Dell XPS 16 (9640) vs Lenovo Yoga Pro 7i Aura Edition 15" (Gen 11)

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

Dell XPS 16 (9640) leads overall with a score of 88/100 compared to Lenovo Yoga Pro 7i Aura Edition 15" (Gen 11) (71/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Yoga Pro 7i Aura Edition 15" (Gen 11)
Battery Life 82.0 Very Good
Display 96.0 Excellent
Gaming 84.0 Very Good WINNER 37.0 Poor
NanoReview Score 88.0 Very Good WINNER 71.0 Good
Performance 89.0 Very Good WINNER 75.0 Good

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Yoga Pro 7i Aura Edition 15" (Gen 11)
Battery Wh 99.5 Wh
Battery type Li-Po
Charge power 140 W
Charging port position Left
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) Yes, 100 W
Fast charging Yes
Replaceable No
Weight of AC adapter 482 grams

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Yoga Pro 7i Aura Edition 15" (Gen 11)
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.59 kg (3.51 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Yoga Pro 7i Aura Edition 15" (Gen 11)
Screen Size 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400)
Adaptive refresh rate Yes
Adobe RGB profile 100%
Aspect ratio 16:10
Coating Glossy
Contrast 1000000:1
DCI-P3 color gamut 100%
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision
PPI 197 ppi
Refresh rate 165 Hz
Resolution 2560 x 1600 pixels
Response time 1 ms
Size 15.3 inches
Sync technology Adaptive Sync
Touchscreen No
Type OLED
sRGB color space 100%

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Yoga Pro 7i Aura Edition 15" (Gen 11)
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 Yoga Pro 7i Aura Edition 15" (Gen 11)
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 Yoga Pro 7i Aura Edition 15" (Gen 11)
Area 840 cm2(130.2 inches2)
Colors Gray
Cooling system Active
Dimensions 347 x 242 x 16.7 mm13.66 x 9.53 x 0.66 inches
Liquid metal No
Material Aluminum
Noise level (max. load) 54.4 dB
Number of fans 2
Opening angle 170°
Screen-to-body ratio ~80.8%
Side bezels 8.8 mm
Transformer No
Vapor chamber No
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.59 kg (3.51 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Yoga Pro 7i Aura Edition 15" (Gen 11)
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes
Bluetooth v6.0
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 Yes
Thunderbolt Thunderbolt 4
USB Type-C 2x USB 4.0
USB-A 2x USB 3.2
VGA No
Webcam Above the display
Wi-Fi standard v7

GPU Benchmarks

GPU Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Yoga Pro 7i Aura Edition 15" (Gen 11)
Blender GPU 2543
Solar Bay 37034

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Yoga Pro 7i Aura Edition 15" (Gen 11)
FLOPS 12.2 TFLOPS
GPU performance 12.2 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 85 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 80

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Yoga Pro 7i Aura Edition 15" (Gen 11)
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 Yoga Pro 7i Aura Edition 15" (Gen 11)
Channels 2x8 GB
Clock 8533 MHz
Upgradable No

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Yoga Pro 7i Aura Edition 15" (Gen 11)
Audio chip Realtek ALC3347
Dolby Atmos Yes
Loudness ~86.1 dB
Microphones 4
Power 2x2W, 2x2W
Speakers 2.2 (2 tweeters and 2 woofers)

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Yoga Pro 7i Aura Edition 15" (Gen 11)
Bus PCI-E Gen 5.0 (4x)
NVMe Yes
Storage type SSD (M2)
Total slots 2

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