The Dell G Series is the successor to the Dell Inspiron Gaming Series. It was launched in April 2018. This series is positioned below Alienware and competes with Lenovo's Legion, Acer's Nitro and Predator Helios, HP's Omen and Pavilion Power laptops. During CES 2019, Dell updated the G5 and G7. The G7 is now available in both 15" and 17" screen. Other upgrades includes a 144Hz refresh rate for the display with G-SYNC support and the inclusion of RGB keyboard. A G5 SE was also announced during the trade show and differs from the regular G5 by being finished in alpine white and having a portion of the bottom panel transparent.
Specifications
Like with many Windows computers, many different configurations exists globally. The Dell G5 and G7 shared the same chassis with the Dell Inspiron 15 7000 Gaming and Dell Inspiron 15 7000 Gaming.
G3 Series
2.3 GHz quad-core Core i5-8300H, up to 4.0 GHz, 8 MB L3 cache
2.2 GHz hexa-core Core i7-8750H, up to 4.1 GHz, 9 MB L3 cache
5400 rpm 2.5" SATA HDD UHD Graphics 620 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 with 4 GB of GDDR5 memory or GeForce GTX 1050 Ti with 4 GB of GDDR5 memory or GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q with 6 GB of GDDR5 memory M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD 5400 rpm 2.5" SATA HDD
2.4 GHz quad-core Core i5-9300H, up to 4.1 GHz, 8 MB L3 cache
2.5 GHz hexa-core Core i7-9750H, up to 4.5 GHz, 12 MB L3 cache
2.5 GHz quad-core Core i5-10300H, up to 4.5 GHz, 8 MB L3 cache
GeForce GTX 1650 with 4GB GDDR6 memory GeForce GTX 1660 Ti with 6GB GDDR6 memory ! colspan="12" |
G5 Series
2.3 GHz quad-core Core i5-8300H, up to 4.0 GHz, 8 MB L3 cache
2.2 GHz hexa-core Core i7-8750H, up to 4.1 GHz, 9 MB L3 cache
DDR4 2666MHz M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD 5400 rpm 2.5" SATA or GeForce GTX 1050 Ti with 4 GB of GDDR5 memory or GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q with 6 GB of GDDR5 memory Jun 2019
2.3 GHz quad-core Core i5-8300H, up to 4.0 GHz, 8 MB L3 cache
2.2 GHz hexa-core Core i7-8750H, up to 4.1 GHz, 9 MB L3 cache.
2.4 GHz quad-core Core i5-9300H, up to 4.1 GHz, 8 MB L3 cache
2.5 GHz hexa-core Core i7-9750H, up to 4.5 GHz, 12 MB L3 cache
M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD or GeForce GTX 1650 with 4GB of GDDR5 memory or GeForce GTX 1660 Ti with 6GB of GDDR5 memory or GeForce RTX 2060 with 6 GB of GDDR6 memory or GeForce RTX 2070 with 8 GB of GDDR6 memory Jun 2019 GeForce GTX 1650 with 4GB of GDDR5 memory or GeForce GTX 1660 Ti with 6GB of GDDR6 memory or GeForce RTX 2060 with 6 GB of GDDR6 memory
2.9 GHz hexa-core Ryzen 7 4800H, up to 4.2 GHz, 8 MB L3 cache
DDR4 3200MHz M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD RX 5600M
2.5 GHz quad-core Core i5-10300H, up to 4.5 GHz, 8 MB L3 cache
2.6 GHz hexa-core Core i7-10750H, up to 5.0 GHz, 12 MB L3 cache
M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD or GeForce GTX 1650 Ti with 4GB of GDDR6 memory or GeForce GTX 1660 Ti with 6GB of GDDR6 memory or GeForce RTX 2070 with 8GB of GDDR6 memory ! colspan="12" |
G5 Desktop Series
3.6 GHz quad-core Core i3-10100, up to 4.3 GHz, 6 MB L3 cache
2.9 GHz hexa-core Core i5-10400F, up to 4.3 GHz, 12 MB L3 cache
2.9 GHz octa-core Core i7-10700F, up to 4.8 GHz, 16 MB L3 cache
or 16GB DDR4 2933MHz 7200 rpm 3.5" SATA or 128GB / 256GB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD 7200 rpm 3.5" SATA GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER with 4GB of GDDR6 memory or GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER with 6GB of GDDR6 memory or GeForce GTX 1660 Ti with 6GB of GDDR6 memory or GeForce RTX 2060 with 6 GB of GDDR6 memory ! colspan="12" |
G7 Series
2.3 GHz quad-core Core i5-8300H, up to 4.0 GHz, 8 MB L3 cache
2.2 GHz hexa-core Core i7-8750H, up to 4.1 GHz, 9 MB L3 cache
2.9 GHz hexa-core Core i9-8950HK, up to 4.8 GHz, 12 MB L3 cache
M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD 5400 rpm 2.5" SATA or GeForce GTX 1050 Ti with 4 GB of GDDR5 memory or GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q with 6 GB of GDDR5 memory
1x HDMI 2.0
3x USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-A including 1 with PowerShare
2.3 GHz quad-core Core i5-8300H, up to 4.0 GHz, 8 MB L3 cache
2.2 GHz hexa-core Core i7-8750H, up to 4.1 GHz, 9 MB L3 cache
Intel Coffee Lake 9th gen.
2.4 GHz quad-core Core i5-9300H, up to 4.1 GHz, 8 MB L3 cache
2.5 GHz hexa-core Core i7-9750H, up to 4.5 GHz, 12 MB L3 cache
2.3 GHz octa-core Core i9-9880H, up to 4.8 GHz, 16 MB L3 cache
GeForce GTX 1650 with 4GB of GDDR5 memory or GeForce GTX 1660 Ti with 6GB of GDDR5 memory or GeForce RTX 2060 with 6 GB of GDDR6 memory or GeForce RTX 2080 with 8 GB of GDDR6 memory Jun 2019 GeForce GTX 1660 Ti with 6GB of GDDR5 memory or GeForce RTX 2060 with 6 GB of GDDR6 memory or GeForce RTX 2070 with 8 GB of GDDR6 memory or GeForce RTX 2080 with 8 GB of GDDR6 memory
2.6 GHz hexa-core Core i7-10750H, up to 5.0 GHz, 12 MB L3 cache
M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD or GeForce GTX 1660 Ti with 6GB of GDDR6 memory or GeForce RTX 2070 with 6 GB of GDDR6 memory 17.3", 1920×1080
Reception
Reception for the Dell G3 has been mixed. Digital Trends gave the Dell G3 a rating 3.5 out of 5 stars with a rating of 7.0. TechRader gave the Dell G3 a rating of 4 out of 5 stars. Laptop Mag gave the Dell G3 3 out of 5 stars. YouTuber Dave Lee gave the G3 a negative review due to its poor thermal performance; while it didn't thermal throttle, it did produce high temperatures under load. Reception for the Dell G7 has been generally positive. Laptop Mag gave the Dell G7 3.5 out of 5 stars while PCworld gave the Dell G7 4 out of 5 stars. Wired gave the Dell G7 a rating of 7 out of 10. Dave Lee gave the Dell G7 a positive review.
