Dell XPS 16 (9640) vs Honor MagicBook X14 Plus 2025

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

Dell XPS 16 (9640) leads overall with a score of 88/100 compared to Honor MagicBook X14 Plus 2025 (61/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Dell XPS 16 (9640):
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (88 vs 61)
  • + Higher Performance score (89 vs 61)
  • + Higher Gaming score (84 vs 9)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Dell XPS 16 (9640) Honor MagicBook X14 Plus 2025
Battery Life 82.0 Very Good —
DeviceBenchmark Score 88.0 Very Good WINNER 61.0 Average
Display 96.0 Excellent —
Gaming 84.0 Very Good WINNER 9.0 Poor
Performance 89.0 Very Good WINNER 61.0 Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Honor MagicBook X14 Plus 2025
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
Weight of AC adapter — 200 grams

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Honor MagicBook X14 Plus 2025
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.34 kg (2.95 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Honor MagicBook X14 Plus 2025
Screen Size 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400) —
Adaptive refresh rate — Yes (60-120 Hz)
Aspect ratio — 16:10
HDR support — No
PPI — 243 ppi
Refresh rate — 120 Hz
Resolution — 2880 x 1800 pixels
Size — 14 inches
Sync technology — No
Touchscreen — No
Type — IPS LCD
sRGB color space — 100%

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Honor MagicBook X14 Plus 2025
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) Honor MagicBook X14 Plus 2025
Base frequency — 2.7 GHz
Cores — 12 (4P + 8E)
Fabrication process — 10 nm
Integrated GPU — Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 (80EU)
L3 Cache — 18 MB
Threads — 16
Turbo frequency — 4.9 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Honor MagicBook X14 Plus 2025
Area — 694 cm2(107.5 inches2)
Colors — Gray
Cooling system — Active
Dimensions — 313.2 x 221.6 x 15.9 mm12.33 x 8.72 x 0.63 inches
Liquid metal — No
Material — Aluminum
Number of fans — 1
Screen-to-body ratio — ~81.9%
Side bezels — 5.8 mm
Transformer — No
Vapor chamber — No
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.34 kg (2.95 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Honor MagicBook X14 Plus 2025
Audio jack (3.5 mm) — Yes
Bluetooth — v5.1
DisplayPort — No
Ethernet (RJ45) — No
Fingerprint — No
HDMI — 1x HDMI 1.4
Infrared sensor — No
Optical drive — No
Proprietary charging port — No
SD card reader — No
Thunderbolt — No
USB Type-C — 2x USB 4.0
USB-A — 2x USB 3.2
VGA — No
Webcam — Above the display
Webcam resolution — 1280 x 720
Wi-Fi standard — v6

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Honor MagicBook X14 Plus 2025
FLOPS — 1.9 TFLOPS
GPU base clock — 300 MHz
GPU boost clock — 1500 MHz
GPU performance — 1.9 TFLOPS
Memory size — System Shared
Memory speed — 4.27 Gbps
Memory type — LPDDR4X
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) — 20
Shading units (cores) — 640
TGP — 15 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) — 40

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Honor MagicBook X14 Plus 2025
Backlight — Yes
Key travel — 1.5 mm
Keyboard type — Island
Numpad — No
Windows Precision — Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Honor MagicBook X14 Plus 2025
Channels — 2x8 GB
Clock — 4266 MHz
Upgradable — No

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Honor MagicBook X14 Plus 2025
Microphones — 2
Speakers — 2.0

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Honor MagicBook X14 Plus 2025
Bus — PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
NVMe — Yes
Storage type — SSD (M2)
Total slots — 1

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