Acer Aspire 5 14 (A514-56) 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 5 14 (A514-56) (46/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Acer Aspire 5 14 (A514-56) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Gaming 18.0 Poor 84.0 Very Good WINNER
NanoReview Score 46.0 Poor 88.0 Very Good WINNER
Performance 44.0 Poor 89.0 Very Good WINNER
Battery Life 82.0 Very Good
Display 96.0 Excellent

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Acer Aspire 5 14 (A514-56) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Battery type Li-Ion
Charge power 65 / 90 W
Charging port position Left
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) Yes
Fast charging Yes
Full charging time 1:30 hr
Replaceable No
Battery Wh 99.5 Wh

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Acer Aspire 5 14 (A514-56) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Base frequency 1.2 GHz
Cores 6 (2P + 4E)
Fabrication process 10 nm
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics (64EU)
L3 Cache 10 MB
Threads 8
Turbo frequency 4.5 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Acer Aspire 5 14 (A514-56) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Area 718 cm2(111.3 inches2)
Colors Gray
Cooling system Active
Dimensions 318.2 x 225.5 x 17.8 mm12.53 x 8.88 x 0.7 inches
Liquid metal No
Material Top: AluminumMiddle: PlasticBottom: Plastic
Number of fans 1
Screen-to-body ratio ~79.2%
Side bezels 8.3 mm
Transformer No
Vapor chamber No
Weight 1.57 kg (3.46 lbs) 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Acer Aspire 5 14 (A514-56) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes
Bluetooth v5.3
DisplayPort No
Ethernet (RJ45) Yes
Fingerprint Optional
HDMI 1x HDMI 2.1
Infrared sensor No
Optical drive No
Proprietary charging port Yes
SD card reader No
Thunderbolt Thunderbolt 4
USB Type-C 1x USB 3.2
USB-A 3x USB 3.2
VGA No
Webcam Above the display
Webcam resolution 1920 x 1080
Wi-Fi standard v6

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Acer Aspire 5 14 (A514-56) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Ambient light sensor No
Aspect ratio 16:10
Coating Matte
Contrast 1200:1
DCI-P3 color gamut 39%
HDR support No
PPI 162 ppi
Refresh rate 60 Hz
Resolution 1920 x 1200 pixels
Response time 16 ms
Size 14 inches
Sync technology No
Touchscreen No
Type IPS LCD
sRGB color space 51%
Screen Size 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400)

GPU Benchmarks

GPU Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Acer Aspire 5 14 (A514-56) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Blender GPU 662
Solar Bay 15663

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Acer Aspire 5 14 (A514-56) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
FLOPS 5.1-6 TFLOPS
GPU performance 5.1-6 TFLOPS
Memory bus 64 bit
Memory size 4 GB
Memory speed ~14 Gbps
Memory type GDDR6
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 32
Shading units (cores) 2048
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 64

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Acer Aspire 5 14 (A514-56) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Backlight Yes
Keyboard type Island
Numpad No
Surface Plastic
Windows Precision Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Acer Aspire 5 14 (A514-56) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Channels 2x4 GB
Clock 3200 MHz
Max. ram size 16 GB
Total slots 2
Upgradable Yes

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Acer Aspire 5 14 (A514-56) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Dolby Atmos No
Microphones 2
Speakers 2.0

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Acer Aspire 5 14 (A514-56) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Bus PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
NVMe Yes
Storage type SSD (M2)

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Acer Aspire 5 14 (A514-56) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Weight 1.57 kg (3.46 lbs) 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Acer Aspire 5 14 (A514-56) 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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