Dell XPS 16 (9640) vs Lenovo ThinkPad X9 15p Gen 1 Aura Edition (15")

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

Dell XPS 16 (9640) leads overall with a score of 88/100 compared to Lenovo ThinkPad X9 15p Gen 1 Aura Edition (15") (70/100), 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 X9 15p Gen 1 Aura Edition (15")
Lenovo

Lenovo ThinkPad X9 15p Gen 1 Aura Edition (15")

70/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad X9 15p Gen 1 Aura Edition (15")
Battery Life 82.0 Very Good —
Display 96.0 Excellent —
Gaming 84.0 Very Good WINNER 22.0 Poor
NanoReview Score 88.0 Very Good WINNER 70.0 Good
Performance 89.0 Very Good WINNER 72.0 Good

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad X9 15p Gen 1 Aura Edition (15")
Battery Wh 99.5 Wh —
Battery type — Li-Po
Charge power — 100 W
Charging port position — Left, Right
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) — Yes, 100 W
Fast charging — Yes
Replaceable — No
Weight of AC adapter — 247 grams

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad X9 15p Gen 1 Aura Edition (15")
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.5 kg (3.31 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad X9 15p Gen 1 Aura Edition (15")
Screen Size 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400) —
Adaptive refresh rate — Yes (30-120 Hz)
Ambient light sensor — Yes
Aspect ratio — 16:10
Coating — Glossy (Antireflective)
Contrast — 1000000:1
DCI-P3 color gamut — 100%
HDR support — Yes, Dolby Vision
PPI — 222 ppi
Refresh rate — 120 Hz
Resolution — 2880 x 1800 pixels
Response time — 1 ms
Size — 15.3 inches
Sync technology — No
Touchscreen — No
Type — OLED
sRGB color space — 100%

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad X9 15p Gen 1 Aura Edition (15")
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 X9 15p Gen 1 Aura Edition (15")
Base frequency — 1.9 GHz
Cores — 12 (4P + 8E)
Fabrication process — 2 nm
Integrated GPU — Intel Arc B370
L3 Cache — 18 MB
Threads — 12
Turbo frequency — 4.7 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad X9 15p Gen 1 Aura Edition (15")
Area — 776 cm2(120.3 inches2)
Colors — Gray
Cooling system — Active
Dimensions — 339.5 x 228.5 x 13.37-17.9 mm13.37 x 9 x 0.53-0.7 inches
Liquid metal — No
Material — Aluminum
Noise level (max. load) — 43.7 dB
Number of fans — 2
Opening angle — 180°
Screen-to-body ratio — ~87.5%
Side bezels — 5 mm
Transformer — No
Vapor chamber — No
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.5 kg (3.31 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad X9 15p Gen 1 Aura Edition (15")
Audio jack (3.5 mm) — Yes
Bluetooth — v6.0
DisplayPort — No
Ethernet (RJ45) — No
Fingerprint — Yes
HDMI — 1x HDMI 2.1
Infrared sensor — Yes
Optical drive — No
Proprietary charging port — No
SD card reader — Yes
Thunderbolt — Thunderbolt 4
USB Type-C — 3x USB 4.0
USB-A — 1x USB 3.2
VGA — No
Webcam — Above the display
Webcam resolution — 3840 x 2160
Wi-Fi standard — v7

GPU Benchmarks

GPU Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad X9 15p Gen 1 Aura Edition (15")
Blender GPU — 1313
Solar Bay — 21808

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad X9 15p Gen 1 Aura Edition (15")
FLOPS — 6.1 TFLOPS
GPU base clock — 300 MHz
GPU boost clock — 2400 MHz
GPU performance — 6.1 TFLOPS
Memory size — System Shared
Memory speed — 9.6 Gbps
Memory type — LPDDR5X
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) — 20
Shading units (cores) — 1280
TGP — 25 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) — 40

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad X9 15p Gen 1 Aura Edition (15")
Backlight — Yes
Key travel — 1.35 mm
Keyboard type — Island
Numpad — No
Surface — Glass
Windows Precision — Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad X9 15p Gen 1 Aura Edition (15")
Channels — 2x8 GB
Clock — 9600 MHz
Upgradable — No

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad X9 15p Gen 1 Aura Edition (15")
Audio chip — Cirrus Logic CS42L43
Dolby Atmos — Yes
Loudness — ~80.3 dB
Microphones — 2
Power — 4x2W, 2x2W
Speakers — 2.4 (2 tweeters and 4 woofers)

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad X9 15p Gen 1 Aura Edition (15")
Bus — PCI-E Gen 5.0 (4x)
NVMe — Yes
Storage type — SSD (M2)
Total slots — 1

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