Acer Nitro 5 (AN515-46) 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 Nitro 5 (AN515-46) (41/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Acer Nitro 5 (AN515-46) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Gaming 24.0 Poor 84.0 Very Good WINNER
NanoReview Score 41.0 Poor 88.0 Very Good WINNER
Performance 49.0 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 Nitro 5 (AN515-46) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Battery type Li-Ion
Charge power 280 W
Charging port position Bottom
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) Yes
Fast charging Yes
Full charging time 2:00 hr
Replaceable No
Weight of AC adapter 820 grams
Battery Wh 99.5 Wh

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Acer Nitro 5 (AN515-46) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Base frequency 3.3 GHz
Cores 6
Fabrication process 6 nm
Integrated GPU AMD Radeon 660M
L3 Cache 16 MB
Threads 12
Turbo frequency 4.5 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Acer Nitro 5 (AN515-46) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Area 992 cm2(153.7 inches2)
Colors Black
Cooling system Active
Dimensions 363.5 x 272.9 x 26.5-29.5 mm14.31 x 10.74 x 1.04-1.16 inches
Liquid metal No
Material Plastic
Noise level (max. load) 53.6 dB
Number of fans 2
Screen-to-body ratio ~67.7%
Side bezels 9.1 mm
Transformer No
Vapor chamber No
Weight 2 kg (4.41 lbs) 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Acer Nitro 5 (AN515-46) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes
Bluetooth v5.2
DisplayPort No
Ethernet (RJ45) Yes
Fingerprint No
HDMI 1x HDMI 2.1
Infrared sensor No
Optical drive No
Proprietary charging port Yes
SD card reader No
Thunderbolt No
USB Type-C 1x USB 4.0
USB-A 3x USB 3.2
VGA No
Webcam Above the display
Webcam resolution 1280 x 720
Wi-Fi standard v6E

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Acer Nitro 5 (AN515-46) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Adobe RGB profile 69.7%
Ambient light sensor No
Aspect ratio 16:9
Coating Matte
Contrast 1363:1
DCI-P3 color gamut 68.8%
HDR support No
PPI 141 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz
Resolution 1920 x 1080 pixels
Response time 10 ms
Size 15.6 inches
Sync technology FreeSync
Touchscreen No
Type IPS LCD
sRGB color space 98.1%
Screen Size 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400)

GPU Benchmarks

GPU Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Acer Nitro 5 (AN515-46) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Blender GPU 1243
Solar Bay 24849

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Acer Nitro 5 (AN515-46) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
FLOPS 7.9 TFLOPS
GPU base clock 1530 MHz
GPU boost clock 1740 MHz
GPU performance 7.9 TFLOPS
Memory bus 128 bit
Memory size 4 GB
Memory speed 12 Gbps
Memory type GDDR6
Nvidia Optimus MUX
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 40
Shading units (cores) 2048
TGP 95 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 64

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Acer Nitro 5 (AN515-46) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Backlight Yes
Keyboard type Island
Numpad Yes
Surface Plastic
Windows Precision Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Acer Nitro 5 (AN515-46) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Channels 1x8 GB
Clock 4800 MHz
Max. ram size 32 GB
Total slots 2
Upgradable Yes

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Acer Nitro 5 (AN515-46) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Dolby Atmos No
Loudness ~76.3 dB
Microphones 1
Speakers 2.0

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Acer Nitro 5 (AN515-46) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Bus PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
NVMe Yes
Storage type SSD (M2)

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Acer Nitro 5 (AN515-46) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Weight 2 kg (4.41 lbs) 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Acer Nitro 5 (AN515-46) 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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