Detailed Specs Comparison

Dell Inspiron 3910 Desktop vs. Dell Inspiron 3880 Desktop

Here is a side by side comparison between Dell Inspiron 3910 Desktop and Dell Inspiron 3880 Desktop specs including price, processors, memory, graphics, storage, ports, and more.

BY Evan Forrest February 25, 2022

Specs Comparison

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Key Features
What's new	Intel B660 Chipset 12th Gen Intel Alder Lake Processors Up to 65W Intel® Core™ i7-12700 (12C/20T, Up to 4.90 GHz) Up to 64GB 3200MH dual-channel DDR4 memory Up to NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1660 SUPER with 6GB of GDDR6 Up to 300W 80+ Bronze PSU Up to Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.1 More Features Optional SD Card Reader 3.0. Up to two display outputs (HDMI + DP).	Intel CML PCH-V B460 Chipset 10th Generation Intel Comet Lake Processors. Up to 65W Intel® Core™ i7-10700 8C/16T, 2.90 → 4.80 GHz, 16MB SmartCache, 65W. Up to NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 1030 with 2GB GDDR6. Up to 64GB 2933MHz DDR4 memory. Up to 1TB PCIe Gen 3.0 x4 NVMe SSD. Up to 2TB 3.5” 7200rpm HDD. Up to 260W 80 Plus Bronze PSU. More Features Optional SD Card Reader 3.0. Up to two display outputs (HDMI + VGA).

Availability	Dell Inspiron 3910 Desktop	Dell Inspiron 3880 Desktop
Released	2022	2020
Release Info	Announced on January 21, 2022.
Pricing		Starting from $399.99 i3-10100 iGPU No ODD 4GB 1TB 3.5” HDD Wi-Fi 5
Applicable Models	Dell Inspiron 3910 Desktop Dell Inspiron 3910 Desktop (12th Gen Intel) Dell Inspiron 3910 Desktop (Intel B660) 2022 Dell Inspiron Compact Desktop	Dell Inspiron 3880 Desktop Dell Inspiron 3880 Desktop (10th Gen Intel) Dell Inspiron 3880 Desktop (Intel B460) 2020 Dell Inspiron Compact Desktop
Generations	2022 Dell Inspiron 3910 Desktop Current 2021 Dell Inspiron 3891 Desktop Compare 2020 Dell Inspiron 3881 Desktop Compare 2020 Dell Inspiron 3880 Desktop Compare	2022 Dell Inspiron 3910 Desktop Compare 2021 Dell Inspiron 3891 Desktop Compare 2020 Dell Inspiron 3881 Desktop Compare 2020 Dell Inspiron 3880 Desktop Current

Dell Inspiron 3910 Desktop Price
	Dell Inspiron 3910 Desktop Computer Tower - 12th Gen Intel Core i5-12400, 16GB DDR4 RAM, 256GB SSD + 1TB HDD, Intel UHD Graphics 730, WiFi 6, HDMI, Bluetooth, USB-C, Windows 11 Home - Blue By Dell $599.00	See at Amazon
	Dell Vostro 3910 Desktop Computer \| 12th Gen Intel 4-Core Processor \| 16GB DDR4 RAM \| 256GB SSD + 1TB HDD \| Intel UHD Graphics 730 \| WiFi 6 \| DVD-RW \| Display Port \| HDMI \| Windows 11 Pro By Dell $499.99	See at Amazon
	Dell Inspiron 3910 Tower Business Desktop Computer, 12th Gen Intel Hexa-Core i5-12400 (Beat i7-11700), 32GB DDR4 RAM, 1TB PCIe SSD, WiFi 6, Bluetooth, RJ45, Type-C, HDMI, DisplayPort, Windows 11 Pro By Dell $659.00	See at Amazon
Dell Inspiron 3880 Desktop Price
	Dell Inspiron 3880 Desktop Computer - Intel Core i5 10th Gen, 12GB Memory, 512GB Solid State Drive, Windows 10 Pro, 2 Year On-Site (Latest Model) - Black By Dell $685.99	See at Amazon
	Dell Inspiron Desktop 3880 - Intel Core i3 10th Gen, 8GB Memory, 1 TB Drive, Windows 10 Home - Black By Dell $449.00 Was: $493.00	See at Amazon
	Dell Inspiron 3880 Desktop Intel i5-10400 Processor(6-Core 12M Cache 2.9GHz to 4.3GHz) 8GB Memory 512GB SSD By Dell $695.85	See at Amazon

