Dell XPS 16 (9640) vs MSI Prestige 13 AI+ (A3M)

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

Dell XPS 16 (9640) leads overall with a score of 88/100 compared to MSI Prestige 13 AI+ (A3M) (65/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Prestige 13 AI+ (A3M)
Battery Life 82.0 Very Good
Display 96.0 Excellent
Gaming 84.0 Very Good WINNER 17.0 Poor
NanoReview Score 88.0 Very Good WINNER 65.0 Average
Performance 89.0 Very Good WINNER 66.0 Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Prestige 13 AI+ (A3M)
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
Replaceable No
Weight of AC adapter 166 grams

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Prestige 13 AI+ (A3M)
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 0.89 kg (1.96 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Prestige 13 AI+ (A3M)
Screen Size 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400)
Adaptive refresh rate No
Adobe RGB profile 99.9%
Ambient light sensor Yes
Aspect ratio 16:10
Coating Glossy (Antireflective)
Contrast 1000000:1
DCI-P3 color gamut 100%
HDR support Yes, HDR10
PPI 255 ppi
Refresh rate 60 Hz
Resolution 2880 x 1800 pixels
Response time 1 ms
Size 13.3 inches
Sync technology No
Touchscreen No
Type OLED
sRGB color space 100%

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Prestige 13 AI+ (A3M)
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 Prestige 13 AI+ (A3M)
Base frequency 2.3 GHz
Cores 8 (4P + 4E)
Fabrication process 2 nm
Integrated GPU Intel Xe3 Graphics
L3 Cache 12 MB
Threads 8
Turbo frequency 4.7 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Prestige 13 AI+ (A3M)
Area 628 cm2(97.3 inches2)
Colors Gray
Cooling system Active
Dimensions 299 x 210 x 15.9 mm11.77 x 8.27 x 0.63 inches
Liquid metal No
Material Aluminum
Noise level (max. load) 42 dB
Number of fans 1
Opening angle 180°
Screen-to-body ratio ~81.7%
Side bezels 6.3 mm
Transformer No
Vapor chamber No
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 0.89 kg (1.96 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Prestige 13 AI+ (A3M)
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes
Bluetooth v6.0
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

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Prestige 13 AI+ (A3M)
FLOPS 2.6 TFLOPS
GPU base clock 300 MHz
GPU boost clock 2500 MHz
GPU performance 2.6 TFLOPS
Memory size System Shared
Memory speed 8.53 Gbps
Memory type LPDDR5X
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 16
Shading units (cores) 512
TGP 25 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 32

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Prestige 13 AI+ (A3M)
Backlight Yes
Keyboard type Island
Numpad No
Surface Glass
Windows Precision Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Prestige 13 AI+ (A3M)
Channels 2x8 GB
Clock 8533 MHz
Upgradable No

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Prestige 13 AI+ (A3M)
Dolby Atmos No
Loudness ~79 dB
Microphones 3
Power 2x2W
Speakers 2.0

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Prestige 13 AI+ (A3M)
Bus PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
NVMe Yes
Storage type SSD (M2)
Total slots 1

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