Lenovo Legion T5 (AMD) vs. Dell XPS 8940 Desktop Special Edition
Here is a side by side comparison between Lenovo Legion T5 (AMD) and Dell XPS 8940 Desktop Special Edition specs including price, processors, memory, graphics, storage, ports, and more.
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Camera & Audio
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Audio
Dolby Atmos® Gaming Effect
5.1 Channel Surround Sound
Audio controller
Realtek ALC3861
External Ports
One headset port
One audio line-out port
One rear L/R-surround audio-out port
One center/subwoofer LFE surround audio-out port
Misc
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Security
BIOS Security
Power-on passwordAdministrator password
Warranty
1-year mail-in service
1-year depot service
1-year limited onsite service
2-year depot service
1 Year Hardware Service with Onsite/In-Home Service After Remote Diagnosis
Lenovo Legion T5 (AMD) vs. Dell XPS 8940 Desktop Special Edition
The Lenovo Legion T5 (AMD) and the Dell XPS 8940 Desktop Special Edition were released in the same year, 2020. The Lenovo Legion T5 (AMD) has a full-tower form factor that can accommodate a large motherboard, multiple graphics cards, extra storage, and better cooling solution. The Dell XPS 8940 Desktop Special Edition has a 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 Lenovo Legion T5 (AMD), you have options to configure it with a 65W AMD Zen 3 6-core AMD Ryzen 5 5600G up to a 105W 16-core AMD Ryzen 9 3950X with a boost speed up to 4.70 GHz.
While Dell XPS 8940 Desktop Special Edition has configurations with a 65W 10th Generation Intel Comet Lake 6-core Intel Core i5-10400 up to a 125W 10-core Intel Core i9-10900K with a boost speed up to 5.30 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 four 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 Legion T5 (AMD) up to 64GB of 3200MHz or 128GB of 2933MHz dual-channel DDR4 memory. For Dell XPS 8940 Desktop Special Edition, it supports up to 128GB 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 7 USB ports available on the Lenovo Legion T5 (AMD), three less than the Dell XPS 8940 Desktop Special Edition that has 10 USB ports. 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 Legion T5 (AMD) has six USB Type-A ports and one USB Type-C port. It has two ports that support USB 2.0 (480 Mbps), four ports that support USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps), and one port that supports USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps).
For Dell XPS 8940 Desktop Special Edition, it has nine USB Type-A ports and one USB Type-C port. The PC has two ports that support USB 2.0 (480 Mbps) and eight ports that support USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps).
