The 10 Best Dell Monitors in 2027

This is the Dell we'd buy for a laptop desk, and the hub is the reason. One Thunderbolt 4 cable carries video, up to 140W of charging, 2.5GbE Ethernet and a hub with five USB-C and five USB-A ports. And 140W is enough to keep a big laptop charging while it works hard.

Say your work laptop is a Windows machine with Thunderbolt and you want two 4K screens with no dock. Run one cable to the laptop and a second from the Thunderbolt 4 out to another monitor, and both screens, the wired network and your keyboard come up together. The KVM moves your keyboard and mouse to a personal PC in about four seconds. Text is crisp on the 4K IPS Black panel, 120Hz makes long documents glide, and the stand raises, swivels and pivots.

But the weak spot is consistency. Owners in RTINGS's discussion thread keep reporting a faint buzz below roughly 80 to 90% brightness, some on replacement units, so buy where returns are easy. It's no gaming or HDR screen either. So would we buy it? For a laptop desk, yes. Want 4K and USB-C for much less? The S2725QC (#2) covers the basics.

Most laptop owners don't need a Thunderbolt dock, and this is the Dell for them. It's a 27-inch 4K IPS at 120Hz with a USB-C port that carries the picture and charges at 65W, plus a hub with one more USB-C and two USB-A ports. Its sRGB mode is accurate enough for photo edits, too.

Think of an office with hot desks. You sit down with a 13-inch laptop, connect the 1m USB-C cable from the box, and the screen, charging and your mouse dongle all come alive at once. Jerry Schulze measured about 390 nits, close to 1,500:1 contrast and even backlighting, and the speakers are loud enough for a stand-up call.

Here's the catch for desktop builders. PC owners on Dell's community forum point out there's no DisplayPort input, so a graphics card needs HDMI 2.1 to reach 4K 120Hz. The stand also wobbles. Is it the one for you? If one laptop is all you plug in, yes. Juggling a work laptop and a home PC? The U2725QE (#1) adds the KVM. Desktop only? Save with the S2725QS (#3).

Comparing the QS, QC and DC on a store page? Here's the short version: the QS is the 4K one without USB, and that's why it's the cheapest Dell 4K worth buying. You get the same sharp 27-inch IPS at 120Hz as its USB-C twin, plus the DisplayPort input the QC lacks, so a desktop tower plugs straight in.

Here's a typical week: a tower PC runs your photo library over DisplayPort on weeknights, and an Xbox takes HDMI for Saturday racing. Both HDMI ports are genuine HDMI 2.1, so 4K at 120Hz with VRR works. Colors land close to the mark in sRGB mode without a calibrator, and PC Monitors found no PWM flicker at any brightness. Mac owners on MacRumors mostly report sharp text at scaled 1440p on Apple Silicon, though a few find the colors a touch warm.

But there's no USB of any kind, so a laptop won't charge and a webcam needs its own hub. Motion is soft too, at about 8 ms in the best overdrive mode. Our call: for a desktop or a console, buy it. Laptop user? Spend a little more on the S2725QC (#2).

If your screen time leans toward films and photos, this is the Dell to get. It's a 32-inch 4K QD-OLED at 120Hz with true blacks, near-full DCI-P3 and Adobe RGB color, and HDR highlights measured around 950 nits. Nothing else on this list looks like it in a dark room.

Picture 10pm on a rainy Sunday with the lamp off. You finish editing a batch of family photos, then start a film without moving an inch. The five-speaker bar is some of the best monitor audio around, though bass is thin. One 90W USB-C cable runs a laptop, HDMI 2.1 gives a console 4K 120Hz with VRR, and the stand adjusts height, tilt and swivel. A USB-C cable and a cleaning cloth come in the box.

The friction is the ports: one HDMI and one USB-C video input, with no DisplayPort or audio out. Several owners on Dell's forum report flicker at 120Hz over HDMI, and one cured it by switching off spatial audio. Static taskbars all day also carry burn-in risk. Worth it? For a media-first desk, absolutely. For eight hours of spreadsheets, the U3225QE (#7) is the safer 32-inch.

Need a Dell that docks a laptop but your budget won't stretch to 4K? This is the one. It's a 27-inch 1440p IPS at 144Hz with a USB-C port that carries video and up to 65W of charging, plus a USB-C and two USB-A ports on the hub. And at 144Hz it has the edge over the 4K S2725QC for after-hours PC games.

Now take a desk you share with a partner who brings a different laptop each day. Nobody hunts for a dongle, because one USB-C cable handled a MacBook, iPads, an iPhone and a string of other laptops in TechRadar's hands. A USB stick goes into the pop-out front ports without reaching behind the screen, and the two 3W speakers suit calls, not music.

The trade is sharpness. At 1440p, text looks softer than on the 4K S2725QC, and there's no HDR or headphone jack. It weighs so little that a monitor arm's tension needs resetting. Should you save here? On a tight laptop budget, yes. If crisp text matters more to you than 144Hz, step up to the S2725QC (#2).

