I have been an intel fan boy for years but they have really dropped the ball not improving their power consumption. This is exactly why I am a huge fan of the M1 Mac and can't wait for the new 16" MacBook Pro to come out. We may be seeing the deaththrows of x86 architecture. I know everyone loves the newer Rysen chips but they have always been weird to me, and the low power consumption of Apple Silicon has me convinced. Thanks for your great review! Subscribing.
Great review. One of the advantages of the Precision lineup is that it is much more configurable than its XPS counterpart. I was able to order a 5560 with Ubuntu and the lowest storage and ram options. In the end, once I upgrade those myself it will end up cheaper than an XPS preconfigured with the same specs.
Thanks Vasyl Nesteryuk, great to hear your experience and also that Precision is more configurable than XPS and its coming from a third party =). I haven't actually tried configuring both the XPS and Precision in same spec to find the pricing difference, I might do that as experiment at work to find out, thanks for bringing that up!
I have requested the XPS 15 9510, I actually forgot about it but not too concerned since many reviewers will cover the XPS range. I would expect the graphics scores to be higher in the XPS 15 9510 compare to the Precision 5560 but the processor performance should be very similar.
Can someone confirm if the power button lights up (along with the keyboard backlight) for the Precision 5560? I want to know if the power button has a backlight while the laptop is on. Thank you.
I'm seriously considering buying one with an i9 11950H, a rtx A2000 graphics card and 32 gb of ram would it be a good option in 2024 as a "low budget" option for 750$?
Hi Petr, this is just the quick run right out of the box, without updating the BIOS, drivers and firmware. I usually do that for the review video. Just to let you know the 256GB SSD was the M.2 2230 in this 5560 unit.
I don't know @we legit music, they did a major change externally and internally from the Precision 5540 to the 5550 so I don't even think it would fit. If you said a battery from Precision 5550 to 5560 I think they would work.
looks so good, and i'm looking for is a good performance laptop for Unreal Engine, Blender rendering and animation? I concern the rendering speed, Thanks for your advice
Thanks @Manu Singh for informing me about this. How interesting all these little hidden things. I tried this on the XPS 15 9500 and Precision 5560 and your right, if you depress the top part of the lid (better down where the hinge area is), it gives it a second chance to "sort of" lock the lid down though not 100% working but does 80% keeps it clamp down. I'm not a personally a fan of this "feature" and would be on the side of the people who think it just keep itself clamp down once you close the lid down. I will have chat with the Dell people about this.
A feature? Funny thing from Dell. My 9500 was perfect in that regard, no gap or need to press anywhere. So it's a bad design or bad quality control. Quite unacceptable at this price. Much cheaper laptops do not open in that position.
i thought dell doing away with the mousepad on their higher end laptop...i rather have a good pair of speakers than a gigantic mousepad...great review, BD!
Unfortuntely @Sam Dayani, yes there is still serious thermal issues in the 5560, even at the i7 level, when you get to about the 1 min 30-45 second mark the computer seriously throttles very hard (0.7-0.9ghz, I do put all system resources on load though), below base clock speed like the Precision 5550 video I put out last year.
@@BsianTech Hi. I was about to ask this question also. Primary after effects. What's your take on the better laptop and why. Also does the Dell Precision 5560 have Intel Xeon processors r should I get the i9 or i7 version? Thanks a lot
Unfortuntely it doesn't support Stylus, even if you get the 4k touch display version. If you get the 2-in-1 version of the XPS then it will support stylus.
This is what I want to know as well! I currently have an XPS 15 and it thermal throttles like crazy. Need to pick a new laptop for work and the 5560 looks amazing spec-wise, but I'm reluctant to buy it since it doesn't have the vapor-chamber cooling like the XPS 17 does.
@@GeorgeZupster and it does. Just deployed one this week, but for CAD 2D work, so should be fine. Was really hoping with the 11th gen gpu + GPU in the 5560s could be deployed for lighter 3d CAD workloads. Probably still need to keep deploying the Thinkpad P15 and P17 for 3D CAD. They really need the vapor chamber, as you mentioned.
