Dell XPS 16 (9640) vs Lenovo ThinkPad X1 2-in-1 Gen 10

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

Dell XPS 16 (9640) leads overall with a score of 88/100 compared to Lenovo ThinkPad X1 2-in-1 Gen 10 (53/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Dell XPS 16 (9640):
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (88 vs 53)
  • + Higher Performance score (89 vs 57)
  • + Higher Gaming score (84 vs 16)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad X1 2-in-1 Gen 10
Battery Life 82.0 Very Good —
DeviceBenchmark Score 88.0 Very Good WINNER 53.0 Below Average
Display 96.0 Excellent —
Gaming 84.0 Very Good WINNER 16.0 Poor
Performance 89.0 Very Good WINNER 57.0 Below Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad X1 2-in-1 Gen 10
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 — 1:30 hr
Replaceable — No
Weight of AC adapter — 222 grams

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad X1 2-in-1 Gen 10
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.3 kg (2.87 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad X1 2-in-1 Gen 10
Screen Size 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400) —
Adaptive refresh rate — No
Adobe RGB profile — 69.8%
Ambient light sensor — Yes
Aspect ratio — 16:10
Coating — Matte
Contrast — 1000:1
DCI-P3 color gamut — 67.8%
HDR support — No
PPI — 162 ppi
Refresh rate — 60 Hz
Resolution — 1920 x 1200 pixels
Response time — 35 ms
Size — 14 inches
Sync technology — No
Touchscreen — Yes
Type — IPS LCD
sRGB color space — 100%

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad X1 2-in-1 Gen 10
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 ThinkPad X1 2-in-1 Gen 10
Base frequency — 2.1 GHz
Cores — 8 (4P + 4E)
Fabrication process — 3 nm
Integrated GPU — Intel Arc Graphics 130V
L3 Cache — 8 MB
Threads — 8
Turbo frequency — 4.5 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad X1 2-in-1 Gen 10
Area — 681 cm2(105.5 inches2)
Colors — Gray
Cooling system — Active
Dimensions — 312.8 x 217.65 x 15.49 mm12.31 x 8.57 x 0.61 inches
Liquid metal — No
Material — Aluminum
Noise level (max. load) — 40.6 dB
Number of fans — 2
Opening angle — 360°
Screen-to-body ratio — ~83.5%
Side bezels — 5.7 mm
Transformer — Yes
Vapor chamber — No
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.3 kg (2.87 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad X1 2-in-1 Gen 10
Audio jack (3.5 mm) — Yes
Bluetooth — v5.4
DisplayPort — No
Ethernet (RJ45) — No
Fingerprint — Yes
HDMI — 1x HDMI 2.1
Infrared sensor — Yes
Optical drive — No
Proprietary charging port — No
SD card reader — No
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 — v7

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad X1 2-in-1 Gen 10
Blender GPU — 560
FLOPS — 3.3 TFLOPS
GPU base clock — 600 MHz
GPU boost clock — 1850 MHz
GPU performance — 3.3 TFLOPS
Memory size — System Shared
Memory speed — 8.53 Gbps
Memory type — LPDDR5X
Shading units (cores) — 896
TGP — 30 W

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad X1 2-in-1 Gen 10
Backlight — Yes
Key travel — 1.5 mm
Keyboard type — Island
Numpad — No
Surface — Glass
Windows Precision — Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad X1 2-in-1 Gen 10
Channels — 2x8 GB
Clock — 8533 MHz
Upgradable — No

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad X1 2-in-1 Gen 10
Audio chip — Realtek ALC713
Dolby Atmos — Yes
Loudness — ~86.3 dB
Microphones — 2
Power — 2x2W
Speakers — 2.0

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad X1 2-in-1 Gen 10
Bus — PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
NVMe — Yes
Storage type — SSD (M2)
Total slots — 1

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