Exterior	Dell Inspiron 3910 Desktop	Dell Inspiron 3880 Desktop
Size Comparison
Dimensions	11.54 x 12.77 x 6.06” (293 x 324.30 x 154 mm)	11.54 x 12.77 x 6.06” (293 x 324.30 x 154 mm)
Weight	14.57 lbs (6.60 kg)	10.85 - 13.26 lb (4.925 - 6.02 kg)
Colors	Black	Black
Keyboard and Trackpad	Dell KB216 Wired Keyboard English Black Dell MS116 Wired Mouse Black	Dell KB216 Wired Keyboard English Black Dell MS116 Wired Mouse Black
Ports	Front 1 x USB-C USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps) 3 x USB-A 2 x USB 2.0 (480 Mbps) 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps) 1 x SD card reader Optional. 1 x Universal Audio Jack Rear 4 x USB-A 2 x USB 2.0 (480 Mbps) 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps) 1 x RJ-45 Gigabit Ethernet. 1 x HDMI 1.4b 1 x DisplayPort 1.4 1 x Line-out re-tasking Line-in audio port 1 x Power supply unit 1 x Kensington lock slot	Front 4 x USB-A 2 x USB 2.0 (480 Mbps) 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps) 1 x SD card reader Optional. 1 x Universal Audio Jack Rear 4 x USB-A 2 x USB 2.0 (480 Mbps) 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps) 1 x RJ-45 Gigabit Ethernet. 1 x HDMI 1.4 1 x VGA 1 x Line-out 3.5mm jack. 1 x Power supply unit 1 x Kensington lock slot

Chasis	Dell Inspiron 3910 Desktop	Dell Inspiron 3880 Desktop
Form Factor	Mini Tower	Mini Tower
Power Supply	180W 80+ Bronze 85% Efficiency 240W 80+ Bronze 85% Efficiency 300W 80+ Bronze 85% Efficiency	200W 80+ Bronze 85% Efficiency 260W 80+ Bronze 85% Efficiency
Optical Drives	Optional Tray load DVD Drive Reads and Writes to DVD/CD	Optional Tray load DVD Drive Reads and Writes to DVD/CD

Internal Specs	Dell Inspiron 3910 Desktop	Dell Inspiron 3880 Desktop
Chipset	Intel B660 Chipset	Intel CML PCH-V B460 Chipset
Processor	12th Gen Intel® Celeron® G6900 2C/2T, 3.40 GHz, 4MB SmartCache, 46W 12th Gen Intel® Pentium® Gold G7400 2C/4T, 3.70 GHz, 6MB SmartCache, 46W 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-12100 4C/8T, 3.30 → 4.30 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 60W 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-12400 6C/12T, 2.50 → 4.40 GHz, 18MB SmartCache, 65W 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-12400F 6C/12T, 2.50 → 4.40 GHz, 18MB SmartCache, 65W 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-12700 12C/20T, 2.10 → 4.80 GHz, 25MB SmartCache, 65W 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-12700F 12C/20T, 2.10 → 4.80 GHz, 25MB SmartCache, 65W	10th Gen Intel® Celeron® G5900 2C/2T, 3.40 GHz, 2MB SmartCache, 58W 10th Gen Intel® Pentium® Gold G6400 2C/4T, 4.00 GHz, 4MB SmartCache, 58W 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-10100 4C/8T, 3.60 → 4.30 GHz, 6MB SmartCache, 65W 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-10400 6C/12T, 2.90 → 4.30 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 65W 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-10400F 6C/12T, 2.90 → 4.30 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 65W 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-10700 8C/16T, 2.90 → 4.80 GHz, 16MB SmartCache, 65W 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-10700F 8C/16T, 2.90 → 4.80 GHz, 16MB SmartCache, 65W
Integrated Graphics	12th Gen Intel® Celeron® G6900 Intel® UHD Graphics 710 16 Execution Units, 300 → 1300 MHz 12th Gen Intel® Pentium® Gold G7400 Intel® UHD Graphics 710 16 Execution Units, 300 → 1350 MHz 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-12100 Intel® UHD Graphics 730 24 Execution Units, 300 → 1400 MHz 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-12400 Intel® UHD Graphics 730 24 Execution Units, 300 → 1450 MHz 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-12400F Not Available 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-12700 Intel® UHD Graphics 770 32 Execution Units, 300 → 1500 MHz 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-12700F Not Available	10th Gen Intel® Celeron® G5900 Intel® UHD Graphics 610 350 → 1050 MHz 10th Gen Intel® Pentium® Gold G6400 Intel® UHD Graphics 610 350 → 1050 MHz 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-10100 Intel® UHD Graphics 630 23 Execution Units, 350 → 1100 MHz 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-10400 Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1100 MHz 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-10400F Not Available 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-10700 Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1200 MHz 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-10700F Not Available
Discrete Graphics	NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 730 - 2GB GDDR5 GTX 1650 SUPER - 4GB GDDR6 GTX 1660 SUPER - 6GB GDDR6	NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 730 - 2GB GDDR5 GT 1030 - 2GB GDDR5
Memory	4GB 8GB 16GB 32GB 64GB Memory Slots: 2 DIMM slots Memory Type: Single or Dual Channel DDR4 Memory Memory Speed: 2666 MHz 2933 MHz Memory Per Slot: 4GB 8GB 16GB 32GB	4GB 8GB 16GB 32GB 64GB Memory Slots: 2 DIMM slots Memory Type: Single or Dual Channel DDR4 Memory Memory Speed: 2666 MHz 2933 MHz Memory Per Slot: 4GB 8GB 16GB 32GB
Storage	256GB 512GB 1TB 2TB M.2 PCIe 3.0 x4 NVME SSD 1TB 2TB 7200 rpm 3.5" SATA Hard Drive	256GB 512GB 1TB 2TB M.2 PCIe NVME SSD 1TB 2TB 7200 rpm 3.5" SATA Hard Drive
Slots	Expansion Slots 1 x PCIe x16 slot PCIe Gen 3, Full-height 1 x PCIe x1 slot PCIe Gen 3, Full-height SATA 3 x SATA slots For optical drive, 3.5-inch or 2.5-inch hard drive. M.2 1 x M.2 2230 slot For WiFi and Bluetooth combo card 1 x M.2 2230/2280 slot For SSD/Intel Optane	Expansion Slots 1 x PCIe x16 slot PCIe Gen 3, Full-height 1 x PCIe x1 slot PCIe Gen 3, Full-height SATA 2 x SATA slots For optical drive, 3.5-inch or 2.5-inch hard drive. M.2 1 x M.2 2230 slot For WiFi and Bluetooth combo card 1 x M.2 2230/2280 slot For SSD/Intel Optane

