Dell XPS 16 (9640) vs Gigabyte Aorus 17 (2022)

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

Dell XPS 16 (9640) leads overall with a score of 88/100 compared to Gigabyte Aorus 17 (2022) (50/100), 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) Gigabyte Aorus 17 (2022)
Battery Life 82.0 Very Good
Display 96.0 Excellent
Gaming 84.0 Very Good WINNER 37.0 Poor
NanoReview Score 88.0 Very Good WINNER 50.0 Below Average
Performance 89.0 Very Good WINNER 66.0 Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Gigabyte Aorus 17 (2022)
Battery Wh 99.5 Wh
Battery type Li-Po
Charge power 240 W
Charging port position Right
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) Yes
Fast charging Yes
Replaceable No

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Gigabyte Aorus 17 (2022)
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 2.7 kg (5.95 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Gigabyte Aorus 17 (2022)
Screen Size 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400)
Adobe RGB profile 71.2%
Ambient light sensor Yes
Aspect ratio 16:9
Coating Matte
Contrast 1096:1
DCI-P3 color gamut 69%
HDR support No
PPI 127 ppi
Refresh rate 360 Hz
Resolution 1920 x 1080 pixels
Response time 13 ms
Size 17.3 inches
Sync technology No
Touchscreen No
Type IPS LCD
sRGB color space 99.4%

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Gigabyte Aorus 17 (2022)
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) Gigabyte Aorus 17 (2022)
Base frequency 2.3 GHz
Cores 14 (6P + 8E)
Fabrication process 10 nm
Integrated GPU Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)
L3 Cache 24 MB
Threads 20
Turbo frequency 4.7 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Gigabyte Aorus 17 (2022)
Area 1011 cm2(156.7 inches2)
Colors Black
Cooling system Active
Dimensions 398 x 254 x 24-27 mm15.67 x 10 x 0.94-1.06 inches
Material Plastic
Noise level (max. load) 51 dB
Number of fans 2
Opening angle 130°
Screen-to-body ratio ~81.6%
Side bezels 7.5 mm
Transformer No
Vapor chamber No
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 2.7 kg (5.95 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Gigabyte Aorus 17 (2022)
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes
Bluetooth v5.2
DisplayPort No
Ethernet (RJ45) Yes
Fingerprint No
HDMI 1x HDMI 2.1
Infrared sensor Yes
Optical drive No
Proprietary charging port Yes
SD card reader No
Thunderbolt Thunderbolt 4
USB Type-C 1x USB 3.2
USB-A 2x USB 3.2
VGA No
Webcam Above the display
Webcam resolution 1280 x 720
Wi-Fi standard v6E

GPU Benchmarks

GPU Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Gigabyte Aorus 17 (2022)
Blender GPU 2483
Solar Bay 41119

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Gigabyte Aorus 17 (2022)
FLOPS 13.1 TFLOPS
GPU base clock 1387 MHz
GPU boost clock 1702 MHz
GPU performance 13.1 TFLOPS
Memory bus 192 bit
Memory size 6 GB
Memory speed 14 Gbps
Memory type GDDR6
Nvidia Optimus Yes
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 48
Shading units (cores) 3840
TGP 115 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 120

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Gigabyte Aorus 17 (2022)
Backlight Yes
Keyboard type Island
Numpad Yes
Windows Precision Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Gigabyte Aorus 17 (2022)
Channels 2x8 GB
Clock 4800 MHz
Max. ram size 64 GB
Total slots 2
Upgradable Yes

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Gigabyte Aorus 17 (2022)
Dolby Atmos No
Loudness ~84 dB
Microphones 2
Power 2x2.5W
Speakers 2.0

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Gigabyte Aorus 17 (2022)
Bus PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
NVMe Yes
Storage type SSD (M2)

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