Dell Alienware m16 R2 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 Dell Alienware m16 R2 (52/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Dell XPS 16 (9640):
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (88 vs 52)
  • + Higher Performance score (89 vs 60)
  • + Higher Gaming score (84 vs 35)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Dell Alienware m16 R2 Dell XPS 16 (9640)
DeviceBenchmark Score 52.0 Below Average 88.0 Very Good WINNER
Gaming 35.0 Poor 84.0 Very Good WINNER
Performance 60.0 Average 89.0 Very Good WINNER
Battery Life — 82.0 Very Good
Display — 96.0 Excellent

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell Alienware m16 R2 Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Battery type Li-Ion —
Charge power 240 / 280 W —
Charging port position Bottom —
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) Yes —
Fast charging Yes —
Full charging time 1:30 hr —
Replaceable No —
Voltage 11.7 V —
Weight of AC adapter 673 grams —
Battery Wh — 99.5 Wh

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Dell Alienware m16 R2 Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Base frequency 1.4 GHz —
Cores 16 (6P + 10E) —
Fabrication process 7 nm —
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (8-Cores) —
L3 Cache 24 MB —
Threads 22 —
Turbo frequency 4.8 GHz —

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Dell Alienware m16 R2 Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Area 908 cm2(140.7 inches2) —
Colors Black —
Cooling system Active —
Dimensions 363.9 x 249.4 x 19.9-23.5 mm14.33 x 9.82 x 0.78-0.93 inches —
Liquid metal No —
Material Aluminum —
Noise level (max. load) 62 dB —
Number of fans 2 —
Opening angle 180° —
Screen-to-body ratio ~81.8% —
Side bezels 9.6 mm —
Transformer No —
Vapor chamber No —
Weight 2.6 kg (5.73 lbs) 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell Alienware m16 R2 Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes —
Bluetooth v5.4 —
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 Yes —
Thunderbolt Thunderbolt 4 —
USB Type-C 2x USB 3.2 —
USB-A 2x USB 3.2 —
VGA No —
Webcam Above the display —
Webcam resolution 1920 x 1080 —
Wi-Fi standard v7 —

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell Alienware m16 R2 Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Adaptive refresh rate No —
Adobe RGB profile 71.4% —
Ambient light sensor No —
Aspect ratio 16:10 —
Coating Matte —
Contrast 1000:1 —
DCI-P3 color gamut 71% —
HDR support No —
PPI 189 ppi —
Refresh rate 240 Hz —
Resolution 2560 x 1600 pixels —
Response time 3 ms —
Size 16 inches —
Sync technology G-Sync —
Touchscreen No —
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 Dell Alienware m16 R2 Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Blender GPU 2601 —
Solar Bay 37736 —

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell Alienware m16 R2 Dell XPS 16 (9640)
FLOPS 13 TFLOPS —
GPU base clock 2070 MHz —
GPU boost clock 2370 MHz —
GPU performance 13 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 135 W —
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 80 —

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Dell Alienware m16 R2 Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Backlight Yes —
Key travel 1.8 mm —
Keyboard type Island —
Numpad No —
Surface Glass —
Windows Precision Yes —

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Dell Alienware m16 R2 Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Channels 1x8 GB —
Clock 5600 MHz —
Max. ram size 64 GB —
Total slots 2 —
Upgradable Yes —

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell Alienware m16 R2 Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Audio chip Realtek ALC3254 —
Dolby Atmos Yes —
Loudness ~82.4 dB —
Microphones 2 —
Power 2x2W —
Speakers 2.0 —

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell Alienware m16 R2 Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Bus PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) —
NVMe Yes —
Storage type SSD (M2) —

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Dell Alienware m16 R2 Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Weight 2.6 kg (5.73 lbs) 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell Alienware m16 R2 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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