Here is a side by side comparison between Lenovo IdeaCentre A540 AIO (27”, Intel) and Dell Inspiron 27 7700 All-in-One specs including price, processors, memory, graphics, storage, ports, and more.
1920 x 108081 PPI16:9250 nits600:172% NTSC60HzAnti-Glare15.24W
27” FHD with Touch
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Exterior
Lenovo IdeaCentre A540 AIO (27”, Intel)
Dell Inspiron 27 7700 All-in-One
Size Comparison
Dimensions
24.2 x 7.87 x 18.74 inches (614.8 x 200 x 476.03 mm)
Non-touch models.
24.2 x 7.87 x 18.97 inches (614.8 x 200 x 481.81 mm)
Touch models.
24.08 x 15.56 x 1.65 inches (611.70 x 395.40 x 42 mm)
Open Pop-Up Camera Height: 1.08" (27.36 mm)
Weight
20.43 lbs (9.27 kg)
Non-touch models.
23.99 lbs (10.88 kg)
Touch models.
Starting at 15.5 lb (7 kg)
Including stand.
Colors
Mineral Grey
SilverBlack
Keyboard and Trackpad
Keyboard
Lenovo Premium Wireless Keyboard, grey
Lenovo Calliope Keyboard (USB connector), grey
Lenovo Calliope Wireless Keyboard, grey
Mouse
Lenovo Calliope Mouse (USB connector), grey
Lenovo Calliope Wireless Mouse (2.4GHz via USB receiver), grey
Lenovo Premium Wireless Mouse, grey
White Dell KM636 Wireless Keyboard & Mouse
Black Dell KM636 Wireless Keyboard & Mouse
Ports
Left
2 x USB-A
USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps).
1 x Headset jack
3.5mm combo jack.
1 x SD Card Reader
Rear
2 x USB-A
USB 2.0 (480 Mbps).
1 x USB-C
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps).
1 x HDMI-out 1.4
1 x HDMI-in
1 x RJ-45
10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet.
Bottom
1 x Power connector
Rear
1 x USB-C
USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps).
4 x USB-A
1 x USB 2.0 (480 Mbps) with Power on/Wake-up support.
1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps).
1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps) with Power on/Wake-up support.
1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps) with PowerShare.
2 x HDMI
1 x HDMI-out 1.4 port
1 x HDMI-in 1.4 port
1 x SD-card slot
Full-size SD Card Reader 3.0.
1 x RJ45
Gigabit Ethernet port.
1 x Audio Jack
3.5mm universal headphone jack.
1 x Kensington security-cable slot
1 x Power Connector
4.5mm x 2.99mm DC-in adapter port.
Chasis
Lenovo IdeaCentre A540 AIO (27”, Intel)
Dell Inspiron 27 7700 All-in-One
Form Factor
All-in-One
All-in-One (27-inches)
Power Supply
120W Power Adapter
150W Power Adapter
170W Power Adapter
90W
19.50 VDC4.62 A
130W
19.50 VDC6.70 A
Bays
1 x 2.5" disk bay
Chasis Information
Buttons
Power button
PC / monitor mode switcher
Stand
Monitor stand supports -5° to +25° tilt
Special Features
Optional Wireless charger
Exterior Chassis Materials
Rear Cover / Mid Frame - Plastic
Bipod stand exterior - Plastic
Arch Stand / A-Frame - Aluminum alloy
Stand
A-Frame stand
Internal Specs
Lenovo IdeaCentre A540 AIO (27”, Intel)
Dell Inspiron 27 7700 All-in-One
Chipset
Intel® B360 Chipset
Integrated Chipset
Processor
9th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-9100T
4C/4T, 3.10 → 3.70 GHz, 6MB SmartCache, 35W
9th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-9400T
6C/6T, 1.80 → 3.40 GHz, 9MB SmartCache, 35W
9th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-9700T
8C/8T, 2.00 → 4.30 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 35W
11th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-1115G4
2C/4T, 3.00 → 4.10 GHz, 6MB SmartCache, 28W
11th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-1135G7
4C/8T, 2.40 → 4.20 GHz, 8MB SmartCache, 28W
11th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-1165G7
4C/8T, 2.80 → 4.70 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 28W
Integrated Graphics
9th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-9100T
Intel® UHD Graphics 630
23 Execution Units, 350 → 1100 MHz
9th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-9400T
Intel® UHD Graphics 630
24 Execution Units, 350 → 1050 MHz
9th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-9700T
Intel® UHD Graphics 630
24 Execution Units, 350 → 1200 MHz
11th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-1115G4
Intel® UHD Graphics
48 Execution Units, 400 → 1250 MHz
11th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-1135G7
Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics
80 Execution Units, 400 → 1300 MHz
11th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-1165G7
Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics
96 Execution Units, 400 → 1300 MHz
Discrete Graphics
Optional AMD Radeon™ RX 560X with 4GB of GDDR5 VRAM
Optional NVIDIA® GeForce® MX 330 - 2GB GDDR5.
