Dell XPS 16 (9640) vs Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i 16" (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 Yoga Pro 9i 16" (Gen 9) (65/100), 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 9i 16" (Gen 9)
Battery Life 82.0 Very Good
Display 96.0 Excellent
Gaming 84.0 Very Good WINNER 33.0 Poor
NanoReview Score 88.0 Very Good WINNER 65.0 Average
Performance 89.0 Very Good WINNER 59.0 Below Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i 16" (Gen 9)
Battery Wh 99.5 Wh
Battery type Li-Po
Charge power 100 / 170 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 556 grams

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i 16" (Gen 9)
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 2.18 kg (4.81 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i 16" (Gen 9)
Screen Size 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400)
Adobe RGB profile 86.5%
Ambient light sensor Yes
Aspect ratio 16:10
Coating Matte
Contrast 1200:1
DCI-P3 color gamut 100%
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision
PPI 236 ppi
Refresh rate 165 Hz
Resolution 3200 x 2000 pixels
Response time 21 ms
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 Yoga Pro 9i 16" (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 Yoga Pro 9i 16" (Gen 9)
Base frequency 1.2 GHz
Cores 14 (4P + 10E)
Fabrication process 7 nm
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (7-Cores)
L3 Cache 18 MB
Threads 18
Turbo frequency 4.5 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i 16" (Gen 9)
Area 920 cm2(142.7 inches2)
Colors Gray, Green
Cooling system Active
Dimensions 362.72 x 253.69 x 17.9-18.3 mm14.28 x 9.99 x 0.7-0.72 inches
Liquid metal No
Material Aluminum
Noise level (max. load) 53.9 dB
Number of fans 2
Opening angle 150°
Screen-to-body ratio ~80.7%
Side bezels 9.1 mm
Transformer No
Vapor chamber No
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 2.18 kg (4.81 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i 16" (Gen 9)
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes
Bluetooth v5.3
DisplayPort No
Ethernet (RJ45) No
Fingerprint No
HDMI 1x HDMI 2.1
Infrared sensor Yes
Optical drive No
Proprietary charging port Yes
SD card reader Yes
Thunderbolt Thunderbolt 4
USB Type-C 2x USB 3.2
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 Yoga Pro 9i 16" (Gen 9)
Blender GPU 2460
Solar Bay 34776

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i 16" (Gen 9)
FLOPS 11.7 TFLOPS
GPU base clock 1905 MHz
GPU boost clock 2280 MHz
GPU performance 11.7 TFLOPS
Memory bus 96 bit
Memory size 6 GB
Memory speed ~16 Gbps
Memory type GDDR6
Nvidia Optimus Yes, Advanced Optimus
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 32
Shading units (cores) 2560
TGP 100 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 80

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i 16" (Gen 9)
Backlight Yes
Key travel 1.5 mm
Keyboard type Island
Numpad Yes
Surface Glass
Windows Precision Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i 16" (Gen 9)
Channels 2x8 GB
Clock 7467 MHz
Upgradable No

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i 16" (Gen 9)
Audio chip Realtek ALC3306
Dolby Atmos Yes
Loudness ~84.5 dB
Microphones 4
Power 6x2W
Speakers 2.4 (2 tweeters and 4 woofers)

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i 16" (Gen 9)
Bus PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
NVMe Yes
Storage type SSD (M2)
Total slots 2

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