Dell XPS 16 (9640) vs MSI Vector GP68 (2023)

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

Dell XPS 16 (9640) leads overall with a score of 88/100 compared to MSI Vector GP68 (2023) (58/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Dell XPS 16 (9640):
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (88 vs 58)
  • + Higher Performance score (89 vs 75)
  • + Higher Gaming score (84 vs 45)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Vector GP68 (2023)
Battery Life 82.0 Very Good —
DeviceBenchmark Score 88.0 Very Good WINNER 58.0 Below Average
Display 96.0 Excellent —
Gaming 84.0 Very Good WINNER 45.0 Poor
Performance 89.0 Very Good WINNER 75.0 Good

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Vector GP68 (2023)
Battery Wh 99.5 Wh —
Battery type — Li-Ion
Charge power — 280 / 330 W
Charging port position — Left, Right, Bottom
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) — Yes
Fast charging — Yes
Replaceable — No
Weight of AC adapter — 990 / 1429 grams

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Vector GP68 (2023)
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 2.4 kg (5.29 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Vector GP68 (2023)
Screen Size 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400) —
Adobe RGB profile — 43.6%
Ambient light sensor — No
Aspect ratio — 16:10
Coating — Matte
Contrast — 1527:1
DCI-P3 color gamut — 44.6%
HDR support — No
PPI — 142 ppi
Refresh rate — 144 Hz
Resolution — 1920 x 1200 pixels
Response time — 10 ms
Size — 16 inches
Sync technology — G-Sync
Touchscreen — No
Type — IPS LCD
sRGB color space — 62.4%

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Vector GP68 (2023)
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 Vector GP68 (2023)
Base frequency — 2.3 GHz
Cores — 16 (8P + 8E)
Fabrication process — 10 nm
Integrated GPU — Intel UHD Graphics (32EU)
L3 Cache — 30 MB
Threads — 24
Turbo frequency — 5 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Vector GP68 (2023)
Area — 956 cm2(148.1 inches2)
Colors — Black, Gray
Cooling system — Active
Dimensions — 358 x 267 x 23.4 mm14.09 x 10.51 x 0.92 inches
Liquid metal — No
Material — Top: AluminumMiddle: PlasticBottom: Plastic
Noise level (max. load) — 59.7 dB
Number of fans — 2
Opening angle — 140°
Screen-to-body ratio — ~77.7%
Side bezels — 6.7 mm
Transformer — No
Vapor chamber — No
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 2.4 kg (5.29 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Vector GP68 (2023)
Audio jack (3.5 mm) — Yes
Bluetooth — v5.3
DisplayPort — 1x v1.4
Ethernet (RJ45) — Yes
Fingerprint — Yes
HDMI — 1x HDMI 2.1
Infrared sensor — No
Optical drive — No
Proprietary charging port — Yes
SD card reader — Yes
Thunderbolt — Thunderbolt 4
USB Type-C — 3x USB 4.0
USB-A — 2x USB 3.2
VGA — No
Webcam — Above the display
Webcam resolution — 1920 x 1080
Wi-Fi standard — v6E

GPU Benchmarks

GPU Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Vector GP68 (2023)
Blender GPU — 3559
Solar Bay — 46717

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Vector GP68 (2023)
FLOPS — 16 TFLOPS
GPU base clock — 2295 MHz
GPU boost clock — 2370 MHz
GPU performance — 16 TFLOPS
Memory bus — 128 bit
Memory size — 8 GB
Memory speed — ~16 Gbps
Memory type — GDDR6
Nvidia Optimus — MUX
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) — 48
Shading units (cores) — 3072
TGP — 140 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) — 96

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Vector GP68 (2023)
Backlight — Yes
Keyboard type — Island
Numpad — Yes
Surface — Plastic
Windows Precision — Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Vector GP68 (2023)
Channels — 2x8 GB
Clock — 5600 MHz
Max. ram size — 64 GB
Total slots — 2
Upgradable — Yes

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Vector GP68 (2023)
Dolby Atmos — No
Loudness — ~85 dB
Microphones — 2
Power — 4x2W
Speakers — 2.2 (2 tweeters and 2 woofers)

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Vector GP68 (2023)
Bus — PCI-E Gen 5.0 (4x)
NVMe — Yes
Storage type — SSD (M2)

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