Acer Swift 3 (SF314-59) 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 3 (SF314-59) (44/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Acer Swift 3 (SF314-59) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Gaming 20.0 Poor 84.0 Very Good WINNER
NanoReview Score 44.0 Poor 88.0 Very Good WINNER
Performance 36.0 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 Swift 3 (SF314-59) 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
Full charging time 2:00 hr
Replaceable No
Battery Wh 99.5 Wh

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Acer Swift 3 (SF314-59) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Base frequency 1.7-3.0 GHz
Cores 2
Fabrication process 10 nm
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4
L3 Cache 6 MB
Threads 4
Turbo frequency 4.1 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Acer Swift 3 (SF314-59) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Area 708 cm2(109.7 inches2)
Colors Silver
Cooling system Active
Dimensions 323.4 x 218.9 x 15.9 mm12.73 x 8.62 x 0.63 inches
Material Aluminum
Noise level (max. load) 39 dB
Number of fans 1
Opening angle 180°
Screen-to-body ratio ~76.3%
Side bezels 6.8 mm
Transformer No
Vapor chamber No
Weight 1.2 kg (2.65 lbs) 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Acer Swift 3 (SF314-59) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes
Bluetooth v5
DisplayPort No
Ethernet (RJ45) No
Fingerprint Yes
HDMI 1x HDMI 2.0
Infrared sensor No
Optical drive No
Proprietary charging port Yes
SD card reader No
Thunderbolt Thunderbolt 3
USB Type-C 1x USB 3.2
USB-A 2x USB 3.2
VGA No
Webcam Above the display
Webcam resolution 1280 x 720
Wi-Fi standard v6

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Acer Swift 3 (SF314-59) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Adobe RGB profile 67.3%
Aspect ratio 16:9
Coating Matte
Contrast 1215:1
DCI-P3 color gamut 69.3%
HDR support No
PPI 157 ppi
Refresh rate 60 Hz
Resolution 1920 x 1080 pixels
Size 14 inches
Sync technology No
Touchscreen No
Type IPS LCD
sRGB color space 96.2%
Screen Size 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400)

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Acer Swift 3 (SF314-59) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
FLOPS 1 TFLOPS
GPU base clock 400 MHz
GPU boost clock 1250 MHz
GPU performance 1 TFLOPS
Memory size System Shared
Memory speed 3.73 Gbps
Memory type LPDDR4X
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 12
Shading units (cores) 384
TGP 15 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 24

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Acer Swift 3 (SF314-59) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Backlight Yes
Keyboard type Island
Numpad No
Surface Plastic
Windows Precision Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Acer Swift 3 (SF314-59) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Channels 1x8 GB
Clock 3733 MHz
Total slots 1
Upgradable No

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Acer Swift 3 (SF314-59) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Dolby Atmos No
Microphones 2
Speakers 2.0

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Acer Swift 3 (SF314-59) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Bus PCI-E Gen 3.0 (4x)
NVMe Yes
Storage type SSD (M2)

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Acer Swift 3 (SF314-59) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Weight 1.2 kg (2.65 lbs) 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Acer Swift 3 (SF314-59) 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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