@@BsianTech your accent is not bad, you are good in fact very good, but the speed of explaining things is very slow, the whole video should be edited and to be brought to 1/3 of its total time, i hope you will get more views if precise, short and to the point.
@@SamiJICS thanks for your kind feedback I will take that for sure in consideration and when I do unboxings. I do often go side track and ramble in life off camera.
Interesting. I just got a 5560 as a seed unit to see how we liked it. It came equipped with the i9 11950H and 64 gigs of ram (non-ECC) and my processor score was 23052.1 in passmark. I will say I bought a samsung 980 1tb NVME (it wouldn't read the m.2 ssd I already had) and the drive score doubled so I'd say stay away from the base NVME.
Hi Nathan, the Precision 5560 I received was configured with the 256GB Gen 3 PCIe x4. It's actually one of their lowest SSD but great to know that a simple change to the Samsung 980 gives you big SSD speed boost, hopefully this will be good info for other viewers =).
As for the i9-11950H, I have received the Precision 5760 and I have it configured with the i9-11950H as well, Processor score was 23454.2. Surprising result that our scores are lower than the i7-11850H! I have good idea why... thermal throttling again.
@@BsianTech This is why Dell sent us this as were were using a Dell Precision 3500 series and some of them had cooked themselves from the heat. These were suppose to have better cooling with less thermal throttling. We wanted the i7K series processor but they don't have these in laptops I am guessing because of heat. I have been an intel fan boy for years but they have really dropped the ball not improving their power consumption. This is exactly why I am a huge fan of the M1 Mac and can't wait for the new 16" MacBook Pro to come out. We may be seeing the deaththrows of x86 architecture. I know everyone loves the newer Rysen chips but they have always been weird to me, and the low power consumption of Apple Silicon has me convinced. Thanks for your great review! Subscribing.
Just got one today for school, going for engineering so hopefully it can handle everything
Great review. One of the advantages of the Precision lineup is that it is much more configurable than its XPS counterpart. I was able to order a 5560 with Ubuntu and the lowest storage and ram options. In the end, once I upgrade those myself it will end up cheaper than an XPS preconfigured with the same specs.
Thanks Vasyl Nesteryuk, great to hear your experience and also that Precision is more configurable than XPS and its coming from a third party =). I haven't actually tried configuring both the XPS and Precision in same spec to find the pricing difference, I might do that as experiment at work to find out, thanks for bringing that up!
I was so looking forward you review this Dell! You damn good reviewing 👏👏👏
Thanks @Khalifa Khalifi I was excited by this too and seeing the first Intel Tiger Lake H in my hands.
maybe next time, we should compare what's the performance difference between xps15 9510 and precision 5560 :)
I have requested the XPS 15 9510, I actually forgot about it but not too concerned since many reviewers will cover the XPS range. I would expect the graphics scores to be higher in the XPS 15 9510 compare to the Precision 5560 but the processor performance should be very similar.
Great review, thanks
Can someone confirm if the power button lights up (along with the keyboard backlight) for the Precision 5560? I want to know if the power button has a backlight while the laptop is on. Thank you.
I'm seriously considering buying one with an i9 11950H, a rtx A2000 graphics card and 32 gb of ram would it be a good option in 2024 as a "low budget" option for 750$?
What is wrong with the Disk mark values? Really low compared to others...
Hi Petr, this is just the quick run right out of the box, without updating the BIOS, drivers and firmware. I usually do that for the review video. Just to let you know the 256GB SSD was the M.2 2230 in this 5560 unit.
Can you show how to upgrade the storage on this laptop? I ordered one for college and would like to have more space for storage if possible.
Random question about the battery, do u think i could use dells 86whr battery in precision 5540 since its has the same voltage?
I don't know @we legit music, they did a major change externally and internally from the Precision 5540 to the 5550 so I don't even think it would fit. If you said a battery from Precision 5550 to 5560 I think they would work.
looks so good, and i'm looking for is a good performance laptop for Unreal Engine, Blender rendering and animation? I concern the rendering speed, Thanks for your advice
The hinge is supposed to be pressed once after closing to fully close the laptop this is a feature as informed by Dell support to me for my 9500
Thanks @Manu Singh for informing me about this. How interesting all these little hidden things. I tried this on the XPS 15 9500 and Precision 5560 and your right, if you depress the top part of the lid (better down where the hinge area is), it gives it a second chance to "sort of" lock the lid down though not 100% working but does 80% keeps it clamp down. I'm not a personally a fan of this "feature" and would be on the side of the people who think it just keep itself clamp down once you close the lid down. I will have chat with the Dell people about this.
