Dell XPS 16 (9640) vs HP Envy 17 (2024)

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

Dell XPS 16 (9640) leads overall with a score of 88/100 compared to HP Envy 17 (2024) (48/100), 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) HP Envy 17 (2024)
Battery Life 82.0 Very Good
Display 96.0 Excellent
Gaming 84.0 Very Good WINNER 18.0 Poor
NanoReview Score 88.0 Very Good WINNER 48.0 Poor
Performance 89.0 Very Good WINNER 60.0 Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Envy 17 (2024)
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 406 grams

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Envy 17 (2024)
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 2.5 kg (5.51 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Envy 17 (2024)
Screen Size 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400)
Ambient light sensor No
Aspect ratio 16:9
Coating Matte
HDR support No
PPI 127 ppi
Refresh rate 60 Hz
Resolution 1920 x 1080 pixels
Size 17.3 inches
Sync technology No
Touchscreen No
Type IPS LCD

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Envy 17 (2024)
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 Envy 17 (2024)
Base frequency 1.2 GHz
Cores 14 (4P + 10E)
Fabrication process 7 nm
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (7-Cores)
L3 Cache 18 MB
Threads 18
Turbo frequency 4.5 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Envy 17 (2024)
Area 1023 cm2(158.7 inches2)
Colors Silver
Cooling system Active
Dimensions 395.9 x 258.5 x 19.8 mm15.59 x 10.18 x 0.78 inches
Liquid metal No
Material Top: AluminumMiddle: PlasticBottom: Plastic
Noise level (max. load) 43.2 dB
Number of fans 2
Screen-to-body ratio ~80.6%
Side bezels 6.4 mm
Transformer No
Vapor chamber No
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 2.5 kg (5.51 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Envy 17 (2024)
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes
Bluetooth v5.4
DisplayPort No
Ethernet (RJ45) No
Fingerprint No
HDMI 1x HDMI 2.1
Infrared sensor Optional
Optical drive No
Proprietary charging port No
SD card reader No
Thunderbolt Thunderbolt 4
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 v7

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Envy 17 (2024)
FLOPS 3.9 TFLOPS
GPU base clock 300 MHz
GPU boost clock 2200 MHz
GPU performance 3.9 TFLOPS
Memory size System Shared
Memory speed 5.6 Gbps
Memory type DDR5
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 24
Shading units (cores) 896
TGP 28 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 56

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Envy 17 (2024)
Backlight Yes
Key travel 1.4 mm
Keyboard type Island
Numpad Yes
Surface Plastic
Windows Precision Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Envy 17 (2024)
Channels 2x8 GB
Clock 5600 MHz
Max. ram size 32 GB
Total slots 2
Upgradable Yes

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Envy 17 (2024)
Dolby Atmos No
Loudness ~88.5 dB
Microphones 2
Speakers 2.0

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Envy 17 (2024)
Bus PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
NVMe Yes
Storage type SSD (M2)

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