Dell XPS 16 (9640) vs MSI Stealth A16 AI+ (2025)

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

Dell XPS 16 (9640) leads overall with a score of 88/100 compared to MSI Stealth A16 AI+ (2025) (56/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Dell XPS 16 (9640):
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (88 vs 56)
  • + Higher Performance score (89 vs 73)
  • + Higher Gaming score (84 vs 35)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Stealth A16 AI+ (2025)
Battery Life 82.0 Very Good —
DeviceBenchmark Score 88.0 Very Good WINNER 56.0 Below Average
Display 96.0 Excellent —
Gaming 84.0 Very Good WINNER 35.0 Poor
Performance 89.0 Very Good WINNER 73.0 Good

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Stealth A16 AI+ (2025)
Battery Wh 99.5 Wh —
Battery type — Li-Po
Charge power — 240 W
Charging port position — Left
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) — Yes, 100 W
Fast charging — Yes
Replaceable — No

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Stealth A16 AI+ (2025)
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 2.1 kg (4.63 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Stealth A16 AI+ (2025)
Screen Size 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400) —
Ambient light sensor — Yes
Aspect ratio — 16:10
Coating — Matte
DCI-P3 color gamut — 100%
HDR support — No
PPI — 189 ppi
Refresh rate — 240 Hz
Resolution — 2560 x 1600 pixels
Size — 16 inches
Sync technology — No
Touchscreen — No
Type — IPS LCD

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Stealth A16 AI+ (2025)
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 Stealth A16 AI+ (2025)
Base frequency — 2.0 GHz
Cores — 10 (4P + 6E)
Fabrication process — 4 nm
Integrated GPU — AMD Radeon 880M
L3 Cache — 24 MB
Threads — 20
Turbo frequency — 5 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Stealth A16 AI+ (2025)
Area — 924 cm2(143.2 inches2)
Colors — Black
Cooling system — Active
Dimensions — 355.8 x 259.7 x 19.95 mm14.01 x 10.22 x 0.79 inches
Liquid metal — No
Material — Aluminum
Number of fans — 2
Opening angle — 180°
Screen-to-body ratio — ~80.3%
Side bezels — 5.6 mm
Transformer — No
Vapor chamber — No
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 2.1 kg (4.63 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Stealth A16 AI+ (2025)
Audio jack (3.5 mm) — Yes
Bluetooth — v5.4
DisplayPort — No
Ethernet (RJ45) — Yes
Fingerprint — No
HDMI — 1x HDMI 2.1
Infrared sensor — Yes
Optical drive — No
Proprietary charging port — Yes
SD card reader — No
Thunderbolt — Thunderbolt 4
USB Type-C — 1x USB 4.0
USB-A — 2x USB 3.2
VGA — No
Webcam — Above the display
Webcam resolution — 1920 x 1080
Wi-Fi standard — v7

GPU Benchmarks

GPU Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Stealth A16 AI+ (2025)
Blender GPU — 2612
Solar Bay — 34348

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Stealth A16 AI+ (2025)
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 — MUX
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) — 32
Shading units (cores) — 2560
TGP — 105 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) — 80

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Stealth A16 AI+ (2025)
Backlight — Yes
Keyboard type — Island
Numpad — Yes
Windows Precision — Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Stealth A16 AI+ (2025)
Channels — 2x8 GB
Clock — 7500 MHz
Upgradable — No

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Stealth A16 AI+ (2025)
Dolby Atmos — No
Microphones — 2
Power — 2x2W, 4x2W
Speakers — 2.4 (2 tweeters and 4 woofers)

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Stealth A16 AI+ (2025)
Bus — PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
NVMe — Yes
Storage type — SSD (M2)
Total slots — 2

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