Dell XPS 16 (9640) vs Lenovo IdeaPad 5x 2-in-1 Gen 11 14 (14Q8Y11)

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

Dell XPS 16 (9640) leads overall with a score of 88/100 compared to Lenovo IdeaPad 5x 2-in-1 Gen 11 14 (14Q8Y11) (63/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Dell

Dell XPS 16 (9640)

88/100
· $1899
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Lenovo IdeaPad 5x 2-in-1 Gen 11 14 (14Q8Y11)
Lenovo

Lenovo IdeaPad 5x 2-in-1 Gen 11 14 (14Q8Y11)

63/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo IdeaPad 5x 2-in-1 Gen 11 14 (14Q8Y11)
Battery Life 82.0 Very Good —
Display 96.0 Excellent —
Gaming 84.0 Very Good WINNER 32.0 Poor
NanoReview Score 88.0 Very Good WINNER 63.0 Average
Performance 89.0 Very Good WINNER 67.0 Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo IdeaPad 5x 2-in-1 Gen 11 14 (14Q8Y11)
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
Replaceable — No

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo IdeaPad 5x 2-in-1 Gen 11 14 (14Q8Y11)
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.4 kg (3.09 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo IdeaPad 5x 2-in-1 Gen 11 14 (14Q8Y11)
Screen Size 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400) —
Adaptive refresh rate — No
Ambient light sensor — Yes
Aspect ratio — 16:10
Coating — Glossy
Contrast — 1000000:1
DCI-P3 color gamut — 100%
HDR support — Yes, HDR10
PPI — 162 ppi
Refresh rate — 60 Hz
Resolution — 1920 x 1200 pixels
Response time — 1 ms
Size — 14 inches
Sync technology — No
Touchscreen — Yes
Type — OLED

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo IdeaPad 5x 2-in-1 Gen 11 14 (14Q8Y11)
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) Lenovo IdeaPad 5x 2-in-1 Gen 11 14 (14Q8Y11)
Base frequency — 4,04 GHz
Cores — 6
Fabrication process — 3 nm
Integrated GPU — Adreno X2-45
L3 Cache — 6 MB
Threads — 6

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo IdeaPad 5x 2-in-1 Gen 11 14 (14Q8Y11)
Area — 701 cm2(108.6 inches2)
Colors — Gray
Cooling system — Active
Dimensions — 311.6 x 224.9 x 17.4 mm12.27 x 8.85 x 0.69 inches
Liquid metal — No
Material — Top: AluminumMiddle: PlasticBottom: Plastic
Number of fans — 1
Opening angle — 360°
Screen-to-body ratio — ~81.1%
Side bezels — 5.1 mm
Transformer — Yes
Vapor chamber — No
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.4 kg (3.09 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo IdeaPad 5x 2-in-1 Gen 11 14 (14Q8Y11)
Audio jack (3.5 mm) — Yes
Bluetooth — v5.4
DisplayPort — No
Ethernet (RJ45) — No
Fingerprint — No
HDMI — 1x HDMI 2.1
Infrared sensor — Yes
Optical drive — No
Proprietary charging port — No
SD card reader — Yes
Thunderbolt — No
USB Type-C — 2x USB 4.0
USB-A — 2x USB 3.2
VGA — No
Webcam — Above the display
Webcam resolution — 1920 x 1080
Wi-Fi standard — v7

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo IdeaPad 5x 2-in-1 Gen 11 14 (14Q8Y11)
FLOPS — 2.1 TFLOPS
GPU base clock — 500 MHz
GPU boost clock — 910 MHz
GPU performance — 2.1 TFLOPS
Memory bus — 128 bit
Memory size — System Shared
Memory speed — 9.52 Gbps
Memory type — LPDDR5X
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) — 36
Shading units (cores) — 1152
Texture mapping units (TMUs) — 72

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo IdeaPad 5x 2-in-1 Gen 11 14 (14Q8Y11)
Backlight — Yes
Key travel — 1.3 mm
Keyboard type — Island
Numpad — No
Surface — Plastic
Windows Precision — Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo IdeaPad 5x 2-in-1 Gen 11 14 (14Q8Y11)
Channels — 2x8 GB
Clock — 9523 MHz
Upgradable — No

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo IdeaPad 5x 2-in-1 Gen 11 14 (14Q8Y11)
Dolby Atmos — Yes
Microphones — 2
Power — 2x2W
Speakers — 2.0

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo IdeaPad 5x 2-in-1 Gen 11 14 (14Q8Y11)
Bus — PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
NVMe — Yes
Storage type — SSD (M2)
Total slots — 2

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