Acer Aspire 16 AI (A16-61M) vs Dell XPS 16 (9640)

[ VERDICT ] Winner: Dell XPS 16 (9640) (88/100)

Dell XPS 16 (9640) leads overall with a score of 88/100 compared to Acer Aspire 16 AI (A16-61M) (54/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Dell XPS 16 (9640):
  • + Higher Performance score (89 vs 57)
  • + Higher Gaming score (84 vs 16)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Acer Aspire 16 AI (A16-61M) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Gaming 16.0 Poor 84.0 Very Good WINNER
NanoReview Score 54.0 Below Average —
Performance 57.0 Below Average 89.0 Very Good WINNER
Battery Life — 82.0 Very Good
DeviceBenchmark Score — 88.0 Very Good
Display — 96.0 Excellent

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Acer Aspire 16 AI (A16-61M) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Battery type Li-Po —
Charge power 100 W —
Charging port position Left —
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) Yes —
Fast charging Yes —
Replaceable No —
Battery Wh — 99.5 Wh

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Acer Aspire 16 AI (A16-61M) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Base frequency 2.1 GHz —
Cores 8 (4P + 4E) —
Fabrication process 2 nm —
Integrated GPU Intel Xe3 Graphics —
L3 Cache 12 MB —
Threads 8 —
Turbo frequency 4.5 GHz —

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Acer Aspire 16 AI (A16-61M) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Area 888 cm2(137.6 inches2) —
Colors Gray —
Cooling system Active —
Dimensions 354.9 x 250.1 x 15.9 mm13.97 x 9.85 x 0.63 inches —
Liquid metal No —
Material Top: Aluminum —
Number of fans 2 —
Screen-to-body ratio ~83.6% —
Side bezels 5.1 mm —
Transformer No —
Vapor chamber No —
Weight 1.55 kg (3.42 lbs) 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Acer Aspire 16 AI (A16-61M) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes —
Bluetooth v5.3 —
DisplayPort No —
Ethernet (RJ45) No —
Fingerprint Optional —
HDMI 1x HDMI 2.1 —
Infrared sensor No —
Optical drive No —
Proprietary charging port No —
SD card reader Yes —
Thunderbolt Thunderbolt 4 —
USB Type-C 2x USB 4.0 —
USB-A 2x USB 3.2 —
VGA No —
Webcam Above the display —
Webcam resolution 1920 x 1080 —
Wi-Fi standard v6E —

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Acer Aspire 16 AI (A16-61M) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Adaptive refresh rate Yes —
Aspect ratio 16:10 —
Coating Matte —
HDR support No —
PPI 142 ppi —
Refresh rate 120 Hz —
Resolution 1920 x 1200 pixels —
Size 16 inches —
Sync technology No —
Touchscreen No —
Type IPS LCD —
sRGB color space 100% —
Screen Size — 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400)

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Acer Aspire 16 AI (A16-61M) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
FLOPS 2.5 TFLOPS —
GPU base clock 300 MHz —
GPU boost clock 2450 MHz —
GPU performance 2.5 TFLOPS —
Memory size System Shared —
Memory speed 8.53 Gbps —
Memory type LPDDR5X —
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 16 —
Shading units (cores) 512 —
TGP 25 W —
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 32 —

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Acer Aspire 16 AI (A16-61M) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Backlight Yes —
Keyboard type Island —
Numpad Yes —
Surface Plastic —
Windows Precision Yes —

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Acer Aspire 16 AI (A16-61M) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Channels 1x8 GB —
Clock 8533 MHz —
Upgradable No —

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Acer Aspire 16 AI (A16-61M) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Dolby Atmos No —
Microphones 2 —
Power 2x2W —
Speakers 2.0 —

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Acer Aspire 16 AI (A16-61M) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Bus PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) —
NVMe Yes —
Storage type SSD (M2) —
Total slots 1 —

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Acer Aspire 16 AI (A16-61M) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Weight 1.55 kg (3.42 lbs) 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Acer Aspire 16 AI (A16-61M) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Cpu — Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (16 cores, up to 4.8 GHz, Intel AI Boost)
Gpu — NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop (8 GB GDDR6, 60W)
Ram — 32 GB LPDDR5X-7467 MHz
Storage — 1 TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD

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