Dell XPS 16 (9640) vs HP Pavilion 16

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

Dell XPS 16 (9640) leads overall with a score of 88/100 compared to HP Pavilion 16 (48/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Dell XPS 16 (9640):
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (88 vs 48)
  • + Higher Performance score (89 vs 50)
  • + Higher Gaming score (84 vs 26)
[ WINNER ]
Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Dell

Dell XPS 16 (9640)

88/100
· $1899
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Pavilion 16
Battery Life 82.0 Very Good —
DeviceBenchmark Score 88.0 Very Good WINNER 48.0 Poor
Display 96.0 Excellent —
Gaming 84.0 Very Good WINNER 26.0 Poor
Performance 89.0 Very Good WINNER 50.0 Below Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Pavilion 16
Battery Wh 99.5 Wh —
Battery type — Li-Po
Cable length — 1 meters
Charge power — 65 W
Charging port position — Right
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) — Yes
Fast charging — Yes
Full charging time — 2:00 hr
Replaceable — No
Weight of AC adapter — 318 grams

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Pavilion 16
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.77 kg (3.9 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Pavilion 16
Screen Size 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400) —
Adaptive refresh rate — No
Adobe RGB profile — 43%
Ambient light sensor — No
Aspect ratio — 16:10
Coating — Matte
Contrast — 1620:1
DCI-P3 color gamut — 41.6%
HDR support — No
PPI — 142 ppi
Refresh rate — 60 Hz
Resolution — 1920 x 1200 pixels
Response time — 25 ms
Size — 16 inches
Sync technology — No
Touchscreen — No
Type — IPS LCD
sRGB color space — 62.5%

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Pavilion 16
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 Pavilion 16
Base frequency — 1.3 GHz
Cores — 12 (2P + 10E)
Fabrication process — 7 nm
Integrated GPU — Arc Graphics (4-Cores)
L3 Cache — 12 MB
Threads — 14
Turbo frequency — 4.3 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Pavilion 16
Area — 911 cm2(141.2 inches2)
Colors — Silver
Cooling system — Active
Dimensions — 357.7 x 254.8 x 17.9-18.6 mm14.08 x 10.03 x 0.7-0.73 inches
Liquid metal — No
Material — Top: AluminumMiddle: AluminumBottom: Plastic
Noise level (max. load) — 39 dB
Number of fans — 2
Opening angle — 130°
Screen-to-body ratio — ~81.4%
Side bezels — 6.5 mm
Transformer — No
Vapor chamber — No
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.77 kg (3.9 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Pavilion 16
Audio jack (3.5 mm) — Yes
Bluetooth — v5.3
DisplayPort — No
Ethernet (RJ45) — No
Fingerprint — No
HDMI — 1x HDMI 2.1
Infrared sensor — Optional
Optical drive — No
Proprietary charging port — No
SD card reader — No
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 — v6E

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Pavilion 16
FLOPS — 1.9 TFLOPS
GPU base clock — 300 MHz
GPU boost clock — 1850 MHz
GPU performance — 1.9 TFLOPS
Memory size — System Shared
Memory speed — 7.47 Gbps
Memory type — LPDDR5X
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) — 16
Shading units (cores) — 512
TGP — 14 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) — 32

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Pavilion 16
Backlight — Yes
Key travel — 1.5 mm
Keyboard type — Island
Numpad — Yes
Surface — Plastic
Windows Precision — Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Pavilion 16
Channels — 2x4 GB
Clock — 7467 MHz
Upgradable — No

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Pavilion 16
Audio chip — Realtek ALC245
Dolby Atmos — No
Loudness — ~84 dB
Microphones — 2
Speakers — 2.0

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Pavilion 16
Bus — PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
NVMe — Yes
Storage type — SSD (M2)
Total slots — 1

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