Dell XPS 16 (9640) vs LG Gram 17 (2025)

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

Dell XPS 16 (9640) leads overall with a score of 88/100 compared to LG Gram 17 (2025) (55/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Dell XPS 16 (9640):
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (88 vs 55)
  • + Higher Performance score (89 vs 73)
  • + Higher Gaming score (84 vs 17)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Dell XPS 16 (9640) LG Gram 17 (2025)
Battery Life 82.0 Very Good —
DeviceBenchmark Score 88.0 Very Good WINNER 55.0 Below Average
Display 96.0 Excellent —
Gaming 84.0 Very Good WINNER 17.0 Poor
Performance 89.0 Very Good WINNER 73.0 Good

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) LG Gram 17 (2025)
Battery Wh 99.5 Wh —
Battery type — Li-Ion
Cable length — 1.8 meters
Charge power — 65 W
Charging port position — Left
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) — Yes
Fast charging — Yes
Replaceable — No
Weight of AC adapter — 154 grams

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) LG Gram 17 (2025)
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.35 kg (2.98 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) LG Gram 17 (2025)
Screen Size 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400) —
Adaptive refresh rate — No
Adobe RGB profile — 85%
Ambient light sensor — No
Aspect ratio — 16:10
Coating — Glossy
Contrast — 1200:1
DCI-P3 color gamut — 99%
HDR support — No
PPI — 178 ppi
Refresh rate — 60 Hz
Resolution — 2560 x 1600 pixels
Size — 17 inches
Sync technology — No
Touchscreen — No
Type — IPS LCD
sRGB color space — 99.9%

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) LG Gram 17 (2025)
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 17 (2025)
Base frequency — 2.0 GHz
Cores — 16 (6P + 10E)
Fabrication process — 3 nm
Integrated GPU — Arc Graphics 140T
L3 Cache — 24 MB
Threads — 16
Turbo frequency — 5.1 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) LG Gram 17 (2025)
Area — 980 cm2(151.9 inches2)
Colors — White, Black, Gray
Cooling system — Active
Dimensions — 378.8 x 258.8 x 17.8 mm14.91 x 10.19 x 0.7 inches
Liquid metal — No
Material — Magnesium alloy
Noise level (max. load) — 46.6 dB
Number of fans — 1
Opening angle — 130°
Screen-to-body ratio — ~85.5%
Side bezels — 6.3 mm
Transformer — No
Vapor chamber — No
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.35 kg (2.98 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) LG Gram 17 (2025)
Audio jack (3.5 mm) — Yes
Bluetooth — v5.3
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 — 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 — v7

GPU Benchmarks

GPU Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) LG Gram 17 (2025)
Blender GPU — 736
Solar Bay — 14568

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) LG Gram 17 (2025)
FLOPS — 4.6 TFLOPS
GPU base clock — 300 MHz
GPU boost clock — 2250 MHz
GPU performance — 4.6 TFLOPS
Memory size — System Shared
Memory speed — 8.53 Gbps
Memory type — LPDDR5X
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) — 32
Shading units (cores) — 1024
TGP — 35 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) — 64

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) LG Gram 17 (2025)
Backlight — Yes
Keyboard type — Island
Numpad — Yes
Surface — Glass
Windows Precision — Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) LG Gram 17 (2025)
Channels — 2x8 GB
Clock — 8533 MHz
Upgradable — No

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) LG Gram 17 (2025)
Dolby Atmos — Yes
Loudness — ~78.8 dB
Microphones — 2
Power — 2x2W
Speakers — 2.0

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) LG Gram 17 (2025)
Bus — PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
NVMe — Yes
Storage type — SSD (M2)
Total slots — 2

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