Dell XPS 16 (9640) vs MSI Venture A14 AI+ (A3HM)

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

Dell XPS 16 (9640) leads overall with a score of 88/100 compared to MSI Venture A14 AI+ (A3HM) (52/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Dell XPS 16 (9640):
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (88 vs 52)
  • + Higher Performance score (89 vs 64)
  • + Higher Gaming score (84 vs 11)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Venture A14 AI+ (A3HM)
Battery Life 82.0 Very Good —
DeviceBenchmark Score 88.0 Very Good WINNER 52.0 Below Average
Display 96.0 Excellent —
Gaming 84.0 Very Good WINNER 11.0 Poor
Performance 89.0 Very Good WINNER 64.0 Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Venture A14 AI+ (A3HM)
Battery Wh 99.5 Wh —
Battery type — Li-Po
Charge power — 90 W
Charging port position — Left
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) — Yes
Fast charging — Yes
Replaceable — No

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Venture A14 AI+ (A3HM)
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.7 kg (3.75 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Venture A14 AI+ (A3HM)
Screen Size 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400) —
Adaptive refresh rate — No
Aspect ratio — 16:10
Coating — Matte
HDR support — No
PPI — 162 ppi
Refresh rate — 60 Hz
Resolution — 1920 x 1200 pixels
Size — 14 inches
Sync technology — No
Touchscreen — Yes
Type — IPS LCD
sRGB color space — 100%

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Venture A14 AI+ (A3HM)
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 Venture A14 AI+ (A3HM)
Base frequency — 2.0 GHz
Cores — 6 (3P + 3E)
Fabrication process — 4 nm
Integrated GPU — Radeon 840M
L3 Cache — 16 MB
Threads — 12
Turbo frequency — 4.8 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Venture A14 AI+ (A3HM)
Area — 743 cm2(115.2 inches2)
Colors — Gray
Cooling system — Active
Dimensions — 315.6 x 235.5 x 19.3-21.6 mm12.43 x 9.27 x 0.76-0.85 inches
Liquid metal — No
Material — Aluminum
Number of fans — 2
Opening angle — 180°
Screen-to-body ratio — ~76.5%
Side bezels — 7.1 mm
Transformer — No
Vapor chamber — No
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.7 kg (3.75 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Venture A14 AI+ (A3HM)
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 — No
SD card reader — No
Thunderbolt — No
USB Type-C — 1x USB 4.0
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 Venture A14 AI+ (A3HM)
Blender GPU — 126
Solar Bay — 6667

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Venture A14 AI+ (A3HM)
FLOPS — 1.5 TFLOPS
GPU base clock — 400 MHz
GPU boost clock — 2900 MHz
GPU performance — 1.5 TFLOPS
Memory size — System Shared
Memory speed — 5.6 Gbps
Memory type — DDR5
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) — 8
Shading units (cores) — 256
TGP — 15 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) — 16

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Venture A14 AI+ (A3HM)
Backlight — Yes
Keyboard type — Island
Numpad — No
Windows Precision — Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Venture A14 AI+ (A3HM)
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 Venture A14 AI+ (A3HM)
Dolby Atmos — No
Microphones — 3
Power — 2x2W
Speakers — 2.0

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Venture A14 AI+ (A3HM)
Bus — PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
NVMe — Yes
Storage type — SSD (M2)

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