Dell XPS 16 (9640) vs Lenovo ThinkPad X13 Detachable Gen 1

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

Dell XPS 16 (9640) leads overall with a score of 88/100 compared to Lenovo ThinkPad X13 Detachable Gen 1 (66/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Dell XPS 16 (9640):
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (88 vs 66)
  • + Higher Performance score (89 vs 60)
  • + Higher Gaming score (84 vs 29)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad X13 Detachable Gen 1
Battery Life 82.0 Very Good —
DeviceBenchmark Score 88.0 Very Good WINNER 66.0 Average
Display 96.0 Excellent —
Gaming 84.0 Very Good WINNER 29.0 Poor
Performance 89.0 Very Good WINNER 60.0 Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad X13 Detachable Gen 1
Battery Wh 99.5 Wh —
Battery type — Li-Po
Charge power — 65 W
Charging port position — Left, Right
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) — Yes
Fast charging — Yes
Replaceable — No

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad X13 Detachable Gen 1
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 0.89 kg (1.96 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad X13 Detachable Gen 1
Screen Size 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400) —
Ambient light sensor — Yes
Aspect ratio — 3:2
Coating — Glossy (Antireflective)
Contrast — 1500:1
HDR support — No
PPI — 266 ppi
Refresh rate — 120 Hz
Resolution — 2880 x 1920 pixels
Size — 13 inches
Sync technology — No
Touchscreen — Yes
Type — IPS LCD
sRGB color space — 100%

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad X13 Detachable Gen 1
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 X13 Detachable Gen 1
Base frequency — 2.5 GHz
Cores — 6 (2P + 4E)
Fabrication process — 2 nm
Integrated GPU — Intel Xe3 Graphics (2-Core)
L3 Cache — 12 MB
Threads — 6
Turbo frequency — 4.4 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad X13 Detachable Gen 1
Area — 624 cm2(96.6 inches2)
Colors — Black
Cooling system — Active
Dimensions — 290 x 215 x 15.2 mm11.42 x 8.46 x 0.6 inches
Liquid metal — No
Material — Top: Magnesium alloyMiddle: AluminumBottom: Aluminum
Number of fans — 1
Opening angle — 170°
Screen-to-body ratio — ~80.7%
Side bezels — 7.7 mm
Transformer — No
Vapor chamber — No
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 0.89 kg (1.96 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad X13 Detachable Gen 1
Audio jack (3.5 mm) — Yes
Bluetooth — v6.0
DisplayPort — No
Ethernet (RJ45) — No
Fingerprint — Yes
HDMI — No
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 — No
VGA — No
Webcam — Above the display
Webcam resolution — 2560 x 1440
Wi-Fi standard — v7

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad X13 Detachable Gen 1
FLOPS — 1.2 TFLOPS
GPU base clock — 300 MHz
GPU boost clock — 2300 MHz
GPU performance — 1.2 TFLOPS
Memory size — System Shared
Memory speed — 7.47 Gbps
Memory type — LPDDR5X
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) — 8
Shading units (cores) — 256
TGP — 25 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) — 16

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad X13 Detachable Gen 1
Backlight — Optional
Keyboard type — Island
Numpad — No
Windows Precision — Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad X13 Detachable Gen 1
Channels — 2x8 GB
Clock — 7467 MHz
Upgradable — No

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad X13 Detachable Gen 1
Audio chip — Cirrus Logic CS42L45
Dolby Atmos — Yes
Microphones — 2
Power — 2x2W
Speakers — 2.0

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad X13 Detachable Gen 1
Bus — PCI-E Gen 5.0 (4x)
NVMe — Yes
Storage type — SSD (M2)
Total slots — 1

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