Connectivity	Dell Inspiron 3910 Desktop	Dell Inspiron 3880 Desktop
Wi-Fi	MediaTek MT7921 Up to 1200 Mbps Dual band 2.4 GHz/5 GHz WiFi-5 (802.11ac) Bluetooth 5.2 Intel AX201 Up to 2400 Mbps Dual band 2.4 GHz/5 GHz WiFi-6 (802.11ax) Bluetooth 5.2	Realtek RTL8723DE Up to 150 Mbps 2.4 GHz WiFi-4 (802.11n) Bluetooth 4.2 Intel 3165 Up to 433 Mbps Dual band 2.4 GHz/5 GHz WiFi-5 (802.11ac) Bluetooth 4.2 Intel 9260 Up to 1.73 Gbps Dual band 2.4 GHz/5 GHz WiFi-5 (802.11ac) Bluetooth 5.0
Bluetooth	Bluetooth 5.2	Bluetooth 4.2 Bluetooth 5.0
Ethernet	Realtek RTL8111HSD Gigabit Ethernet controller 10/100/1000 Mbps.	Realtek 8111HSD Gigabit Ethernet controller 10/100/1000 Mbps.

Software	Dell Inspiron 3910 Desktop	Dell Inspiron 3880 Desktop
OS	Windows 11 Home Pro Ubuntu 20.04 LTS	Windows 10 Home Windows 10 Pro
Built-in Apps	Microsoft Office 30-day trial McAfee LiveSafe 12 Month Subscription	Microsoft Office 30-day trial McAfee LiveSafe 12 Month Subscription

Camera & Audio	Dell Inspiron 3910 Desktop	Dell Inspiron 3880 Desktop
Audio	Audio controller Integrated 5.1 Channel High Definition audio Cirrus Logic CS8409 + CS42L42 External Ports One headset port One Line-out port	Audio controller Realtek ALC3246 External Ports One headset port One Line-out port

Misc	Dell Inspiron 3910 Desktop	Dell Inspiron 3880 Desktop
Warranty	1 Year Hardware Service with Onsite/In-Home Service After Remote Diagnosis	1 Year Hardware Service with Onsite/In-Home Service After Remote Diagnosis

Dell Inspiron 3910 Desktop vs. Dell Inspiron 3880 Desktop

The Dell Inspiron 3910 Desktop is a newer system that was released in 2022, while the Dell Inspiron 3880 Desktop was released two years earlier in 2020. Both systems share the same mini tower form factor that can fit a micro ATX and Mini ITX motherboard, a few hard disk drives, and a single full-height graphics card.

