Acer Swift 14 AI (SF14-11) 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 Swift 14 AI (SF14-11) (69/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Dell XPS 16 (9640):
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (88 vs 69)
  • + Higher Performance score (89 vs 65)
  • + Higher Gaming score (84 vs 33)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Acer Swift 14 AI (SF14-11) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
DeviceBenchmark Score 69.0 Average 88.0 Very Good WINNER
Gaming 33.0 Poor 84.0 Very Good WINNER
Performance 65.0 Average 89.0 Very Good WINNER
Battery Life — 82.0 Very Good
Display — 96.0 Excellent

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Acer Swift 14 AI (SF14-11) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Battery type Li-Ion —
Charge power 65 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 Swift 14 AI (SF14-11) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Base frequency 3.4 GHz —
Cores 10 —
Fabrication process 4 nm —
Integrated GPU Qualcomm Adreno X1-85 —
L3 Cache 6 MB —
Threads 10 —

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Acer Swift 14 AI (SF14-11) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Area 729 cm2(113 inches2) —
Colors Gray —
Cooling system Active —
Dimensions 322.6 x 226 x 14.9 mm12.7 x 8.9 x 0.59 inches —
Liquid metal No —
Material Aluminum —
Noise level (max. load) 33 dB —
Number of fans 2 —
Opening angle 180° —
Screen-to-body ratio ~83.6% —
Side bezels 5.2 mm —
Transformer No —
Vapor chamber No —
Weight 1.32 kg (2.91 lbs) 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Acer Swift 14 AI (SF14-11) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes —
Bluetooth v5.4 —
DisplayPort No —
Ethernet (RJ45) No —
Fingerprint Yes —
HDMI No —
Infrared sensor No —
Optical drive No —
Proprietary charging port No —
SD card reader No —
Thunderbolt No —
USB Type-C 2x USB 4.0 —
USB-A 2x USB 3.2 —
VGA No —
Webcam Above the display —
Webcam resolution 2560 x 1440 —
Wi-Fi standard v7 —

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Acer Swift 14 AI (SF14-11) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Aspect ratio 16:10 —
Coating Matte —
HDR support No —
PPI 208 ppi —
Refresh rate 120 Hz —
Resolution 2560 x 1600 pixels —
Size 14.5 inches —
Sync technology No —
Touchscreen No —
Type IPS LCD —
Screen Size — 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400)

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Acer Swift 14 AI (SF14-11) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
FLOPS 3.8 TFLOPS —
GPU base clock 300 MHz —
GPU boost clock 1250 MHz —
GPU performance 3.8 TFLOPS —
Memory size System Shared —
Memory speed 8.45 Gbps —
Memory type LPDDR5X —
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 48 —
Shading units (cores) 1536 —
Solar Bay 8346 —
TGP 30 W —
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 96 —

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Acer Swift 14 AI (SF14-11) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Backlight Yes —
Keyboard type Island —
Numpad No —
Windows Precision Yes —

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Acer Swift 14 AI (SF14-11) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Channels 2x8 GB —
Clock 8448 MHz —
Upgradable No —

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Acer Swift 14 AI (SF14-11) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Dolby Atmos No —
Microphones 3 —
Speakers 2.0 —

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Acer Swift 14 AI (SF14-11) 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 Swift 14 AI (SF14-11) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Weight 1.32 kg (2.91 lbs) 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Acer Swift 14 AI (SF14-11) 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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