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Dell laptops with Thunderbolt 5

Dell's Thunderbolt 5 catalog covers six Pro Max or Pro Precision workstations and the Dell 16 Premium creator laptop, with screens from 14 to 18 inches. Every family has a complete US order code, but their port layouts are not identical. The 14-inch Pro models have two TB5 ports plus two TB4 ports. The 16-inch and 18-inch Pro models have two TB5 plus one TB4. Dell 16 Premium has three TB5 ports only in the RTX 5070 configuration, so the DA16250 family name alone is not enough.

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How to read Dell's Pro, Premium and order-code names

Pro Max and Pro Precision are the workstation families on this page. Their exact configurations cover several sizes and graphics types, including RTX Pro options and Intel Arc B390 on the two Pro Precision rows. Dell 16 Premium, also associated with the XPS 16 name in the catalog, is the creator model and its qualifying order code uses GeForce RTX 5070. Those labels organize the range, but they do not rank the laptops or replace a check against your software requirements.

The chassis changes the connection mix. Pro Max 14 Premium and Pro Precision 7 14 each have two TB5 ports and two TB4 ports. The 16-inch and 18-inch Pro families have two TB5 ports and one TB4 port. Dell 16 Premium is the exception: its RTX 5070 configuration has three TB5 ports, while integrated graphics, RTX 5050 and RTX 5060 versions in the same DA16250 family use TB4. A shared chassis name does not guarantee the same Thunderbolt generation.

Short codes such as MA14250, MB16250 and PW716260 identify a Dell family. The longer US order code identifies the complete configuration in the table. For example, bts105_ma14250_usx is the Pro Max 14 Premium row, while xcto_pw716260_usx is the 16-inch Pro Precision row with Intel Arc B390 graphics. Match that full code to the processor, graphics, memory and storage. For DA16250, also confirm RTX 5070 because the graphics tier determines whether the ports are TB5 or TB4.

Exact configurations

Dell TB5 configurations by exact order code

Keep the complete order code beside the CPU, GPU, memory and storage. A family code such as MA14250, PW716260 or DA16250 does not identify the whole machine.

Open a laptop family to compare its exact retail identifiers.

Dell Pro Max 14 Premium2025 · 2 × TB5 + 2 × TB41 exact configuration
Dell Pro Max 14 Premium exact configuration table
Laptop and SKUFamily displayExact CPU / GPUMemory / storageTB5 ports
Dell Pro Max 14 Premiumbts105_ma14250_usx14-inchIntel Core Ultra 9 285H vProNVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell 8GB32GB LPDDR5X-84001TB Performance PCIe NVMe SSD2 × Thunderbolt 5
Dell Pro Max 16 Premium2025 · 2 × TB5 + 1 × TB41 exact configuration
Dell Pro Max 16 Premium exact configuration table
Laptop and SKUFamily displayExact CPU / GPUMemory / storageTB5 ports
Dell Pro Max 16 Premiumbts103_ma16250_usx16-inchIntel Core Ultra 7 265HNVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell32GB LPDDR5X 8400 MT/s1TB SSD2 × Thunderbolt 5
Dell Pro Max 16 Plus2025 · 2 × TB5 + 1 × TB41 exact configuration
Dell Pro Max 16 Plus exact configuration table
Laptop and SKUFamily displayExact CPU / GPUMemory / storageTB5 ports
Dell Pro Max 16 Plusbts103_mb16250_usx16-inchIntel Core Ultra 7 265HX vProNVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell 8GB32GB DDR5-6400 (2 × 16GB)512GB Performance PCIe NVMe SSD2 × Thunderbolt 5
Dell Pro Max 18 Plus2025 · 2 × TB5 + 1 × TB41 exact configuration
Dell Pro Max 18 Plus exact configuration table
Laptop and SKUFamily displayExact CPU / GPUMemory / storageTB5 ports
Dell Pro Max 18 Plusbts109_mb18250_usx18-inchIntel Core Ultra 9 285HX vProNVIDIA RTX PRO 3000 Blackwell 12GB64GB DDR5-6400 (2 × 32GB)1TB Performance PCIe NVMe SSD2 × Thunderbolt 5
Dell Pro Precision 7 142026 · 2 × TB5 + 2 × TB41 exact configuration
Dell Pro Precision 7 14 exact configuration table
Laptop and SKUFamily displayExact CPU / GPUMemory / storageTB5 ports
Dell Pro Precision 7 14xcto_pw714260_usx14-inchIntel Core Ultra X7 368H vPro EnterpriseIntel Arc B390 integrated graphics64GB LPDDR5x-8533256GB PCIe NVMe 2230 SSD2 × Thunderbolt 5
Dell Pro Precision 7 162026 · 2 × TB5 + 1 × TB41 exact configuration
Dell Pro Precision 7 16 exact configuration table
Laptop and SKUFamily displayExact CPU / GPUMemory / storageTB5 ports
Dell Pro Precision 7 16xcto_pw716260_usx16-inchIntel Core Ultra X7 368H vPro EnterpriseIntel Arc B390 integrated graphics64GB LPDDR5x-8533512GB PCIe NVMe 2230 SSD2 × Thunderbolt 5
Dell 16 Premium / XPS 16 (RTX 5070)2025 · 3 × TB5 only with RTX 50701 exact configuration
Dell 16 Premium / XPS 16 (RTX 5070) exact configuration table
Laptop and SKUFamily displayExact CPU / GPUMemory / storageTB5 ports
Dell 16 Premium / XPS 16 (RTX 5070)useda16250hbtshthr16.3-inch FHD+ / 4K OLEDIntel Core Ultra 7 255HNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 8GB GDDR7 55W32GB LPDDR5X-84001TB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD3 × Thunderbolt 5

Buying guidance

Choosing between the Dell models

  • Start with the role and size. Pro Max and Pro Precision cover the 14-inch to 18-inch workstation entries, while Dell 16 Premium is the 16-inch creator option.
  • Count TB5 and TB4 separately on the Pro models. The 14-inch workstations have two of each; the 16-inch and 18-inch Pro models have two TB5 and one TB4.
  • For Dell 16 Premium, accept only an order code tied to RTX 5070 when TB5 is required. The integrated, RTX 5050 and RTX 5060 DA16250 versions use TB4.

Family guides

Dell Pro and Premium family guides

Open the matching guide for Dell's port specification, the exact order code in the catalog and any same-family graphics choice that changes the Thunderbolt version.

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