Asus ROG Flow X13 (2023) 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 Asus ROG Flow X13 (2023) (61/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Dell XPS 16 (9640):
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (88 vs 61)
  • + Higher Performance score (89 vs 57)
  • + Higher Gaming score (84 vs 29)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Asus ROG Flow X13 (2023) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
DeviceBenchmark Score 61.0 Average 88.0 Very Good WINNER
Gaming 29.0 Poor 84.0 Very Good WINNER
Performance 57.0 Below Average 89.0 Very Good WINNER
Battery Life — 82.0 Very Good
Display — 96.0 Excellent

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Asus ROG Flow X13 (2023) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Battery type Li-Po —
Charge power 100 / 130 W —
Charging port position Left, Right —
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 Asus ROG Flow X13 (2023) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Base frequency 3.2 GHz —
Cores 8 —
Fabrication process 6 nm —
Integrated GPU Radeon 680M —
L3 Cache 16 MB —
Threads 16 —
Turbo frequency 4.75 GHz —

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Asus ROG Flow X13 (2023) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Area 634 cm2(98.3 inches2) —
Colors Black —
Cooling system Active —
Dimensions 299 x 212 x 16.7-18.7 mm11.77 x 8.35 x 0.66-0.74 inches —
Liquid metal Yes —
Material Aluminum —
Noise level (max. load) 47 dB —
Number of fans 2 —
Opening angle 360° —
Screen-to-body ratio ~82.1% —
Side bezels 5.2 mm —
Transformer Yes —
Vapor chamber Yes —
Weight 1.3 kg (2.87 lbs) 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Asus ROG Flow X13 (2023) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes —
Bluetooth v5.3 —
DisplayPort No —
Ethernet (RJ45) No —
Fingerprint No —
HDMI 1x HDMI 2.1 —
Infrared sensor Yes —
Optical drive No —
Proprietary charging port Yes —
SD card reader Yes —
Thunderbolt No —
USB Type-C 2x USB 4.0 —
USB-A 1x USB 3.2 —
VGA No —
Webcam Above the display —
Webcam resolution 1920 x 1080 —
Wi-Fi standard v6E —

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Asus ROG Flow X13 (2023) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Ambient light sensor Yes —
Aspect ratio 16:10 —
Coating Glossy —
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision —
PPI 169 ppi —
Refresh rate 120 Hz —
Resolution 1920 x 1200 pixels —
Response time 7 ms —
Size 13.4 inches —
Sync technology Adaptive Sync —
Touchscreen Yes —
Type IPS LCD —
sRGB color space 100% —
Screen Size — 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400)

GPU Benchmarks

GPU Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Asus ROG Flow X13 (2023) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Blender GPU 2162 —
Solar Bay 28741 —

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Asus ROG Flow X13 (2023) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
FLOPS 9 TFLOPS —
GPU base clock 1455 MHz —
GPU boost clock 1755 MHz —
GPU performance 9 TFLOPS —
Memory bus 96 bit —
Memory size 6 GB —
Memory speed ~16 Gbps —
Memory type GDDR6 —
Nvidia Optimus MUX —
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 32 —
Shading units (cores) 2560 —
TGP 60 W —
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 80 —

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Asus ROG Flow X13 (2023) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Backlight Yes —
Key travel 1.7 mm —
Keyboard type Island —
Numpad No —
Surface Glass —
Windows Precision Yes —

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Asus ROG Flow X13 (2023) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Channels 2x8 GB —
Clock 6400 MHz —
Upgradable No —

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Asus ROG Flow X13 (2023) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Dolby Atmos Yes —
Loudness ~70.6 dB —
Microphones 3 —
Speakers 2.0 —

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Asus ROG Flow X13 (2023) 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 Asus ROG Flow X13 (2023) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Weight 1.3 kg (2.87 lbs) 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Asus ROG Flow X13 (2023) 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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