Dell XPS 16 (9640) vs MSI Cyborg 17

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

Dell XPS 16 (9640) leads overall with a score of 88/100 compared to MSI Cyborg 17 (46/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Dell XPS 16 (9640):
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (88 vs 46)
  • + Higher Performance score (89 vs 62)
  • + Higher Gaming score (84 vs 30)
[ WINNER ]
Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Dell

Dell XPS 16 (9640)

88/100
· $1899
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Cyborg 17
Battery Life 82.0 Very Good —
DeviceBenchmark Score 88.0 Very Good WINNER 46.0 Poor
Display 96.0 Excellent —
Gaming 84.0 Very Good WINNER 30.0 Poor
Performance 89.0 Very Good WINNER 62.0 Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Cyborg 17
Battery Wh 99.5 Wh —
Battery type — Li-Po
Charge power — 120 W
Charging port position — Right
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) — Yes
Fast charging — Yes
Replaceable — No

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Cyborg 17
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 2.5 kg (5.51 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Cyborg 17
Screen Size 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400) —
Adaptive refresh rate — No
Ambient light sensor — No
Aspect ratio — 16:9
Coating — Matte
HDR support — No
PPI — 127 ppi
Refresh rate — 144 Hz
Resolution — 1920 x 1080 pixels
Size — 17.3 inches
Sync technology — No
Touchscreen — No
Type — IPS LCD

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Cyborg 17
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) MSI Cyborg 17
Base frequency — 2.2 GHz
Cores — 8 (4P + 4E)
Fabrication process — 10 nm
Integrated GPU — Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 (48EU)
L3 Cache — 12 MB
Threads — 12
Turbo frequency — 4.8 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Cyborg 17
Area — 1030 cm2(159.7 inches2)
Colors — Black
Cooling system — Active
Dimensions — 399.3 x 258 x 21.2-22.2 mm15.72 x 10.16 x 0.83-0.87 inches
Liquid metal — No
Material — Plastic
Screen-to-body ratio — ~80.1%
Side bezels — 8.2 mm
Transformer — No
Vapor chamber — No
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 2.5 kg (5.51 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Cyborg 17
Audio jack (3.5 mm) — Yes
Bluetooth — v5.3
DisplayPort — No
Ethernet (RJ45) — Yes
Fingerprint — No
HDMI — 1x HDMI 2.1
Infrared sensor — No
Optical drive — No
Proprietary charging port — Yes
SD card reader — No
Thunderbolt — No
USB Type-C — 1x USB 3.2
USB-A — 2x USB 3.2
VGA — No
Webcam — Above the display
Webcam resolution — 1280 x 720
Wi-Fi standard — v6E

GPU Benchmarks

GPU Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Cyborg 17
Blender GPU — 2219
Solar Bay — 31586

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Cyborg 17
FLOPS — 8.6 TFLOPS
GPU performance — 8.6 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 — 45 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) — 80

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Cyborg 17
Backlight — Yes
Keyboard type — Island
Numpad — Yes
Surface — Plastic
Windows Precision — Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Cyborg 17
Channels — 2x8 GB
Clock — 5600 MHz
Max. ram size — 96 GB
Total slots — 2
Upgradable — Yes

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Cyborg 17
Dolby Atmos — No
Microphones — 2
Power — 2x2W
Speakers — 2.0

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Cyborg 17
Bus — PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
NVMe — Yes
Storage type — SSD (M2)

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