Dell XPS 16 (9640) vs HP ENVY x360 15 (Ryzen)

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

Dell XPS 16 (9640) leads overall with a score of 88/100 compared to HP ENVY x360 15 (Ryzen) (46/100), 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 x360 15 (Ryzen)
Battery Life 82.0 Very Good
Display 96.0 Excellent
Gaming 84.0 Very Good WINNER 7.0 Poor
NanoReview Score 88.0 Very Good WINNER 46.0 Poor
Performance 89.0 Very Good WINNER 38.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP ENVY x360 15 (Ryzen)
Battery Wh 99.5 Wh
Battery type Li-Po
Charge power 65 W
Charging port position Right
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) Yes
Fast charging Yes
Full charging time 2:00 hr
Replaceable No
Weight of AC adapter 277 grams

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP ENVY x360 15 (Ryzen)
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.86 kg (4.1 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP ENVY x360 15 (Ryzen)
Screen Size 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400)
Adobe RGB profile 70%
Ambient light sensor Yes
Aspect ratio 16:9
Coating Glossy
Contrast 1405:1
DCI-P3 color gamut 69%
PPI 141 ppi
Refresh rate 60 Hz
Resolution 1920 x 1080 pixels
Size 15.6 inches
Sync technology FreeSync
Touchscreen Yes
Type IPS LCD
sRGB color space 99.6%

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP ENVY x360 15 (Ryzen)
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 x360 15 (Ryzen)
Base frequency 2.1 GHz
Cores 6
Fabrication process 7 nm
Integrated GPU Radeon RX Vega 7
L3 Cache 8 MB
Threads 12
Turbo frequency 4 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP ENVY x360 15 (Ryzen)
Area 818 cm2(126.9 inches2)
Colors Black
Cooling system Active
Dimensions 358.9 x 228 x 18.2 mm14.13 x 8.98 x 0.72 inches
Material Aluminum
Noise level (max. load) 36 dB
Number of fans 1
Opening angle 360°
Screen-to-body ratio ~82%
Side bezels 6.8 mm
Transformer Yes
Vapor chamber No
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.86 kg (4.1 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP ENVY x360 15 (Ryzen)
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes
Bluetooth v5
DisplayPort No
Ethernet (RJ45) No
Fingerprint Yes
HDMI 1x HDMI 2.0
Optical drive No
Proprietary charging port Yes
SD card reader Yes
Thunderbolt No
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 v6

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP ENVY x360 15 (Ryzen)
FLOPS 1.6 TFLOPS
GPU base clock 300 MHz
GPU boost clock 1800 MHz
GPU performance 1.6 TFLOPS
Memory size System Shared
Memory speed 3.2 Gbps
Memory type DDR4
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 8
Shading units (cores) 448
TGP 15 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 28

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP ENVY x360 15 (Ryzen)
Backlight Yes
Keyboard type Island
Numpad No
Windows Precision Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP ENVY x360 15 (Ryzen)
Channels 2x4 GB
Clock 3200 MHz
Total slots 2
Upgradable No

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP ENVY x360 15 (Ryzen)
Dolby Atmos No
Loudness ~74.7 dB
Microphones 2
Speakers 2.0

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP ENVY x360 15 (Ryzen)
Bus PCI-E Gen 3.0 (4x)
NVMe Yes
Storage type SSD (M2)

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