Dell XPS 16 (9640) vs Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 6

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

Dell XPS 16 (9640) leads overall with a score of 88/100 compared to Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 6 (39/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Dell

Dell XPS 16 (9640)

88/100
· $1899
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Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 6
Lenovo

Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 6

39/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 6
Battery Life 82.0 Very Good —
Display 96.0 Excellent —
Gaming 84.0 Very Good WINNER 19.0 Poor
NanoReview Score 88.0 Very Good WINNER 39.0 Poor
Performance 89.0 Very Good WINNER 64.0 Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 6
Battery Wh 99.5 Wh —
Battery type — Li-Po
Charge power — 170 / 230 W
Charging port position — Left
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) — Yes
Fast charging — Yes
Full charging time — 1:30 hr
Replaceable — No
Weight of AC adapter — 558 grams

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 6
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.78 kg (3.92 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 6
Screen Size 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400) —
Ambient light sensor — No
Aspect ratio — 16:10
Coating — Matte
Contrast — 1200:1
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
sRGB color space — 100%

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 6
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) Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 6
Base frequency — 2.4 GHz
Cores — 14 (6P + 8E)
Fabrication process — 10 nm
Integrated GPU — Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)
L3 Cache — 24 MB
Threads — 20
Turbo frequency — 5 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 6
Area — 912 cm2(141.4 inches2)
Colors — Black
Cooling system — Active
Dimensions — 359.5 x 253.8 x 17.3 mm14.15 x 9.99 x 0.68 inches
Liquid metal — No
Material — Top: Carbon fiberMiddle: AluminumBottom: Aluminum
Noise level (max. load) — 48 dB
Number of fans — 2
Opening angle — 180°
Screen-to-body ratio — ~81.4%
Side bezels — 7.4 mm
Transformer — No
Vapor chamber — No
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.78 kg (3.92 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 6
Audio jack (3.5 mm) — Yes
Bluetooth — v5.3
DisplayPort — No
Ethernet (RJ45) — No
Fingerprint — Yes
HDMI — 1x HDMI 2.1
Infrared sensor — Optional
Optical drive — No
Proprietary charging port — Yes
SD card reader — Yes
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 — v6E

GPU Benchmarks

GPU Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 6
Blender GPU — 805
Solar Bay — 14246

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 6
FLOPS — 4.3 TFLOPS
GPU performance — 4.3 TFLOPS
Memory bus — 128 bit
Memory size — 6 GB
Memory speed — ~11 Gbps
Memory type — GDDR6
Nvidia Optimus — MUX
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) — 32
Shading units (cores) — 2048
TGP — 35 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) — 64

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 6
Backlight — Yes
Key travel — 1.5 mm
Keyboard type — Island
Numpad — No
Surface — Glass
Windows Precision — Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 6
Channels — 2x8 GB
Clock — 5600 MHz
Max. ram size — 96 GB
Total slots — 2
Upgradable — Yes

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 6
Audio chip — Realtek ALC3306
Dolby Atmos — Yes
Loudness — ~81.8 dB
Microphones — 2
Power — 2x2W
Speakers — 2.0

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 6
Bus — PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
NVMe — Yes
Storage type — SSD (M2)

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