Memory
4GB8GB16GB
Memory Slots: 2 x SO-DIMM slots
Memory Type: Single or Dual Channel Non-ECC DDR4 Memory
Memory Speed: 2666 MHz
Memory Per Slot:
4GB8GB
Memory Slots: 2 x SO-DIMM slots
Memory Type: Single or Dual Channel DDR4 Memory
Memory Speed:
2666MHz
Memory Per Slot:
4GB8GB16GB
Max Memory:
32GB
Storage
128GB256GB512GB1TB
M.2 PCIe NVME SSD.
1TB2TB
5.4K rpm 2.5” SATA Hard Drive.
Up to
2TB
2.5-inch HDD
SATA AHCI 6 Gbps.
Up to
1TB
M.2 SSD
PCIe Gen 3.0 x4 NVMe, up to 32 Gbps.
Slots
1 x M.2 2230 slot
For WiFi and Bluetooth combo card
1 x M.2 2242/2080 slot
For SSD
Expansion Slots
No Expansion slot
SATA
1 x 2.5” HDD Connector
M.2
1 x M.2 2230 slot
For WiFi and Bluetooth combo card
1 x M.2 2230/2242 slot
For NVMe PCIe Gen 3 x4 SSD.
Connectivity
Lenovo IdeaCentre A540 AIO (27”, Intel)
Dell Inspiron 27 7700 All-in-One
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac)
M.2 card.
Intel 9462
Up to 433 MbpsDual band 2.4 GHz/5 GHzWiFi-5 (802.11ac)Bluetooth 5.0
Intel AX201
Up to 2400 MbpsDual band 2.4 GHz/5 GHzWiFi-6 (802.11ax)Bluetooth 5.1
The Dell Inspiron 27 7700 All-in-One is a newer system that was released in 2020, while the Lenovo IdeaCentre A540 AIO (27”, Intel) was released years earlier in 2019. Both systems share the same all-in-one form factor that combines all components and a built-in monitor into one package.
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 Lenovo IdeaCentre A540 AIO (27”, Intel), you have options to configure it with a 35W 9th Generation Intel Coffee Lake quad-core Intel Core i3-9100T up to a 35W 8-core Intel Core i7-9700T with a boost speed up to 4.30 GHz.
While Dell Inspiron 27 7700 All-in-One has configurations with a 28W 11th Generation Intel Tiger Lake UP3 dual-core Intel Core i3-1115G4 up to a 28W quad-core Intel Core i7-1165G7 with a boost speed up to 4.70 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 Lenovo IdeaCentre A540 AIO (27”, Intel) up to 16GB of 2666MHz dual-channel DDR4 memory. For Dell Inspiron 27 7700 All-in-One, it supports up to 32GB of 2666MHz 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 5 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 Lenovo IdeaCentre A540 AIO (27”, Intel) has four USB Type-A ports and one USB Type-C port. It has two ports that support USB 2.0 (480 Mbps), one port that supports USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps), and two ports that support USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps).
For Dell Inspiron 27 7700 All-in-One, it has four USB Type-A ports and one USB Type-C port. The PC has one port that supports USB 2.0 (480 Mbps), three ports that support USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps), and one port that supports USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps).