Dell XPS 16 (9640) vs MSI Cyborg 14

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

Dell XPS 16 (9640) leads overall with a score of 88/100 compared to MSI Cyborg 14 (46/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Dell XPS 16 (9640):
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (88 vs 46)
  • + Higher Performance score (89 vs 65)
  • + Higher Gaming score (84 vs 22)
[ WINNER ]
Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Dell

Dell XPS 16 (9640)

88/100
· $1899
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Cyborg 14
Battery Life 82.0 Very Good —
DeviceBenchmark Score 88.0 Very Good WINNER 46.0 Poor
Display 96.0 Excellent —
Gaming 84.0 Very Good WINNER 22.0 Poor
Performance 89.0 Very Good WINNER 65.0 Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Cyborg 14
Battery Wh 99.5 Wh —
Battery type — Li-Po
Charge power — 120 W
Charging port position — Right
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) — No
Fast charging — Yes
Replaceable — No
Weight of AC adapter — 455 grams

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Cyborg 14
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.6 kg (3.53 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Cyborg 14
Screen Size 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400) —
Adobe RGB profile — 67.3%
Ambient light sensor — No
Aspect ratio — 16:9
Coating — Matte
Contrast — 1157:1
DCI-P3 color gamut — 69.8%
HDR support — No
PPI — 162 ppi
Refresh rate — 144 Hz
Resolution — 1920 x 1200 pixels
Response time — 7 ms
Size — 14 inches
Sync technology — No
Touchscreen — No
Type — IPS LCD
sRGB color space — 95.3%

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Cyborg 14
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) MSI Cyborg 14
Base frequency — 2.4 GHz
Cores — 10 (6P + 4E)
Fabrication process — 10 nm
Integrated GPU — Intel UHD Graphics (64EU)
L3 Cache — 24 MB
Threads — 16
Turbo frequency — 4.9 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Cyborg 14
Area — 735 cm2(113.9 inches2)
Colors — Black
Cooling system — Active
Dimensions — 314.7 x 233.5 x 18.6-22.3 mm12.39 x 9.19 x 0.73-0.88 inches
Liquid metal — No
Material — Plastic
Noise level (max. load) — 54.2 dB
Number of fans — 1
Opening angle — 180°
Screen-to-body ratio — ~73.5%
Side bezels — 2.4 mm
Transformer — No
Vapor chamber — No
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.6 kg (3.53 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Cyborg 14
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 — No
Thunderbolt — No
USB Type-C — 1x USB 3.2
USB-A — 2x USB 3.2
VGA — No
Webcam — Above the display
Webcam resolution — 1280 x 720
Wi-Fi standard — v6E

GPU Benchmarks

GPU Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Cyborg 14
Blender GPU — 932
Solar Bay — 18233

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Cyborg 14
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 — 6 GB
Memory speed — 12 Gbps
Memory type — GDDR6
Nvidia Optimus — Yes, Advanced Optimus
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) MSI Cyborg 14
Backlight — Yes
Keyboard type — Island
Numpad — No
Surface — Plastic
Windows Precision — Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Cyborg 14
Channels — 2x8 GB
Clock — 5200 MHz
Max. ram size — 64 GB
Total slots — 2
Upgradable — Yes

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Cyborg 14
Dolby Atmos — No
Loudness — ~82 dB
Power — 2x2W
Speakers — 2.0

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Cyborg 14
Bus — PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
NVMe — Yes
Storage type — SSD (M2)

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