Dell XPS 16 (9640) vs MSI Summit E16 AI Studio

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

Dell XPS 16 (9640) leads overall with a score of 88/100 compared to MSI Summit E16 AI Studio (61/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Dell XPS 16 (9640):
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (88 vs 61)
  • + Higher Performance score (89 vs 58)
  • + Higher Gaming score (84 vs 27)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Summit E16 AI Studio
Battery Life 82.0 Very Good —
DeviceBenchmark Score 88.0 Very Good WINNER 61.0 Average
Display 96.0 Excellent —
Gaming 84.0 Very Good WINNER 27.0 Poor
Performance 89.0 Very Good WINNER 58.0 Below Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Summit E16 AI Studio
Battery Wh 99.5 Wh —
Battery type — Li-Po
Charge power — 100 / 140 W
Charging port position — Left
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) — Yes, 140 W
Fast charging — Yes
Replaceable — No

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Summit E16 AI Studio
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 Summit E16 AI Studio
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 — 165 Hz
Resolution — 2560 x 1600 pixels
Size — 16 inches
Sync technology — No
Touchscreen — Yes
Type — IPS LCD

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Summit E16 AI Studio
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 Summit E16 AI Studio
Base frequency — 1.4 GHz
Cores — 16 (6P + 10E)
Fabrication process — 7 nm
Integrated GPU — Arc Graphics (8-Cores)
L3 Cache — 24 MB
Threads — 22
Turbo frequency — 4.8 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Summit E16 AI Studio
Area — 926 cm2(143.4 inches2)
Colors — Black
Cooling system — Active
Dimensions — 358 x 258.55 x 16.9-17.35 mm14.09 x 10.18 x 0.67-0.68 inches
Liquid metal — No
Material — Aluminum
Number of fans — 2
Opening angle — 360°
Screen-to-body ratio — ~80.2%
Side bezels — 6.7 mm
Transformer — Yes
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 Summit E16 AI Studio
Audio jack (3.5 mm) — Yes
Bluetooth — v5.4
DisplayPort — No
Ethernet (RJ45) — No
Fingerprint — Yes
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 — 1x 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 Summit E16 AI Studio
Blender GPU — 1865
Solar Bay — 27583

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Summit E16 AI Studio
FLOPS — 8.2 TFLOPS
GPU base clock — 1140 MHz
GPU boost clock — 1605 MHz
GPU performance — 8.2 TFLOPS
Memory bus — 96 bit
Memory size — 6 GB
Memory speed — ~16 Gbps
Memory type — GDDR6
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 Summit E16 AI Studio
Backlight — Yes
Keyboard type — Island
Numpad — Yes
Surface — Glass
Windows Precision — Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Summit E16 AI Studio
Channels — 2x4 GB
Clock — 6400 MHz
Upgradable — No

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Summit E16 AI Studio
Dolby Atmos — No
Microphones — 2
Power — 2x2W
Speakers — 2.0

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Summit E16 AI Studio
Bus — PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
NVMe — Yes
Storage type — SSD (M2)
Total slots — 1

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