A feature? Funny thing from Dell. My 9500 was perfect in that regard, no gap or need to press anywhere. So it's a bad design or bad quality control. Quite unacceptable at this price. Much cheaper laptops do not open in that position.
that knife, wow! Great review mate
I hope they run cooler than the 5550
Can the XPS 15 run CAD software great or do I definitely need this?
Xps will run cad fine
I have used dell precision 5510 5520 and 5530 and all of them have overheating issues and can you write me that this laptop has the same or not ?
I bare bad news, this precision 5560 does have heating issues which causes lots of throttling.
does 5560 have keyboard backlights? The one i am using doesn't have it seems.
My 5560 has a backlit keyboard
i thought dell doing away with the mousepad on their higher end laptop...i rather have a good pair of speakers than a gigantic mousepad...great review, BD!
how is the weight compared to xps 13?
Hi, Thank you for the review, did you experience any thermal issues with the 5560 i9 by any chance?
Unfortuntely @Sam Dayani, yes there is still serious thermal issues in the 5560, even at the i7 level, when you get to about the 1 min 30-45 second mark the computer seriously throttles very hard (0.7-0.9ghz, I do put all system resources on load though), below base clock speed like the Precision 5550 video I put out last year.
I had a choice between this or a MacBook Pro for my new job.
After seeing this video, I’m glad I made the right choice by going with this. :)
Why would you say so? (genuinely interested)
how is your laptop going now?
@@kitzjanlerez6813 I left that job after it got shitty, but that laptop was great to the end
Great unboxing! Does the Dell TB16 dock work with 5560?
The Dell TB16 does work with it but may give the computer low charger message.
What’s better precision 5560 or the MacBook Pro 16”
What are the most used applications you run or planning to run James?
@@BsianTech Hi. I was about to ask this question also. Primary after effects. What's your take on the better laptop and why. Also does the Dell Precision 5560 have Intel Xeon processors r should I get the i9 or i7 version? Thanks a lot
Where can i connect a internet data cable for that unit???
Unfortunately you will have to buy an USB-C to Ethernet Adapter for the Precision 5560 as Dell didn't include one.
Is this good for programming student?
Not a problem at all, programming requires a lot of burst performance which the Precision 5000 series can handle
does it support stylus?
Unfortuntely it doesn't support Stylus, even if you get the 4k touch display version. If you get the 2-in-1 version of the XPS then it will support stylus.
Does it thermal throttle?
This is what I want to know as well! I currently have an XPS 15 and it thermal throttles like crazy. Need to pick a new laptop for work and the 5560 looks amazing spec-wise, but I'm reluctant to buy it since it doesn't have the vapor-chamber cooling like the XPS 17 does.
of course it does, you need vapor chamber cooling, that is on 17 inch model....
@@GeorgeZupster and it does. Just deployed one this week, but for CAD 2D work, so should be fine. Was really hoping with the 11th gen gpu + GPU in the 5560s could be deployed for lighter 3d CAD workloads. Probably still need to keep deploying the Thinkpad P15 and P17 for 3D CAD. They really need the vapor chamber, as you mentioned.
@@sitopog7057 I would tell you to get the 5560 Im myself thinking of getting this model but with the maxed out Xeon version
Our factory is making Dell precision 5560 😂... I also like it but very expensive
Is it touch screen?
There is touch screen version, the one in the video doesn't have touch screen configured in.
Mute the Video and on the CC and watch the video at 2x speed and thanks me later.
Is my accent that bad =( lol.
@@BsianTech your accent is not bad, you are good in fact very good, but the speed of explaining things is very slow, the whole video should be edited and to be brought to 1/3 of its total time, i hope you will get more views if precise, short and to the point.
@@SamiJICS thanks for your kind feedback I will take that for sure in consideration and when I do unboxings. I do often go side track and ramble in life off camera.