Dell XPS 16 (9640) vs HP Omen 17 (2022)

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

Dell XPS 16 (9640) leads overall with a score of 88/100 compared to HP Omen 17 (2022) (50/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Dell XPS 16 (9640):
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (88 vs 50)
  • + Higher Performance score (89 vs 67)
  • + Higher Gaming score (84 vs 38)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen 17 (2022)
Battery Life 82.0 Very Good —
DeviceBenchmark Score 88.0 Very Good WINNER 50.0 Below Average
Display 96.0 Excellent —
Gaming 84.0 Very Good WINNER 38.0 Poor
Performance 89.0 Very Good WINNER 67.0 Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen 17 (2022)
Battery Wh 99.5 Wh —
Battery type — Li-Po
Charge power — 330 / 350 W
Charging port position — Left
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) — Yes
Fast charging — Yes
Replaceable — No
Weight of AC adapter — 1270 grams

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen 17 (2022)
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 2.79 kg (6.15 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen 17 (2022)
Screen Size 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400) —
Adobe RGB profile — 61%
Ambient light sensor — No
Aspect ratio — 16:9
Coating — Matte
Contrast — 892:1
DCI-P3 color gamut — 59%
PPI — 127 ppi
Refresh rate — 144 Hz
Resolution — 1920 x 1080 pixels
Response time — 12 ms
Size — 17.3 inches
Sync technology — No
Touchscreen — No
Type — IPS LCD
sRGB color space — 87.4%

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen 17 (2022)
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) HP Omen 17 (2022)
Base frequency — 2.3 GHz
Cores — 14 (6P + 8E)
Fabrication process — 10 nm
Integrated GPU — Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)
L3 Cache — 24 MB
Threads — 20
Turbo frequency — 4.7 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen 17 (2022)
Area — 1041 cm2(161.4 inches2)
Colors — Black
Cooling system — Active
Dimensions — 397.2 x 262.1 x 26.9 mm15.64 x 10.32 x 1.06 inches
Material — Plastic
Noise level (max. load) — 52.2 dB
Number of fans — 2
Screen-to-body ratio — ~79.2%
Side bezels — 7.1 mm
Transformer — No
Vapor chamber — No
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 2.79 kg (6.15 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen 17 (2022)
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 — No
Optical drive — No
Proprietary charging port — Yes
SD card reader — Yes
Thunderbolt — Thunderbolt 4
USB Type-C — 1x USB 4.0
USB-A — 3x USB 3.2
VGA — No
Webcam — Above the display
Webcam resolution — 1280 x 720
Wi-Fi standard — v6E

GPU Benchmarks

GPU Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen 17 (2022)
Blender GPU — 2490
Solar Bay — 40251

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen 17 (2022)
FLOPS — 13.8 TFLOPS
GPU base clock — 1387 MHz
GPU boost clock — 1703 MHz
GPU performance — 13.8 TFLOPS
Memory bus — 192 bit
Memory size — 6 GB
Memory speed — 14 Gbps
Memory type — GDDR6
Nvidia Optimus — MUX
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) — 48
Shading units (cores) — 3840
TGP — 130 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) — 120

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen 17 (2022)
Backlight — Yes
Keyboard type — Island
Numpad — No
Surface — Plastic
Windows Precision — Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen 17 (2022)
Channels — 2x8 GB
Clock — 4800 MHz
Max. ram size — 32 GB
Total slots — 2
Upgradable — Yes

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen 17 (2022)
Dolby Atmos — No
Loudness — ~87.1 dB
Microphones — 2
Speakers — 2.0

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen 17 (2022)
Bus — PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
NVMe — Yes
Storage type — SSD (M2)

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