Dell XPS 16 (9640) vs LG Gram 16 (2023)

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

Dell XPS 16 (9640) leads overall with a score of 88/100 compared to LG Gram 16 (2023) (52/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Dell XPS 16 (9640):
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (88 vs 52)
  • + Higher Performance score (89 vs 53)
  • + Higher Gaming score (84 vs 21)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Dell XPS 16 (9640) LG Gram 16 (2023)
Battery Life 82.0 Very Good —
DeviceBenchmark Score 88.0 Very Good WINNER 52.0 Below Average
Display 96.0 Excellent —
Gaming 84.0 Very Good WINNER 21.0 Poor
Performance 89.0 Very Good WINNER 53.0 Below Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) LG Gram 16 (2023)
Battery Wh 99.5 Wh —
Battery type — Li-Ion
Cable length — 2 meters
Charge power — 65 W
Charging port position — Left
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) — Yes
Fast charging — Yes
Full charging time — 2:10 hr
Replaceable — No
Weight of AC adapter — 285 grams

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) LG Gram 16 (2023)
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.29 kg (2.84 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) LG Gram 16 (2023)
Screen Size 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400) —
Ambient light sensor — No
Aspect ratio — 16:10
Coating — Matte
Contrast — 1200:1
DCI-P3 color gamut — 100%
HDR support — No
PPI — 189 ppi
Refresh rate — 60 Hz
Resolution — 2560 x 1600 pixels
Size — 16 inches
Sync technology — No
Touchscreen — No
Type — IPS LCD

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) LG Gram 16 (2023)
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) LG Gram 16 (2023)
Base frequency — 1.9 GHz
Cores — 12 (4P + 8E)
Fabrication process — 10 nm
Integrated GPU — Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)
L3 Cache — 12 MB
Threads — 16
Turbo frequency — 4.6 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) LG Gram 16 (2023)
Area — 860 cm2(133.4 inches2)
Colors — Black, Gray
Cooling system — Active
Dimensions — 355.1 x 242.3 x 16.8 mm13.98 x 9.54 x 0.66 inches
Liquid metal — No
Number of fans — 2
Opening angle — 160°
Screen-to-body ratio — ~86.3%
Side bezels — 5.3 mm
Transformer — No
Vapor chamber — No
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.29 kg (2.84 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) LG Gram 16 (2023)
Audio jack (3.5 mm) — Yes
Bluetooth — v5.3
DisplayPort — No
Ethernet (RJ45) — No
Fingerprint — No
HDMI — 1x HDMI 2.0
Infrared sensor — Yes
Optical drive — No
Proprietary charging port — No
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) LG Gram 16 (2023)
Blender GPU — 949
Solar Bay — 17019

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) LG Gram 16 (2023)
FLOPS — 5.5 TFLOPS
GPU base clock — 1065 MHz
GPU boost clock — 1343 MHz
GPU performance — 5.5 TFLOPS
Memory bus — 128 bit
Memory size — 4 GB
Memory speed — 12 Gbps
Memory type — GDDR6
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) — 40
Shading units (cores) — 2048
TGP — 45 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) — 64

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) LG Gram 16 (2023)
Backlight — Yes
Keyboard type — Island
Numpad — Yes
Surface — Glass
Windows Precision — Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) LG Gram 16 (2023)
Channels — 2x4 GB
Clock — 6000 MHz
Upgradable — No

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) LG Gram 16 (2023)
Dolby Atmos — Yes
Microphones — 2
Power — 2x2W
Speakers — 2.0

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) LG Gram 16 (2023)
Bus — PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
NVMe — Yes
Storage type — SSD (M2)
Total slots — 2

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