Dell G Series


The Dell G Series is a line of laptop and desktop computers by Dell. It is the successor to the Dell Inspiron Gaming Series (Pandora). It was launched in April 2018. The G series is positioned below Alienware and competes with Lenovo's LOQ, Acer's Nitro, HP's Victus.
During CES 2019, Dell updated the G5 and G7. The G7 is now available in both 15-inch and 17-inch screen. Other upgrades includes a 144 Hz 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.
Dell released the G15 series of laptops in 2021. The G15 laptops are the highest performing variants in the G-series with some units having specifications comparable to Alienware models.

Specifications

Like with many Windows computers, many configurations exist.
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
GeForce GTX 1050 with 4 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
M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD
GeForce GTX 1050 with 3 GB GDDR5 memory
GeForce GTX 1650 with 4 GB GDDR5 memory
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q with 6 GB GDDR6 memory
802.11ac Wi-Fi + Bluetooth 4.1
  • 2.5 GHz quad-core Core i5-10300H, up to 4.5 GHz, 8 MB L3 cache
GeForce GTX 1650 with 4 GB GDDR6 memory
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti with 6 GB GDDR6 memory
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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
2666 MHz
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.
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
M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD
or GeForce GTX 1650 with 4 GB of GDDR5 memory
or GeForce GTX 1660 Ti with 6 GB 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 4 GB of GDDR5 memory
or GeForce GTX 1660 Ti with 6 GB 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
3200 MHz
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
GeForce GTX 1650 Ti with 4 GB of GDDR6 memory
or GeForce GTX 1660 Ti with 6 GB of GDDR6 memory
or GeForce RTX 2070 with 8 GB of GDDR6 memory
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G15 Series

  • 2.40 GHz quad-core Core i5-10200H, up to 4.10 GHz, 8 MB cache
  • 2.20 GHz octa-core Core i7-10870H, up to 5 GHz, 16 MB cache
M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD
GeForce GTX 1650 with 4 GB of GDDR6 memory
or GeForce RTX 3050 with 4 GB of GDDR6 memory
or GeForce RTX 3050 Ti with 4 GB of GDDR6 memory
or GeForce RTX 3060 with 6 GB of GDDR6 memory
  • 2.10 GHz hexa-core Core i5-11260H, up to 4.40 GHz, 12 MB cache
  • 2.20 GHz hexa-core Core i5-11400H, up to 4.50 GHz, 12 MB cache
  • 2.30 GHz octa-core Core i7-11800H, up to 4.60 GHz, 24 MB cache
M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD
or GeForce RTX 3050 Ti with 4 GB of GDDR6 memory
or GeForce RTX 3060 with 6 GB of GDDR6 memory
  • 3.3 GHz hexa-core Ryzen 7 5600H, up to 4.2 GHz, 16 MB L3 cache
  • 3.2 GHz octa-core Ryzen 7 5800H, up to 4.4 GHz, 16 MB L3 cache
M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD
or GeForce RTX 3050 Ti with 4 GB of GDDR6 memory
or GeForce RTX 3060 with 6 GB of GDDR6 memory
  • 12-core Core i5-12500H, up to 4.50 GHz, 18 MB cache
  • 14-core Core i7-12700H, up to 4.70 GHz, 24 MB cache
M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD
or GeForce RTX 3050 Ti with 4 GB of GDDR6 memory
or GeForce RTX 3060 with 6 GB of GDDR6 memory
or GeForce RTX 3070 Ti with 8 GB of GDDR6 memory
OR
15.6", 2560 x 1440, IPS Anti-Glare LED-Backlit, Refresh Rate:
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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
16 GB DDR4 2933 MHz
7200 RPM
3.5" SATA
or
128 GB / 256 GB
M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD
7200 rpm
3.5" SATA
GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER with 4 GB of GDDR6 memory
or GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER with 6 GB of GDDR6 memory
or GeForce GTX 1660 Ti with 6 GB of GDDR6 memory
or GeForce RTX 2060 with 6 GB of GDDR6 memory
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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
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
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 4 GB of GDDR5 memory
or GeForce GTX 1660 Ti with 6 GB 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 6 GB 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
  • 2.4 GHz octa-core Core i9-10885H, up to 5.3 GHz, 16 MB L3 Cache
M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD
or GeForce GTX 1660 Ti with 6 GB of GDDR6 memory
or GeForce RTX 2070 with 8 GB of GDDR6 memory
or GeForce RTX 2070 Super with 8 GB of GDDR6 memory
17.3", 1920×1080

Reception

The 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 PC World 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.

Lawsuits

In October 2020, a law firm advocating for consumer rights claimed to be investigating Dell based on multiple reports of overheating in the G3 and G5 Series laptops. Issues such as screen stuttering and battery failure were prominent. As a resort, users would attempt to alleviate the heat using a variety of makeshift methods, but this would significantly decrease performance of the hardware as a gaming device. The law firm filed a suit on the basis of deceptive trade practice, but this has yet to appear in court.