Dell XPS 16 (9640) vs Gigabyte Aorus 17 (2024)

[ VERDICT ] Winner: Dell XPS 16 (9640) (88/100)

Dell XPS 16 (9640) leads overall with a score of 88/100 compared to Gigabyte Aorus 17 (2024) (57/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Dell XPS 16 (9640) Gigabyte Aorus 17 (2024)
Battery Life 82.0 Very Good
Display 96.0 Excellent
Gaming 84.0 Very Good WINNER 45.0 Poor
NanoReview Score 88.0 Very Good WINNER 57.0 Below Average
Performance 89.0 Very Good WINNER 67.0 Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Gigabyte Aorus 17 (2024)
Battery Wh 99.5 Wh
Battery type Li-Po
Charge power 240 W
Charging port position Bottom
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) Yes
Fast charging Yes
Replaceable No

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Gigabyte Aorus 17 (2024)
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 2.8 kg (6.17 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Gigabyte Aorus 17 (2024)
Screen Size 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400)
Ambient light sensor No
Aspect ratio 16:9
Coating Matte
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision
PPI 170 ppi
Refresh rate 240 Hz
Resolution 2560 x 1440 pixels
Size 17.3 inches
Sync technology G-Sync (configurable)
Touchscreen No
Type IPS LCD
sRGB color space 100%

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Gigabyte Aorus 17 (2024)
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

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Gigabyte Aorus 17 (2024)
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 XPS 16 (9640) Gigabyte Aorus 17 (2024)
Area 1166 cm2(180.8 inches2)
Colors Black
Cooling system Active
Dimensions 398 x 293 x 21.8 mm15.67 x 11.54 x 0.86 inches
Liquid metal No
Material Top: Aluminum
Number of fans 3
Screen-to-body ratio ~70.7%
Side bezels 7.5 mm
Transformer No
Vapor chamber No
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 2.8 kg (6.17 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Gigabyte Aorus 17 (2024)
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes
Bluetooth v5.2
DisplayPort 1x v1.4
Ethernet (RJ45) Yes
Fingerprint No
HDMI 1x HDMI 2.1
Infrared sensor Yes
Optical drive No
Proprietary charging port Yes
SD card reader Yes
Thunderbolt Thunderbolt 4
USB Type-C 2x USB 4.0
USB-A 3x USB 3.2
VGA No
Webcam Above the display
Webcam resolution 1920 x 1080
Wi-Fi standard v6E

GPU Benchmarks

GPU Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Gigabyte Aorus 17 (2024)
Blender GPU 3558
Solar Bay 45927

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Gigabyte Aorus 17 (2024)
FLOPS 16 TFLOPS
GPU base clock 2295 MHz
GPU boost clock 2370 MHz
GPU performance 16 TFLOPS
Memory bus 128 bit
Memory size 8 GB
Memory speed ~16 Gbps
Memory type GDDR6
Nvidia Optimus MUX
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 48
Shading units (cores) 3072
TGP 140 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 96

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Gigabyte Aorus 17 (2024)
Backlight Yes
Key travel 2 mm
Keyboard type Island
Numpad Yes
Surface Plastic
Windows Precision Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Gigabyte Aorus 17 (2024)
Channels 2x8 GB
Clock 5600 MHz
Max. ram size 64 GB
Total slots 2
Upgradable Yes

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Gigabyte Aorus 17 (2024)
Dolby Atmos Yes
Microphones 1
Power 2x2W
Speakers 2.0

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Gigabyte Aorus 17 (2024)
Bus PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
NVMe Yes
Storage type SSD (M2)

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