Dell XPS 16 (9640) vs HP OmniBook Ultra 14 (2026)

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

Dell XPS 16 (9640) leads overall with a score of 88/100 compared to HP OmniBook Ultra 14 (2026) (70/100), 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) HP OmniBook Ultra 14 (2026)
Battery Life 82.0 Very Good
Display 96.0 Excellent
Gaming 84.0 Very Good WINNER 20.0 Poor
NanoReview Score 88.0 Very Good WINNER 70.0 Good
Performance 89.0 Very Good WINNER 70.0 Good

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP OmniBook Ultra 14 (2026)
Battery Wh 99.5 Wh
Battery type Li-Po
Charge power 65 W
Charging port position Left, Right
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) Yes
Fast charging Yes
Replaceable No
Weight of AC adapter 166 grams

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP OmniBook Ultra 14 (2026)
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.28 kg (2.82 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP OmniBook Ultra 14 (2026)
Screen Size 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400)
Adobe RGB profile 92.3%
Ambient light sensor Yes
Aspect ratio 16:10
Coating Glossy (Antireflective)
Contrast 1000000:1
DCI-P3 color gamut 100%
HDR support Yes, HDR10
PPI 243 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz
Resolution 2880 x 1800 pixels
Response time 1 ms
Size 14 inches
Sync technology No
Touchscreen Yes
Type OLED
sRGB color space 100%

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP OmniBook Ultra 14 (2026)
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 OmniBook Ultra 14 (2026)
Base frequency 1.9 GHz
Cores 12 (4P + 8E)
Fabrication process 2 nm
Integrated GPU Intel Arc B370
L3 Cache 18 MB
Threads 12
Turbo frequency 4.7 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP OmniBook Ultra 14 (2026)
Area 671 cm2(104 inches2)
Colors Gray
Cooling system Active
Dimensions 311.15 x 215.6 x 10.6 mm12.25 x 8.49 x 0.42 inches
Liquid metal No
Material Aluminum
Noise level (max. load) 44.1 dB
Number of fans 2
Screen-to-body ratio ~84.7%
Side bezels 4.8 mm
Transformer No
Vapor chamber No
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.28 kg (2.82 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP OmniBook Ultra 14 (2026)
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes
Bluetooth v6.0
DisplayPort No
Ethernet (RJ45) No
Fingerprint Yes
HDMI No
Infrared sensor Yes
Optical drive No
Proprietary charging port No
SD card reader No
Thunderbolt Thunderbolt 4
USB Type-C 3x USB 4.0
USB-A No
VGA No
Webcam Above the display
Wi-Fi standard v7

GPU Benchmarks

GPU Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP OmniBook Ultra 14 (2026)
Blender GPU 1152
Solar Bay 19364

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP OmniBook Ultra 14 (2026)
FLOPS 6.1 TFLOPS
GPU base clock 300 MHz
GPU boost clock 2400 MHz
GPU performance 6.1 TFLOPS
Memory size System Shared
Memory speed 9.6 Gbps
Memory type LPDDR5X
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 20
Shading units (cores) 1280
TGP 25 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 40

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP OmniBook Ultra 14 (2026)
Backlight Yes
Keyboard type Island
Numpad No
Surface Glass
Windows Precision Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP OmniBook Ultra 14 (2026)
Channels 2x16 GB
Clock 9600 MHz
Upgradable No

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP OmniBook Ultra 14 (2026)
Dolby Atmos No
Loudness ~85.3 dB
Microphones 2
Speakers 4.0

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP OmniBook Ultra 14 (2026)
Bus PCI-E Gen 5.0 (4x)
NVMe Yes
Storage type SSD (M2)
Total slots 1

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