Dell Latitude 14" E5540, Core i5-4200U, 8GB, 240GB SSD + 240GB HDD
CPU i5-4200U
RAM 8 GB
Storage 240 GB
Screen 14"
OS Windows 10 Pro
10 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong affordability (80th percentile) 80th
- Strong portability (66th percentile) 66th
Cons
- Below average cpu (3rd percentile)
- Below average gpu (6th percentile)
- Below average port selection (10th percentile)
- Below average ram (13th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| CPU | i5-4200U |
| Frequency | 1.6 GHz |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage 1 | 240 GB |
| Storage 1 Type | SSD |
| Storage 2 | 240 GB |
| Storage 2 Type | HDD |
Display
| Size | 14" |
Physical
| OS | Windows 10 Pro |
vs Competition
| Spec | Dell Latitude 14" E5540 | Apple MacBook Air M4 | Lenovo Legion 5i 83F00008US | ASUS ProArt PX13 | HP OmniBook X Flip | MSI Creator A13V |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | i5-4200U | Apple M4 | Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX | AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 388 | AMD Ryzen AI 7 350 | Intel Core i7 13620H |
| RAM (GB) | 8 | 24 | 32 | 32 | 24 | 32 |
| Storage (GB) | 240 | 1024 | 1024 | 512 | 1024 | 2048 |
| Screen | 14" | 15.3" 2880x1864 | 15.1" 2560x1600 | 13.3" 2880x1800 | 14" 1920x1200 | 14" 2880x1800 |
| GPU | - | Apple (10-Core) | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 | AMD Radeon Graphics | AMD Radeon 860M | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 |
| OS | Windows 10 Pro | macOS | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home |
| Weight (kg) | - | 1.5 | 2 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.6 |
| Battery (Wh) | - | 66 | 80 | 73 | 59 | 54 |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | CPU | GPU | RAM | Ports | Screen | Portability | Storage | Reliability | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dell Latitude 14" E5540 | 2.8 | 6.3 | 13.3 | 9.9 | 19.9 | 66 | 27.8 | 33.4 | 64.4 | 80.1 |
| Apple MacBook Air M4 Compare | 76.1 | 74.8 | 76.7 | 51.5 | 91.3 | 58.4 | 79.3 | 98.1 | 95.4 | 25.6 |
| Lenovo Legion 5i 83F00008US Compare | 94.6 | 87.4 | 86.4 | 97.3 | 94.4 | 56.4 | 79.3 | 81.8 | 89.3 | 27.3 |
| ASUS ProArt PX13 Compare | 87.8 | 90.8 | 90.9 | 71.3 | 95.4 | 93 | 51 | 60.4 | 96 | 18 |
| HP OmniBook X Flip Compare | 80.3 | 63.7 | 82.3 | 77.4 | 74 | 79.4 | 65.2 | 33.4 | 97.3 | 43.4 |
| MSI Creator A13V Compare | 75 | 90 | 83.9 | 68 | 89.7 | 73 | 93.9 | 60.4 | 64.4 | 28.7 |
Price
Value & Pricing
We started tracking prices for this product on Jun 14, 2026. The chart appears once we have more data.
Usage Scores
- Overall10.4
- AI/LLM3
- Gaming2.4
- Portability19
- Creator3.3
- Student23.5
- Business11.8
- Developer8
- Entertainment9.2
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