Dell XPS 16 (9640) vs Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 Gen 8 (16″ AMD)

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

Dell XPS 16 (9640) leads overall with a score of 88/100 compared to Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 Gen 8 (16″ AMD) (44/100), 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 Pro 5 Gen 8 (16″ AMD)
Lenovo

Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 Gen 8 (16″ AMD)

44/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 Gen 8 (16″ AMD)
Battery Life 82.0 Very Good —
Display 96.0 Excellent —
Gaming 84.0 Very Good WINNER 23.0 Poor
NanoReview Score 88.0 Very Good WINNER 44.0 Poor
Performance 89.0 Very Good WINNER 53.0 Below Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 Gen 8 (16″ AMD)
Battery Wh 99.5 Wh —
Battery type — Li-Po
Charge power — 100 / 170 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 Pro 5 Gen 8 (16″ AMD)
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.95 kg (4.3 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 Gen 8 (16″ AMD)
Screen Size 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400) —
Ambient light sensor — No
Aspect ratio — 16:10
Coating — Matte
Contrast — 1000:1
HDR support — No
PPI — 189 ppi
Refresh rate — 120 Hz
Resolution — 2560 x 1600 pixels
Size — 16 inches
Sync technology — FreeSync
Touchscreen — No
Type — IPS LCD
sRGB color space — 100%

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 Gen 8 (16″ AMD)
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 Pro 5 Gen 8 (16″ AMD)
Base frequency — 3.3 GHz
Cores — 6
Fabrication process — 6 nm
Integrated GPU — Radeon 660M
L3 Cache — 16 MB
Threads — 12
Turbo frequency — 4.55 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 Gen 8 (16″ AMD)
Area — 894 cm2(138.5 inches2)
Colors — Gray, Blue
Cooling system — Active
Dimensions — 356 x 251 x 17.5 mm14.02 x 9.88 x 0.69 inches
Liquid metal — No
Material — Aluminum
Number of fans — 2
Screen-to-body ratio — ~83.1%
Side bezels — 5.7 mm
Transformer — No
Vapor chamber — No
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.95 kg (4.3 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 Gen 8 (16″ AMD)
Audio jack (3.5 mm) — Yes
Bluetooth — v5.2
DisplayPort — No
Ethernet (RJ45) — No
Fingerprint — No
HDMI — 1x HDMI 2.1
Infrared sensor — Yes
Optical drive — No
Proprietary charging port — Yes
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 — v6E

GPU Benchmarks

GPU Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 Gen 8 (16″ AMD)
Blender GPU — 1179
Solar Bay — 20763

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 Gen 8 (16″ AMD)
FLOPS — 7.1 TFLOPS
GPU base clock — 1530 MHz
GPU boost clock — 1740 MHz
GPU performance — 7.1 TFLOPS
Memory bus — 128 bit
Memory size — 6 GB
Memory speed — 12 Gbps
Memory type — GDDR6
Nvidia Optimus — Yes, Advanced Optimus
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) — 40
Shading units (cores) — 2048
TGP — 80 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) — 64

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 Gen 8 (16″ AMD)
Backlight — Yes
Key travel — 1.5 mm
Keyboard type — Island
Numpad — Yes
Surface — Glass
Windows Precision — Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 Gen 8 (16″ AMD)
Channels — 2x8 GB
Clock — 6400 MHz
Upgradable — No

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 Gen 8 (16″ AMD)
Audio chip — Realtek ALC3287
Dolby Atmos — Yes
Microphones — 2
Power — 2x2W
Speakers — 2.0

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 Gen 8 (16″ AMD)
Bus — PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
NVMe — Yes
Storage type — SSD (M2)
Total slots — 2

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