Dell XPS 16 (9640) vs Lenovo Legion 5i Gen 9 (2024)

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

Dell XPS 16 (9640) leads overall with a score of 88/100 compared to Lenovo Legion 5i Gen 9 (2024) (51/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Dell XPS 16 (9640):
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (88 vs 51)
  • + Higher Performance score (89 vs 57)
  • + Higher Gaming score (84 vs 36)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Legion 5i Gen 9 (2024)
Battery Life 82.0 Very Good —
DeviceBenchmark Score 88.0 Very Good WINNER 51.0 Below Average
Display 96.0 Excellent —
Gaming 84.0 Very Good WINNER 36.0 Poor
Performance 89.0 Very Good WINNER 57.0 Below Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Legion 5i Gen 9 (2024)
Battery Wh 99.5 Wh —
Battery type — Li-Po
Charge power — 230 W
Charging port position — Left, Bottom
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) — Yes
Fast charging — Yes
Full charging time — 1:10 hr
Replaceable — No
Weight of AC adapter — 898 grams

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Legion 5i Gen 9 (2024)
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 2.3 kg (5.07 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Legion 5i Gen 9 (2024)
Screen Size 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400) —
Adobe RGB profile — 70.6%
Ambient light sensor — No
Aspect ratio — 16:10
Coating — Matte
Contrast — 1200:1
DCI-P3 color gamut — 72.8%
HDR support — Yes, Dolby Vision
PPI — 189 ppi
Refresh rate — 165 Hz
Resolution — 2560 x 1600 pixels
Response time — 3 ms
Size — 16 inches
Sync technology — G-Sync
Touchscreen — No
Type — IPS LCD
sRGB color space — 100%

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Legion 5i Gen 9 (2024)
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 Legion 5i Gen 9 (2024)
Base frequency — 2.4 GHz
Cores — 10 (6P + 4E)
Fabrication process — 10 nm
Integrated GPU — Intel UHD Graphics (16EU)
L3 Cache — 20 MB
Threads — 16
Turbo frequency — 4.6 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Legion 5i Gen 9 (2024)
Area — 943 cm2(146.3 inches2)
Colors — Gray
Cooling system — Active
Dimensions — 359.7 x 262.3 x 19.7-25.2 mm14.16 x 10.33 x 0.78-0.99 inches
Liquid metal — No
Material — Top: AluminumMiddle: PlasticBottom: Plastic
Noise level (max. load) — 58.3 dB
Number of fans — 2
Opening angle — 180°
Screen-to-body ratio — ~78.7%
Side bezels — 7.5 mm
Transformer — No
Vapor chamber — No
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 2.3 kg (5.07 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Legion 5i Gen 9 (2024)
Audio jack (3.5 mm) — Yes
Bluetooth — v5.3
DisplayPort — No
Ethernet (RJ45) — Yes
Fingerprint — No
HDMI — 1x HDMI 2.1
Infrared sensor — No
Optical drive — No
Proprietary charging port — Yes
SD card reader — Yes
Thunderbolt — No
USB Type-C — 2x USB 3.2
USB-A — 3x 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 Legion 5i Gen 9 (2024)
Blender GPU — 2780
Solar Bay — 36662

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Legion 5i Gen 9 (2024)
FLOPS — 13.4 TFLOPS
GPU base clock — 2070 MHz
GPU boost clock — 2370 MHz
GPU performance — 13.4 TFLOPS
Memory bus — 96 bit
Memory size — 6 GB
Memory speed — ~16 Gbps
Memory type — GDDR6
Nvidia Optimus — Yes, Advanced Optimus
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) — 32
Shading units (cores) — 2560
TGP — 140 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) — 80

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Legion 5i Gen 9 (2024)
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 Legion 5i Gen 9 (2024)
Channels — 1x8 GB
Clock — 5600 MHz
Max. ram size — 64 GB
Total slots — 2
Upgradable — Yes

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Legion 5i Gen 9 (2024)
Audio chip — Realtek ALC3287
Dolby Atmos — No
Loudness — ~78.4 dB
Microphones — 2
Power — 2x2W
Speakers — 2.0

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Legion 5i Gen 9 (2024)
Bus — PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
NVMe — Yes
Storage type — SSD (M2)

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