Dell's $699 XPS 13 laptop is now available with the MacBook Neo in its sights — entry-level XPS design comes with Wildcat Lake, 8GB of RAM, and a 512GB SSD

Laptops Dell's $699 XPS 13 laptop is now available with the MacBook Neo in its sights — entry-level XPS design comes with Wildcat Lake, 8GB of RAM, and a 512GB SSD News By Jake Roach published 16 June 2026 Surprisingly available at the originally announced list price. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works . (Image credit: Tom's Hardware) Share Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Email Share this article Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Dell's new XPS 13 is available for sale, starting at $599 for students and $699 for everyone else. Revealed as a MacBook Neo competitor sporting Intel's Wildcat Lake chips last month, the XPS 13 attempts to strike a balance between premium XPS design and entry-level specs. Given the state of DRAM and NAND flash prices, designs like the XPS 13 and Neo are an attempt to get premium-feeling devices into the hands of customers who don't need high-end compute, all at reasonable prices Check out the XPS 13 at Dell for $699.99 At the heart of the XPS 13 is one of Intel's new Wildcat Lake chips, which have been sparsely available in the U.S. market. This range is built on the same 18A process as Intel's Panther Lake SoCs, and it leverages the same microarchitectures. Wildcat Lake is severely stripped back compared to Panther Lake, however. The entry-level XPS 13 at $699 comes with Intel's Core 5 320, for instance, which is a six-core chip with two Cougar Cove P-cores and a cluster of four Darkmont LPE cores. It has a base power draw of just 15W, and a maximum turbo power of 35W, along with onboard Intel Graphics sporting two Xe3 cores. With those specs, you shouldn't expect to do more than basic web and productivity tasks. Latest Videos From Watch full video here: However, Wildcat Lake comes with the upside of modern connectivity, including speedy LPDDR5X at up to 7,467 M