Dell Inspiron 15 3520 (Intel) 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 Inspiron 15 3520 (Intel) (35/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Dell Inspiron 15 3520 (Intel) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Gaming 11.0 Poor 84.0 Very Good WINNER
NanoReview Score 35.0 Poor 88.0 Very Good WINNER
Performance 34.0 Poor 89.0 Very Good WINNER
Battery Life 82.0 Very Good
Display 96.0 Excellent

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell Inspiron 15 3520 (Intel) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Battery type Li-Po
Cable length 1 meters
Charge power 65 W
Charging port position Left
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) Yes
Fast charging Yes
Replaceable No
Voltage 11.2 V
Weight of AC adapter 300 grams
Battery Wh 99.5 Wh

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Dell Inspiron 15 3520 (Intel) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Base frequency 2.0 GHz
Cores 2
Fabrication process 10 nm
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 48 EUs
L3 Cache 4 MB
Threads 4
Turbo frequency 3.5 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Dell Inspiron 15 3520 (Intel) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Area 842 cm2(130.5 inches2)
Colors Silver
Cooling system Active
Dimensions 358.5 x 234.9 x 15.52-19.59 mm14.11 x 9.25 x 0.61-0.77 inches
Liquid metal No
Material Aluminum
Number of fans 1
Screen-to-body ratio ~79.7%
Side bezels 6.6 mm
Transformer No
Vapor chamber No
Weight 1.63 kg (3.59 lbs) 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell Inspiron 15 3520 (Intel) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes
Bluetooth v5.2
DisplayPort No
Ethernet (RJ45) No
Fingerprint No
HDMI 1x HDMI 1.4
Infrared sensor No
Optical drive No
Proprietary charging port Yes
SD card reader Yes
Thunderbolt No
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 v6

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell Inspiron 15 3520 (Intel) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Ambient light sensor No
Aspect ratio 16:9
Coating Matte
Contrast 400:1
HDR support No
PPI 100 ppi
Refresh rate 60 Hz
Resolution 1366 x 768 pixels
Response time 20 ms
Size 15.6 inches
Sync technology No
Touchscreen No
Type TN LCD
Screen Size 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400)

GPU Benchmarks

GPU Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Dell Inspiron 15 3520 (Intel) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Blender GPU 244

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell Inspiron 15 3520 (Intel) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
FLOPS 2.7 TFLOPS
GPU base clock 1065 MHz
GPU boost clock 1320 MHz
GPU performance 2.7 TFLOPS
Memory bus 64 bit
Memory size 2 GB
Memory speed ~12 Gbps
Memory type GDDR6
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 16
Shading units (cores) 1024
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 32

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Dell Inspiron 15 3520 (Intel) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Backlight Yes
Keyboard type Island
Numpad Yes
Surface Plastic
Windows Precision Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Dell Inspiron 15 3520 (Intel) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Channels 1x4 GB
Clock 3200 MHz
Max. ram size 16 GB
Total slots 2
Upgradable Yes

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell Inspiron 15 3520 (Intel) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Audio chip Realtek ALC3204
Dolby Atmos No
Microphones 2
Power 2x2W
Speakers 2.0

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell Inspiron 15 3520 (Intel) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Bus PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
NVMe Yes
Storage type SSD (M2)

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Dell Inspiron 15 3520 (Intel) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Weight 1.63 kg (3.59 lbs) 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell Inspiron 15 3520 (Intel) 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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