Dell XPS 16 (9640) vs HP Omen Max 16

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

Dell XPS 16 (9640) leads overall with a score of 88/100 compared to HP Omen Max 16 (59/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Dell

Dell XPS 16 (9640)

88/100
· $1899
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HP Omen Max 16
HP

HP Omen Max 16

59/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen Max 16
Battery Life 82.0 Very Good —
Display 96.0 Excellent —
Gaming 84.0 Very Good WINNER 42.0 Poor
NanoReview Score 88.0 Very Good WINNER 59.0 Below Average
Performance 89.0 Very Good 89.0 Very Good

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen Max 16
Battery Wh 99.5 Wh —
Battery type — Li-Po
Charge power — 280 / 330 W
Charging port position — Left, Bottom
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) — Yes
Fast charging — Yes
Replaceable — No
Weight of AC adapter — 933 grams

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen Max 16
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 2.48 kg (5.47 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen Max 16
Screen Size 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400) —
Adaptive refresh rate — Yes (60-165 Hz)
Ambient light sensor — No
Aspect ratio — 16:10
Coating — Matte
HDR support — No
PPI — 142 ppi
Refresh rate — 165 Hz
Resolution — 1920 x 1200 pixels
Response time — 3 ms
Size — 16 inches
Sync technology — No
Touchscreen — No
Type — IPS LCD
sRGB color space — 100%

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen Max 16
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 Omen Max 16
Base frequency — 2.4 GHz
Cores — 20 (8P + 12E)
Fabrication process — 3 nm
Integrated GPU — Arc Graphics (4-Cores)
L3 Cache — 30 MB
Threads — 20
Turbo frequency — 5.2 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen Max 16
Area — 959 cm2(148.7 inches2)
Colors — Black
Cooling system — Active
Dimensions — 356.62 x 268.99 x 22.86-27.69 mm14.04 x 10.59 x 0.9-1.09 inches
Liquid metal — Yes
Material — Top: AluminumMiddle: PlasticBottom: Plastic
Noise level (max. load) — 61.1 dB
Number of fans — 2
Opening angle — 140°
Screen-to-body ratio — ~77.4%
Side bezels — 6 mm
Transformer — No
Vapor chamber — Yes
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 2.48 kg (5.47 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen Max 16
Audio jack (3.5 mm) — Yes
Bluetooth — v5.4
DisplayPort — No
Ethernet (RJ45) — Yes
Fingerprint — No
HDMI — 1x HDMI 2.1
Infrared sensor — No
Optical drive — No
Proprietary charging port — Yes
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 — 1920 x 1080
Wi-Fi standard — v7

GPU Benchmarks

GPU Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen Max 16
Blender GPU — 2715
Solar Bay — 40583

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen Max 16
FLOPS — 9.7-16.6 TFLOPS
GPU performance — 9.7-16.6 TFLOPS
Memory bus — 128 bit
Memory size — 8 GB
Memory speed — ~24 Gbps
Memory type — GDDR7
Nvidia Optimus — MUX
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) — 48
Shading units (cores) — 3328
Texture mapping units (TMUs) — 104

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen Max 16
Backlight — Yes
Key travel — 1.5 mm
Keyboard type — Monolith
Numpad — Yes
Surface — Plastic
Windows Precision — Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen Max 16
Channels — 2x8 GB
Clock — 6400 MHz
Max. ram size — 64 GB
Total slots — 2
Upgradable — Yes

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen Max 16
Dolby Atmos — No
Loudness — ~77.9 dB
Microphones — 2
Power — 2x2W
Speakers — 2.0

Storage

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

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