Dell XPS 16 (9640) vs Lenovo ThinkBook 16p Gen 4

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

Dell XPS 16 (9640) leads overall with a score of 88/100 compared to Lenovo ThinkBook 16p Gen 4 (53/100), 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 ThinkBook 16p Gen 4
Lenovo

Lenovo ThinkBook 16p Gen 4

53/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkBook 16p Gen 4
Battery Life 82.0 Very Good —
Display 96.0 Excellent —
Gaming 84.0 Very Good WINNER 34.0 Poor
NanoReview Score 88.0 Very Good WINNER 53.0 Below Average
Performance 89.0 Very Good WINNER 58.0 Below Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkBook 16p Gen 4
Battery Wh 99.5 Wh —
Battery type — Li-Po
Charge power — 230 W
Charging port position — Left
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) — Yes
Fast charging — Yes
Replaceable — No
Weight of AC adapter — 775 grams

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkBook 16p Gen 4
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 2.2 kg (4.85 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkBook 16p Gen 4
Screen Size 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400) —
Ambient light sensor — Yes
Aspect ratio — 16:10
Coating — Matte
Contrast — 1200:1
HDR support — Yes, Dolby Vision
PPI — 189 ppi
Refresh rate — 60 Hz
Resolution — 2560 x 1600 pixels
Size — 16 inches
Sync technology — No
Touchscreen — No
Type — IPS LCD
sRGB color space — 100%

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkBook 16p Gen 4
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 ThinkBook 16p Gen 4
Base frequency — 2.6 GHz
Cores — 12 (4P + 8E)
Fabrication process — 10 nm
Integrated GPU — Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)
L3 Cache — 18 MB
Threads — 16
Turbo frequency — 4.7 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkBook 16p Gen 4
Area — 904 cm2(140.2 inches2)
Colors — Gray
Cooling system — Active
Dimensions — 354.6 x 255 x 19.9 mm13.96 x 10.04 x 0.78 inches
Liquid metal — No
Material — Aluminum
Number of fans — 2
Opening angle — 180°
Screen-to-body ratio — ~82.1%
Side bezels — 5 mm
Transformer — No
Vapor chamber — No
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 2.2 kg (4.85 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkBook 16p Gen 4
Audio jack (3.5 mm) — Yes
Bluetooth — v5.2
DisplayPort — No
Ethernet (RJ45) — No
Fingerprint — Yes
HDMI — 1x HDMI 2.1
Infrared sensor — Yes
Optical drive — No
Proprietary charging port — Yes
SD card reader — Yes
Thunderbolt — Thunderbolt 4
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 ThinkBook 16p Gen 4
Blender GPU — 2559
Solar Bay — 33651

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkBook 16p Gen 4
FLOPS — 11.4 TFLOPS
GPU base clock — 1905 MHz
GPU boost clock — 2220 MHz
GPU performance — 11.4 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 — 95 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) — 80

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkBook 16p Gen 4
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 ThinkBook 16p Gen 4
Channels — 1x8 GB
Clock — 4800 MHz
Max. ram size — 32 GB
Total slots — 2
Upgradable — Yes

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkBook 16p Gen 4
Audio chip — Realtek ALC3306-CG
Dolby Atmos — Yes
Microphones — 2
Power — 4x2W
Speakers — 2.2 (2 tweeters and 2 woofers)

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkBook 16p Gen 4
Bus — PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
NVMe — Yes
Storage type — SSD (M2)

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