Dell Precision 5490
A 14-inch mobile workstation with soldered Intel Core Ultra (Meteor Lake-H) processors and an optional NVIDIA RTX Ada Generation discrete GPU, aimed at engineers and designers who want desktop-class graphics in a compact chassis.
Memory
- Type
- LPDDR5x, 7467 MT/s
- Slots
- Integrated on system board (soldered, dual-channel)
- Configurations
- 16 GB, 32 GB, 64 GB
- Max
- 64 GB
Storage
- Type
- M.2 2230 or M.2 2280 PCIe Gen4 x4 NVMe SSD
- Capacity
- 256 GB up to 4 TB
- Security option
- Self-Encrypting Opal 2.0 (M.2 2280 Class 40)
Graphics
- Integrated
- Intel Arc Graphics (all Core Ultra 5/7/9 SKUs), shared system memory
- Discrete options
- NVIDIA RTX 1000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU (6 GB GDDR6); NVIDIA RTX 2000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU (8 GB GDDR6); NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU (8 GB GDDR6)
- External display support (integrated GPU)
- 3 external displays with internal display on, 4 with internal display off
Networking
- Wireless
- Intel BE200: Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be), Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax), Wi-Fi 5, up to 5760 Mbps, 2.4/5/6 GHz, Bluetooth 5.4
- Wired
- None built-in
Power
- Adapter
- 100 W USB-C AC adapter (UMA graphics configurations)
- Adapter (discrete GPU)
- 130 W USB-C AC adapter
- Minimum adapter (UMA)
- 27 W to power on and charge; less than 75 W charges more slowly
- Minimum adapter (discrete)
- 45 W to power on and charge
- USB Power Delivery fast charging
- Supported (requires 130 W adapter)
- ExpressCharge
- Supported (requires 65 W or greater adapter, enabled in BIOS)
Ports
- USB-C
- 4 × Thunderbolt 4 (40 Gbps) with Power Delivery and DisplayPort
- Audio
- 1 × headset (headphone/microphone combo) port
- Memory card reader
- 1 × microSD-card slot
- Security
- 1 × wedge-shaped lock slot
Display
- Option 1
- 14" FHD+ (1920×1200), WVA, anti-glare, 500 nits, non-touch
- Option 2
- 14" QHD+ (2560×1600), WVA, 500 nits, touch with active pen support, anti-reflective/anti-smudge
- Refresh rate
- 60 Hz
- Color gamut
- 100% sRGB
Battery
- Type
- 4-cell, 72 Wh, ExpressCharge Capable, Long Life Cycle lithium-ion
- Voltage
- 15.40 VDC
- Weight
- 0.285 kg (0.63 lb)
- Coin-cell
- No coin-cell; backup supported by main battery
Physical
- Height
- 7.49 mm front / 18.95 mm rear
- Width
- 310.60 mm (12.22 in)
- Depth
- 210.35 mm (8.27 in)
- Weight
- 1.49 kg (3.30 lb)
Management
- TPM
- TPM 2.0 discrete, FIPS 140-3 and TCG certified; No-TPM/BIOS KillTPM option
- Smart card
- Optional contacted and contactless (NFC) Dell ControlVault 3 smart-card reader
- Fingerprint reader
- Capacitive sensor, integrated in power button, 500 dpi
- Other
- Chassis Intrusion Prevention Lock, SED NVMe, RPMC, SPI Flash tamper detection, board-level shield tamper detection (all optional)
Operating systems
- Windows
- Windows 11 23H2, Windows 11 22H2, Windows 10 22H2
- Linux
- Ubuntu Linux 22.04, 64-bit
Processors
- Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
- Intel Core Ultra 7 165H
- Intel Core Ultra 7 155H
- Intel Core Ultra 5 135H