Processor

The Central Processing Unit (CPU) is like the brains of your desktop computer. Its performance determines how fast and responsive your PC is. Generally, a processor with newer architecture, more CPU cores, higher TDP (measured in W), and faster clock speed (measured in GHz) tends to be more expensive and run faster than others with older architecture, fewer CPU cores, lower TDP, and lower clock speed.

For Dell Inspiron 3910 Desktop, you have options to configure it with a 46W 12th Generation Intel Alder Lake dual-core Intel Celeron G6900 up to a 65W 12-core Intel Core i7-12700F with a boost speed up to 4.80 GHz.

While Dell Inspiron 3880 Desktop has configurations with a 58W 10th Generation Intel Comet Lake dual-core Intel Celeron G5900 up to a 65W 8-core Intel Core i7-10700F with a boost speed up to 4.80 GHz.

Memory

The Random Access Memory or RAM is the super-fast and temporary storage used to handle all active tasks, apps, and games that will go away when your PC turns off. The more memory your PC has, the better multitasking your PC can handle without having to reload data from slower permanent storage that includes the hard disk drive or solid-state drive.

Both PCs have the same amount of two RAM slots meaning that you upgrade later if you are unsatisfied with the amount of memory on your PC. You can upgrade memory on Dell Inspiron 3910 Desktop up to 64GB of 3200MHz dual-channel DDR4 memory. For Dell Inspiron 3880 Desktop, it supports up to 64GB of 2933MHz dual-channel DDR4 memory.

Ports

Computer ports are the interface for connecting your PC to its peripheral devices or other PCs. The most common peripherals are keyboard, mouse, monitor, flash drive, speaker, and printer. Most of them use Universal Serial Bus (USB) as their connection to your computer. So the PC with more USB ports can connect to more peripherals at the same time.

There is a total number of 8 USB ports available on both PCs. On top of the number of USB ports, the type and version of each USB port are also necessary for determining how fast it is.

The Dell Inspiron 3910 Desktop has seven USB Type-A ports and one USB Type-C port. It has four ports that support USB 2.0 (480 Mbps) and four ports that support USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps).

For Dell Inspiron 3880 Desktop, it has eight USB ports that all of which are USB Type-A. The PC has four ports that support USB 2.0 (480 Mbps) and four ports that support USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps).

Pricing

Dell Inspiron 3910 Desktop Price
	Dell Inspiron 3910 Desktop Computer Tower - 12th Gen Intel Core i5-12400, 16GB DDR4 RAM, 256GB SSD + 1TB HDD, Intel UHD Graphics 730, WiFi 6, HDMI, Bluetooth, USB-C, Windows 11 Home - Blue By Dell $599.00	See at Amazon
	Dell Vostro 3910 Desktop Computer \| 12th Gen Intel 4-Core Processor \| 16GB DDR4 RAM \| 256GB SSD + 1TB HDD \| Intel UHD Graphics 730 \| WiFi 6 \| DVD-RW \| Display Port \| HDMI \| Windows 11 Pro By Dell $499.99	See at Amazon
	Dell Inspiron 3910 Tower Business Desktop Computer, 12th Gen Intel Hexa-Core i5-12400 (Beat i7-11700), 32GB DDR4 RAM, 1TB PCIe SSD, WiFi 6, Bluetooth, RJ45, Type-C, HDMI, DisplayPort, Windows 11 Pro By Dell $659.00	See at Amazon
Dell Inspiron 3880 Desktop Price
	Dell Inspiron 3880 Desktop Computer - Intel Core i5 10th Gen, 12GB Memory, 512GB Solid State Drive, Windows 10 Pro, 2 Year On-Site (Latest Model) - Black By Dell $685.99	See at Amazon
	Dell Inspiron Desktop 3880 - Intel Core i3 10th Gen, 8GB Memory, 1 TB Drive, Windows 10 Home - Black By Dell $449.00 Was: $493.00	See at Amazon
	Dell Inspiron 3880 Desktop Intel i5-10400 Processor(6-Core 12M Cache 2.9GHz to 4.3GHz) 8GB Memory 512GB SSD By Dell $695.85	See at Amazon