One wide screen beats two side by side for a lot of desk work, and this is the Dell to do it with. It's a 34-inch 1900R curved ultrawide at 3440 x 1440 and 120Hz, and its IPS Black panel gives deeper contrast than standard IPS. Better still, it's a full Thunderbolt 4 dock with 90W charging, 2.5GbE Ethernet, a 10Gbps USB hub and a KVM.

Take a trader's morning before the opening bell: charts on the left, a news feed in the middle, email on the right, and no bezel cutting a candlestick chart in half. All four cables come in the box, from Thunderbolt 4 to HDMI, and the speakers are good for a monitor.

Here's the thing, though: the panel is the weaker half of the deal. Text is softer than 4K, there's no HDR, and the stand won't turn to portrait. An owner on Dell's forum couldn't daisy chain from a DisplayPort desktop, and Dell confirmed chaining works only over Thunderbolt 4. Would we pick it over two screens? For a Thunderbolt laptop, yes. Want sharper text across even more room? The U4025QW (#10) is the bigger step.

Want the U2725QE's dock but more room to work? This is that monitor at 32 inches. You get the same 4K 120Hz IPS Black recipe, Thunderbolt 4 with 140W charging, 2.5GbE Ethernet, a KVM and a seven-port USB hub. At about 140 PPI, text stays sharp while every window gets bigger.

Checking a contract against its last draft is where it shines. Both pages sit open at full size side by side, and 120Hz keeps the scroll smooth as you compare clauses. The KVM hands your keyboard and mouse to a personal PC at 5pm, and the sRGB mode is accurate out of the box. In the box: Thunderbolt 4, DisplayPort and USB-A to USB-C cables.

The panel is merely good. Blacks look gray in a dark room and HDR dimming blooms. Several early buyers in RTINGS's owner thread talk about returns, mostly over coil whine and backlight bleed, and one saw a green tint just off-center. Keep the receipt. So is the bigger size worth it? If 27 inches feels cramped, yes. Happy at 27? The U2725QE (#1) does the same job for less.

This is the sensible one, and for an office that's the point. Dell's Pro 27 Plus is a 27-inch 4K IPS at 100Hz whose USB-C port carries video, 90W of charging, wired Ethernet and four USB ports. ITPro measured an average Delta E of 1.7 out of the box and found its uniformity much better than recent UltraSharps, which shows when six screens sit in a row.

Setting up six desks for a small team? Every laptop plugs into the same USB-C cable and gets power, network and its keyboard, and nobody asks you about a dock. The stand adjusts in every direction and turns to portrait, the front ports pop out for quick connections, and the box includes DisplayPort, USB-C and USB-C to USB-A cables.

Don't expect fun from it, though. There's no HDR or adaptive sync, contrast is ordinary, and the USB ports run at 5Gbps. Would we roll it out? For a row of work desks, yes. For one home desk where you'll also game or watch films, the S2725QC (#2) gives you 120Hz and speakers.

If you want the most Dell screen for the least money, start here. It's a 32-inch 4K VA panel at 120Hz, sharp at about 140 PPI, with two HDMI 2.1 ports, a DisplayPort and built-in speakers. Contrast is its real strength: blacks look far deeper than on the IPS screens elsewhere on this list.

End the day with a series in a dark room, and you'll see why. Night scenes stay inky instead of gray, and the next morning the same screen fits a spreadsheet and a browser side by side. A console runs 4K 120Hz over HDMI 2.1. Brightness sits around 300 nits, fine for everyday viewing but not real HDR.

Now the trade-offs. There's no USB of any kind, slow pixels smear fast games, and in RTINGS's discussion thread for this model its staff confirm text smears when scrolling, worst with white text on dark backgrounds. The stand only adjusts height and tilt. Bottom line: for budget office work and films, it's a lot of screen. Want OLED blacks and one-cable laptop charging? The S3225QC (#4) is the upgrade.

For the biggest canvas on this list, this is it. The 40-inch curved panel runs 5120 x 2160 at 120Hz, about the room of two 27-inch screens, and text stays sharp at about 140 PPI. It's also a full Thunderbolt 4 dock with 140W charging, 2.5GbE Ethernet, a KVM and a pop-out USB hub.

Imagine cutting a two-hour wedding film with the whole timeline in view, every clip visible without scrolling, and the preview window and bins still on screen. PCWorld measured 408 nits, 2,050:1 contrast, 100% sRGB and 96% DCI-P3, so color work holds up. The box has HDMI, DisplayPort, USB and active Thunderbolt 4 cables plus a calibration report, and two 9W speakers are built in.

Mac owners should read this part first. Several owners with Thunderbolt 5 MacBook Pros report frequent disconnects over the included cable, fixed with a Thunderbolt 3 cable or macOS 26.4. Auto brightness also dims too far, so switch it off. So who should buy it? Anyone whose timelines and spreadsheets spill off a 34-inch screen. If 40 inches is more than your desk can take, the 34-inch U3425WE (#6) fits easier.