Dell XPS 16 (9640) vs Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 (2021)

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

Dell XPS 16 (9640) leads overall with a score of 88/100 compared to Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 (2021) (48/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Dell

Dell XPS 16 (9640)

88/100
· $1899
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Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 (2021)
Samsung

Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 (2021)

48/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Dell XPS 16 (9640) Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 (2021)
Battery Life 82.0 Very Good —
Display 96.0 Excellent —
Gaming 84.0 Very Good WINNER 9.0 Poor
NanoReview Score 88.0 Very Good WINNER 48.0 Poor
Performance 89.0 Very Good WINNER 35.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 (2021)
Battery Wh 99.5 Wh —
Battery type — Li-Ion
Charge power — 65 W
Charging port position — Left
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) — Yes
Fast charging — Yes
Full charging time — 2:30 hr
Replaceable — No
Weight of AC adapter — 165 grams

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 (2021)
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.07 kg (2.36 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 (2021)
Screen Size 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400) —
Adobe RGB profile — 99.3%
Ambient light sensor — Yes
Aspect ratio — 16:9
Coating — Glossy (Antireflective)
Contrast — 1000000:1
DCI-P3 color gamut — 87.6%
HDR support — No
PPI — 141 ppi
Refresh rate — 60 Hz
Resolution — 1920 x 1080 pixels
Response time — 2 ms
Size — 15.6 inches
Sync technology — No
Touchscreen — No
Type — OLED
sRGB color space — 100%

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 (2021)
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) Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 (2021)
Base frequency — 0.9-2.4 GHz
Cores — 4
Fabrication process — 10 nm
Integrated GPU — Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EU
L3 Cache — 8 MB
Threads — 8
Turbo frequency — 4.2 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 (2021)
Area — 802 cm2(124.4 inches2)
Colors — Silver, Blue
Cooling system — Active
Dimensions — 355.4 x 225.8 x 11.7 mm13.99 x 8.89 x 0.46 inches
Material — Aluminum
Noise level (max. load) — 41.9 dB
Number of fans — 1
Opening angle — 140°
Screen-to-body ratio — ~83.6%
Side bezels — 5 mm
Transformer — No
Vapor chamber — No
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.07 kg (2.36 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 (2021)
Audio jack (3.5 mm) — Yes
Bluetooth — v5.1
DisplayPort — No
Ethernet (RJ45) — No
Fingerprint — Yes
HDMI — 1x HDMI 2.0
Infrared sensor — No
Optical drive — No
Proprietary charging port — No
SD card reader — Yes
Thunderbolt — Thunderbolt 4
USB Type-C — 2x USB 3.2
USB-A — 1x USB 3.2
VGA — No
Webcam — Above the display
Webcam resolution — 1280 x 720
Wi-Fi standard — v6

GPU Benchmarks

GPU Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 (2021)
Blender GPU — 129

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 (2021)
FLOPS — 1.7-2.8 TFLOPS
GPU performance — 1.7-2.8 TFLOPS
Memory bus — 64 bit
Memory size — 2 GB
Memory speed — ~10 Gbps
Memory type — GDDR6
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) — 32
Shading units (cores) — 896
Texture mapping units (TMUs) — 56

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 (2021)
Backlight — Yes
Keyboard type — Island
Numpad — No
Surface — Glass
Windows Precision — Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 (2021)
Channels — 2x4 GB
Clock — 4267 MHz
Upgradable — No

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 (2021)
Dolby Atmos — Yes
Loudness — ~81.4 dB
Microphones — 2
Power — 2x2W
Speakers — 2.0

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 15 (2021)
Bus — PCI-E Gen 3.0 (4x)
NVMe — Yes
Storage type — SSD (M2)
Total slots — 2

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