Dell XPS 16 (9640) vs MSI Prestige A16 AI+

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

Dell XPS 16 (9640) leads overall with a score of 88/100 compared to MSI Prestige A16 AI+ (63/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Dell

Dell XPS 16 (9640)

88/100
· $1899
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MSI Prestige A16 AI+
MSI

MSI Prestige A16 AI+

63/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Prestige A16 AI+
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 63.0 Average
Performance 89.0 Very Good WINNER 67.0 Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Prestige A16 AI+
Battery Wh 99.5 Wh —
Battery type — Li-Po
Charge power — 100 W
Charging port position — Left
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) — Yes, 100 W
Fast charging — Yes
Full charging time — 1:40 hr
Replaceable — No
Weight of AC adapter — 383 grams

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Prestige A16 AI+
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.9 kg (4.19 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Prestige A16 AI+
Screen Size 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400) —
Adobe RGB profile — 83.4%
Ambient light sensor — Yes
Aspect ratio — 16:10
Coating — Glossy
Contrast — 1356:1
DCI-P3 color gamut — 100%
HDR support — Yes, HDR10
PPI — 189 ppi
Refresh rate — 165 Hz
Resolution — 2560 x 1600 pixels
Response time — 8 ms
Size — 16 inches
Sync technology — No
Touchscreen — No
Type — IPS LCD
sRGB color space — 99.7%

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Prestige A16 AI+
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 A16 AI+
Base frequency — 2.0 GHz
Cores — 10 (4P + 6E)
Fabrication process — 4 nm
Integrated GPU — AMD Radeon 880M
L3 Cache — 24 MB
Threads — 20
Turbo frequency — 5 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Prestige A16 AI+
Area — 926 cm2(143.4 inches2)
Colors — Silver
Cooling system — Active
Dimensions — 358 x 258.55 x 16.9-17.35 mm14.09 x 10.18 x 0.67-0.68 inches
Liquid metal — No
Material — Aluminum
Noise level (max. load) — 41.88 dB
Number of fans — 2
Opening angle — 180°
Screen-to-body ratio — ~80.2%
Side bezels — 6.7 mm
Transformer — No
Vapor chamber — No
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.9 kg (4.19 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Prestige A16 AI+
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 — 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) MSI Prestige A16 AI+
Blender GPU — 291
Solar Bay — 14084

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Prestige A16 AI+
FLOPS — 4.5 TFLOPS
GPU base clock — 400 MHz
GPU boost clock — 2900 MHz
GPU performance — 4.5 TFLOPS
Memory size — System Shared
Memory speed — 7.5 Gbps
Memory type — LPDDR5X
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) — 16
Shading units (cores) — 768
TGP — 15 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) — 48

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Prestige A16 AI+
Backlight — Yes
Key travel — 1.5 mm
Keyboard type — Island
Numpad — Yes
Windows Precision — Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Prestige A16 AI+
Channels — 2x4 GB
Clock — 7500 MHz
Upgradable — No

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Prestige A16 AI+
Dolby Atmos — No
Loudness — ~82 dB
Microphones — 2
Power — 2x2W
Speakers — 2.0

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Prestige A16 AI+
Bus — PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
NVMe — Yes
Storage type — SSD (M2)
Total slots — 1

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