Dell XPS 16 (9640) vs Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i Aura Edition 16″ (Gen 10)

[ 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 Aura Edition 16″ (Gen 10) (69/100), 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 Aura Edition 16″ (Gen 10)
Battery Life 82.0 Very Good
Display 96.0 Excellent
Gaming 84.0 Very Good WINNER 40.0 Poor
NanoReview Score 88.0 Very Good WINNER 69.0 Average
Performance 89.0 Very Good WINNER 74.0 Good

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i Aura Edition 16″ (Gen 10)
Battery Wh 99.5 Wh
Battery type Li-Po
Charge power 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 542 grams

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i Aura Edition 16″ (Gen 10)
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.93 kg (4.26 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i Aura Edition 16″ (Gen 10)
Screen Size 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400)
Adobe RGB profile 89.6%
Ambient light sensor Yes
Aspect ratio 16:10
Coating Glossy
Contrast 1000000:1
DCI-P3 color gamut 100%
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision
PPI 212 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz
Resolution 2880 x 1800 pixels
Response time 1 ms
Size 16 inches
Sync technology No
Touchscreen No
Type OLED
sRGB color space 100%

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i Aura Edition 16″ (Gen 10)
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 Aura Edition 16″ (Gen 10)
Base frequency 2.0 GHz
Cores 16 (6P + 10E)
Fabrication process 3 nm
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics 140T
L3 Cache 24 MB
Threads 16
Turbo frequency 5.1 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i Aura Edition 16″ (Gen 10)
Area 920 cm2(142.7 inches2)
Colors Gray, Blue
Cooling system Active
Dimensions 362.72 x 253.69 x 17.9 mm14.28 x 9.99 x 0.7 inches
Liquid metal No
Material Aluminum
Noise level (max. load) 52.7 dB
Number of fans 2
Opening angle 180°
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 1.93 kg (4.26 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i Aura Edition 16″ (Gen 10)
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes
Bluetooth v5.4
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
Wi-Fi standard v7

GPU Benchmarks

GPU Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i Aura Edition 16″ (Gen 10)
Blender GPU 2884
Solar Bay 41511

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i Aura Edition 16″ (Gen 10)
FLOPS 13.6 TFLOPS
GPU performance 13.6 TFLOPS
Memory bus 128 bit
Memory size 8 GB
Memory speed ~24 Gbps
Memory type GDDR7
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 Aura Edition 16″ (Gen 10)
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 Aura Edition 16″ (Gen 10)
Channels 2x8 GB
Clock 8400 MHz
Upgradable No

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i Aura Edition 16″ (Gen 10)
Audio chip Realtek ALC3306
Dolby Atmos Yes
Loudness ~82.3 dB
Microphones 4
Power 4x2W, 2x2W
Speakers 2.4 (2 tweeters and 4 woofers)

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i Aura Edition 16″ (Gen 10)
Bus PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
NVMe Yes
Storage type SSD (M2)
Total slots 2

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