Dell XPS 16 (9640) vs Samsung Galaxy Book 4 Ultra

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

Dell XPS 16 (9640) leads overall with a score of 88/100 compared to Samsung Galaxy Book 4 Ultra (64/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Dell XPS 16 (9640):
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (88 vs 64)
  • + Higher Performance score (89 vs 65)
  • + Higher Gaming score (84 vs 32)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Dell XPS 16 (9640) Samsung Galaxy Book 4 Ultra
Battery Life 82.0 Very Good —
DeviceBenchmark Score 88.0 Very Good WINNER 64.0 Average
Display 96.0 Excellent —
Gaming 84.0 Very Good WINNER 32.0 Poor
Performance 89.0 Very Good WINNER 65.0 Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Samsung Galaxy Book 4 Ultra
Battery Wh 99.5 Wh —
Battery type — Li-Po
Charge power — 140 W
Charging port position — Left
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) — Yes
Fast charging — Yes
Full charging time — 1:00 hr
Replaceable — No
Weight of AC adapter — 351 grams

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Samsung Galaxy Book 4 Ultra
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.86 kg (4.1 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Samsung Galaxy Book 4 Ultra
Screen Size 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400) —
Adobe RGB profile — 88.5%
Ambient light sensor — Yes
Aspect ratio — 16:10
Coating — Glossy (Antireflective)
Contrast — 1000000:1
DCI-P3 color gamut — 100%
HDR support — Yes, HDR10
PPI — 212 ppi
Refresh rate — 120 Hz
Resolution — 2880 x 1800 pixels
Response time — 1 ms
Size — 16 inches
Sync technology — No
Touchscreen — Yes
Type — OLED
sRGB color space — 99.9%

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Samsung Galaxy Book 4 Ultra
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) Samsung Galaxy Book 4 Ultra
Base frequency — 1.4 GHz
Cores — 16 (6P + 10E)
Fabrication process — 7 nm
Integrated GPU — Arc Graphics (8-Cores)
L3 Cache — 24 MB
Threads — 22
Turbo frequency — 4.8 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Samsung Galaxy Book 4 Ultra
Area — 890 cm2(137.9 inches2)
Colors — Gray
Cooling system — Active
Dimensions — 355.4 x 250.4 x 16.5 mm13.99 x 9.86 x 0.65 inches
Liquid metal — No
Material — Aluminum
Noise level (max. load) — 41.7 dB
Number of fans — 2
Opening angle — 125°
Screen-to-body ratio — ~83.4%
Side bezels — 5.4 mm
Transformer — No
Vapor chamber — Yes
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.86 kg (4.1 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Samsung Galaxy Book 4 Ultra
Audio jack (3.5 mm) — Yes
Bluetooth — v5.3
DisplayPort — No
Ethernet (RJ45) — No
Fingerprint — Yes
HDMI — 1x HDMI 2.1
Infrared sensor — No
Optical drive — No
Proprietary charging port — No
SD card reader — Yes
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 — v6E

GPU Benchmarks

GPU Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Samsung Galaxy Book 4 Ultra
Blender GPU — 2354
Solar Bay — 32014

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Samsung Galaxy Book 4 Ultra
FLOPS — 10.5 TFLOPS
GPU base clock — 1665 MHz
GPU boost clock — 2055 MHz
GPU performance — 10.5 TFLOPS
Memory bus — 96 bit
Memory size — 6 GB
Memory speed — ~16 Gbps
Memory type — GDDR6
Nvidia Optimus — MUX
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) — 32
Shading units (cores) — 2560
TGP — 80 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) — 80

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Samsung Galaxy Book 4 Ultra
Backlight — Yes
Key travel — 1 mm
Keyboard type — Island
Numpad — Yes
Surface — Glass
Windows Precision — Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Samsung Galaxy Book 4 Ultra
Channels — 2x8 GB
Clock — 6400 MHz
Upgradable — No

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Samsung Galaxy Book 4 Ultra
Dolby Atmos — Yes
Loudness — ~85 dB
Microphones — 2
Power — 2x5W, 2x2W
Speakers — 2.2 (2 tweeters and 2 woofers)

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Samsung Galaxy Book 4 Ultra
Bus — PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
NVMe — Yes
Storage type — SSD (M2)
Total slots — 2

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