Dell XPS 16 (9640) vs Huawei MateBook D 15 2021

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

Dell XPS 16 (9640) leads overall with a score of 88/100 compared to Huawei MateBook D 15 2021 (41/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Dell XPS 16 (9640):
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (88 vs 41)
  • + Higher Performance score (89 vs 35)
  • + Higher Gaming score (84 vs 6)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Dell XPS 16 (9640) Huawei MateBook D 15 2021
Battery Life 82.0 Very Good —
DeviceBenchmark Score 88.0 Very Good WINNER 41.0 Poor
Display 96.0 Excellent —
Gaming 84.0 Very Good WINNER 6.0 Poor
Performance 89.0 Very Good WINNER 35.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Huawei MateBook D 15 2021
Battery Wh 99.5 Wh —
Battery type — Li-Po
Charge power — 65 W
Charging port position — Left
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) — Yes
Fast charging — Yes
Full charging time — 2:00 hr
Replaceable — No
Weight of AC adapter — 200 grams

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Huawei MateBook D 15 2021
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.56 kg (3.44 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Huawei MateBook D 15 2021
Screen Size 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400) —
Adobe RGB profile — 43.7%
Ambient light sensor — No
Aspect ratio — 16:9
Coating — Matte
Contrast — 1495:1
DCI-P3 color gamut — 42.3%
HDR support — No
PPI — 141 ppi
Refresh rate — 60 Hz
Resolution — 1920 x 1080 pixels
Response time — 42 ms
Size — 15.6 inches
Sync technology — No
Touchscreen — No
Type — IPS LCD
sRGB color space — 63.4%

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Huawei MateBook D 15 2021
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) Huawei MateBook D 15 2021
Base frequency — 0.9-2.4 GHz
Cores — 4
Fabrication process — 10 nm
Integrated GPU — Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EU
L3 Cache — 8 MB
Threads — 8
Turbo frequency — 4.2 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Huawei MateBook D 15 2021
Area — 823 cm2(127.5 inches2)
Colors — Silver, Gray
Cooling system — Active
Dimensions — 357.8 x 229.9 x 16.9 mm14.09 x 9.05 x 0.67 inches
Material — Aluminum
Noise level (max. load) — 43.9 dB
Number of fans — 1
Screen-to-body ratio — ~81.6%
Side bezels — 6.2 mm
Transformer — No
Vapor chamber — No
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.56 kg (3.44 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Huawei MateBook D 15 2021
Audio jack (3.5 mm) — Yes
Bluetooth — v5.1
DisplayPort — No
Ethernet (RJ45) — No
Fingerprint — Yes
HDMI — 1x HDMI 1.4
Infrared sensor — No
Optical drive — No
Proprietary charging port — No
SD card reader — No
Thunderbolt — No
USB Type-C — 1x USB 3.2
USB-A — 3x USB 3.2
VGA — No
Webcam — In the keyboard button
Webcam resolution — 1280 x 720
Wi-Fi standard — v6

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Huawei MateBook D 15 2021
FLOPS — 1.7 TFLOPS
GPU base clock — 300 MHz
GPU boost clock — 1300 MHz
GPU performance — 1.7 TFLOPS
Memory size — System Shared
Memory speed — 3.2 Gbps
Memory type — DDR4
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) — 20
Shading units (cores) — 640
TGP — 15 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) — 40

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Huawei MateBook D 15 2021
Backlight — Yes
Keyboard type — Island
Numpad — No
Windows Precision — Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Huawei MateBook D 15 2021
Channels — 2x4 GB
Clock — 3200 MHz
Upgradable — No

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Huawei MateBook D 15 2021
Dolby Atmos — Yes
Loudness — ~84.2 dB
Microphones — 2
Speakers — 2.0

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Huawei MateBook D 15 2021
Bus — PCI-E Gen 3.0 (4x)
NVMe — Yes
Storage type — SSD (M2)
Total slots — 1

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