Dell XPS 16 (9640) vs HP Omen Transcend 14 (2025)

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

Dell XPS 16 (9640) leads overall with a score of 88/100 compared to HP Omen Transcend 14 (2025) (54/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Dell XPS 16 (9640):
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (88 vs 54)
  • + Higher Performance score (89 vs 73)
  • + Higher Gaming score (84 vs 22)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen Transcend 14 (2025)
Battery Life 82.0 Very Good —
DeviceBenchmark Score 88.0 Very Good WINNER 54.0 Below Average
Display 96.0 Excellent —
Gaming 84.0 Very Good WINNER 22.0 Poor
Performance 89.0 Very Good WINNER 73.0 Good

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen Transcend 14 (2025)
Battery Wh 99.5 Wh —
Battery type — Li-Po
Charge power — 140 W
Charging port position — Left, Bottom
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) — Yes, 140 W
Fast charging — Yes
Full charging time — 1:30 hr
Replaceable — No
Weight of AC adapter — 505 grams

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen Transcend 14 (2025)
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.63 kg (3.59 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen Transcend 14 (2025)
Screen Size 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400) —
Adaptive refresh rate — Yes (48-120 Hz)
Adobe RGB profile — 96.5%
Ambient light sensor — No
Aspect ratio — 16:10
Coating — Glossy
Contrast — 1000000:1
DCI-P3 color gamut — 100%
HDR support — Yes, HDR10
PPI — 243 ppi
Refresh rate — 120 Hz
Resolution — 2880 x 1800 pixels
Response time — 1 ms
Size — 14 inches
Sync technology — No
Touchscreen — No
Type — OLED
sRGB color space — 100%

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen Transcend 14 (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) HP Omen Transcend 14 (2025)
Base frequency — 2.0 GHz
Cores — 16 (6P + 10E)
Fabrication process — 3 nm
Integrated GPU — Arc Graphics 140T
L3 Cache — 24 MB
Threads — 16
Turbo frequency — 5.1 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen Transcend 14 (2025)
Area — 731 cm2(113.2 inches2)
Colors — White, Black
Cooling system — Active
Dimensions — 313 x 233.5 x 16.9 mm12.32 x 9.19 x 0.67 inches
Liquid metal — No
Material — Aluminum
Noise level (max. load) — 53.4 dB
Number of fans — 2
Opening angle — 135°
Screen-to-body ratio — ~77.8%
Side bezels — 5.8 mm
Transformer — No
Vapor chamber — No
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.63 kg (3.59 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen Transcend 14 (2025)
Audio jack (3.5 mm) — Yes
Bluetooth — v5.4
DisplayPort — No
Ethernet (RJ45) — No
Fingerprint — No
HDMI — 1x HDMI 2.1
Infrared sensor — Yes
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 — 1920 x 1080
Wi-Fi standard — v7

GPU Benchmarks

GPU Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen Transcend 14 (2025)
Blender GPU — 1225
Solar Bay — 18230

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen Transcend 14 (2025)
FLOPS — 4 TFLOPS
GPU performance — 4 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
TGP — 0 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) — 104

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen Transcend 14 (2025)
Backlight — Yes
Key travel — 1.5 mm
Keyboard type — Monolith
Numpad — No
Surface — Plastic
Windows Precision — Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen Transcend 14 (2025)
Channels — 2x8 GB
Clock — 7467 MHz
Upgradable — No

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen Transcend 14 (2025)
Dolby Atmos — No
Loudness — ~75.5 dB
Microphones — 2
Power — 2x2W
Speakers — 2.0

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen Transcend 14 (2025)
Bus — PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
NVMe — Yes
Storage type — SSD (M2)
Total slots — 1

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