Dell XPS 16 (9640) vs Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 9

[ 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 9 (49/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Dell XPS 16 (9640):
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (88 vs 49)
  • + Higher Performance score (89 vs 74)
  • + Higher Gaming score (84 vs 33)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 9
Battery Life 82.0 Very Good —
DeviceBenchmark Score 88.0 Very Good WINNER 49.0 Poor
Display 96.0 Excellent —
Gaming 84.0 Very Good WINNER 33.0 Poor
Performance 89.0 Very Good WINNER 74.0 Good

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 9
Battery Wh 99.5 Wh —
Battery type — Li-Po
Charge power — 140 W
Charging port position — Left, Right
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) — Yes, 140 W
Fast charging — Yes
Replaceable — No

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 9
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.8 kg (3.97 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 9
Screen Size 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400) —
Adaptive refresh rate — No
Ambient light sensor — Yes
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 9
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 9
Base frequency — 1.9 GHz
Cores — 16 (4P + 12E)
Fabrication process — 2 nm
Integrated GPU — Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core)
L3 Cache — 18 MB
Threads — 16
Turbo frequency — 4.7 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 9
Area — 855 cm2(132.5 inches2)
Colors — Black
Cooling system — Active
Dimensions — 354.4 x 241.2 x 15.8-20.6 mm13.95 x 9.5 x 0.62-0.81 inches
Liquid metal — No
Material — Aluminum
Number of fans — 2
Opening angle — 180°
Screen-to-body ratio — ~86.8%
Side bezels — 4.9 mm
Transformer — No
Vapor chamber — No
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.8 kg (3.97 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 9
Audio jack (3.5 mm) — Yes
Bluetooth — v6.0
DisplayPort — No
Ethernet (RJ45) — No
Fingerprint — Yes
HDMI — 1x HDMI 2.1
Infrared sensor — Optional
Optical drive — No
Proprietary charging port — No
SD card reader — Yes
Thunderbolt — Thunderbolt 5
USB Type-C — 3x USB 4.0
USB-A — 1x USB 3.2
VGA — No
Webcam — Above the display
Webcam resolution — 2560 x 1440
Wi-Fi standard — v7

GPU Benchmarks

GPU Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 9
Blender GPU — 2317
Solar Bay — 24569

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 9
FLOPS — 10.3 TFLOPS
GPU performance — 10.3 TFLOPS
Memory bus — 128 bit
Memory size — 8 GB
Memory speed — ~24 Gbps
Memory type — GDDR7
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) — 32
Shading units (cores) — 2560
TGP — 75 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) — 80

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 9
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 9
Channels — 2x8 GB
Clock — 8533 MHz
Upgradable — No

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 9
Audio chip — Cirrus Logic CS42L43
Dolby Atmos — Yes
Microphones — 2
Power — 2x2W
Speakers — 2.0

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 9
Bus — PCI-E Gen 5.0 (4x)
NVMe — Yes
Storage type — SSD (M2)
Total slots — 2

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