Dell XPS 16 (9640) vs MSI Summit 13 AI+ Evo

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

Dell XPS 16 (9640) leads overall with a score of 88/100 compared to MSI Summit 13 AI+ Evo (54/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Dell XPS 16 (9640):
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (88 vs 54)
  • + Higher Performance score (89 vs 58)
  • + Higher Gaming score (84 vs 15)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Summit 13 AI+ Evo
Battery Life 82.0 Very Good —
DeviceBenchmark Score 88.0 Very Good WINNER 54.0 Below Average
Display 96.0 Excellent —
Gaming 84.0 Very Good WINNER 15.0 Poor
Performance 89.0 Very Good WINNER 58.0 Below Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Summit 13 AI+ Evo
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

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Summit 13 AI+ Evo
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.35 kg (2.98 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Summit 13 AI+ Evo
Screen Size 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400) —
Ambient light sensor — Yes
Aspect ratio — 16:10
Coating — Glossy
DCI-P3 color gamut — 100%
HDR support — No
PPI — 170 ppi
Refresh rate — 60 Hz
Resolution — 1920 x 1200 pixels
Size — 13.3 inches
Sync technology — No
Touchscreen — Yes
Type — IPS LCD
sRGB color space — 100%

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Summit 13 AI+ Evo
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 Summit 13 AI+ Evo
Base frequency — 2.2 GHz
Cores — 8 (4P + 4E)
Fabrication process — 3 nm
Integrated GPU — Intel Arc Graphics 140V
L3 Cache — 12 MB
Threads — 8
Turbo frequency — 4.8 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Summit 13 AI+ Evo
Area — 667 cm2(103.4 inches2)
Colors — Black
Cooling system — Active
Dimensions — 300.2 x 222.25 x 15.9-16.2 mm11.82 x 8.75 x 0.63-0.64 inches
Liquid metal — No
Material — Aluminum
Number of fans — 1
Opening angle — 360°
Screen-to-body ratio — ~76.9%
Side bezels — 6.8 mm
Transformer — Yes
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) MSI Summit 13 AI+ Evo
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 — No
Thunderbolt — Thunderbolt 4
USB Type-C — 2x USB 4.0
USB-A — 1x 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 Summit 13 AI+ Evo
Blender GPU — 528

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Summit 13 AI+ Evo
FLOPS — 4 TFLOPS
GPU base clock — 600 MHz
GPU boost clock — 1950 MHz
GPU performance — 4 TFLOPS
Memory size — System Shared
Memory speed — 8.53 Gbps
Memory type — LPDDR5X
Shading units (cores) — 1024
TGP — 30 W

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Summit 13 AI+ Evo
Backlight — Yes
Keyboard type — Island
Numpad — No
Windows Precision — Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Summit 13 AI+ Evo
Channels — 2x4 GB
Clock — 8533 MHz
Upgradable — No

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Summit 13 AI+ Evo
Dolby Atmos — No
Microphones — 3
Power — 2x2W
Speakers — 2.0

Storage

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

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