Dell XPS 16 (9640) vs HP EliteBook 865 G10

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

Dell XPS 16 (9640) leads overall with a score of 88/100 compared to HP EliteBook 865 G10 (47/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Dell XPS 16 (9640):
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (88 vs 47)
  • + Higher Performance score (89 vs 51)
  • + Higher Gaming score (84 vs 10)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP EliteBook 865 G10
Battery Life 82.0 Very Good —
DeviceBenchmark Score 88.0 Very Good WINNER 47.0 Poor
Display 96.0 Excellent —
Gaming 84.0 Very Good WINNER 10.0 Poor
Performance 89.0 Very Good WINNER 51.0 Below Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP EliteBook 865 G10
Battery Wh 99.5 Wh —
Battery type — Li-Po
Cable length — 1 meters
Charge power — 65 / 100 W
Charging port position — Left
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) — Yes
Fast charging — Yes
Replaceable — No
Weight of AC adapter — 449 grams

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP EliteBook 865 G10
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.73 kg (3.81 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP EliteBook 865 G10
Screen Size 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400) —
Ambient light sensor — Yes
Aspect ratio — 16:10
Coating — Matte
HDR support — No
PPI — 142 ppi
Refresh rate — 60 Hz
Resolution — 1920 x 1200 pixels
Size — 16 inches
Sync technology — No
Touchscreen — No
Type — IPS LCD

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP EliteBook 865 G10
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) HP EliteBook 865 G10
Base frequency — 3.2 GHz
Cores — 6
Fabrication process — 4 nm
Integrated GPU — Radeon 740M
L3 Cache — 16 MB
Threads — 12
Turbo frequency — 4.9 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP EliteBook 865 G10
Area — 900 cm2(139.5 inches2)
Colors — Silver
Cooling system — Active
Dimensions — 358.7 x 251 x 19.2 mm14.12 x 9.88 x 0.76 inches
Liquid metal — No
Material — Aluminum
Noise level (max. load) — 39.4 dB
Number of fans — 2
Screen-to-body ratio — ~82.4%
Side bezels — 7 mm
Transformer — No
Vapor chamber — No
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.73 kg (3.81 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP EliteBook 865 G10
Audio jack (3.5 mm) — Yes
Bluetooth — v5.3
DisplayPort — No
Ethernet (RJ45) — No
Fingerprint — Optional
HDMI — 1x HDMI 2.1
Infrared sensor — Optional
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 — 2560 x 1440
Wi-Fi standard — v6E

GPU Benchmarks

GPU Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP EliteBook 865 G10
Blender GPU — 94
Solar Bay — 5235

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP EliteBook 865 G10
FLOPS — 1.3 TFLOPS
GPU base clock — 800 MHz
GPU boost clock — 2500 MHz
GPU performance — 1.3 TFLOPS
Memory size — System Shared
Memory speed — 5.6 Gbps
Memory type — DDR5
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) — 8
Shading units (cores) — 256
TGP — 15 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) — 16

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP EliteBook 865 G10
Backlight — Optional
Key travel — 1.5 mm
Keyboard type — Island
Numpad — Yes
Surface — Glass
Windows Precision — Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP EliteBook 865 G10
Channels — 1x8 GB
Clock — 5600 MHz
Max. ram size — 64 GB
Total slots — 2
Upgradable — Yes

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP EliteBook 865 G10
Dolby Atmos — No
Loudness — ~74 dB
Microphones — 2
Speakers — 4.0

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP EliteBook 865 G10
Bus — PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
NVMe — Yes
Storage type — SSD (M2)

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