Acer Aspire 5 (A515-48) vs Dell XPS 16 (9640)

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

Dell XPS 16 (9640) leads overall with a score of 88/100 compared to Acer Aspire 5 (A515-48) (40/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Dell XPS 16 (9640):
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (88 vs 40)
  • + Higher Performance score (89 vs 40)
  • + Higher Gaming score (84 vs 7)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Acer Aspire 5 (A515-48) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
DeviceBenchmark Score 40.0 Poor 88.0 Very Good WINNER
Gaming 7.0 Poor 84.0 Very Good WINNER
Performance 40.0 Poor 89.0 Very Good WINNER
Battery Life — 82.0 Very Good
Display — 96.0 Excellent

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Acer Aspire 5 (A515-48) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Battery type Li-Ion —
Charge power 65 W —
Charging port position Left —
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) No —
Fast charging Yes —
Full charging time 1:30 hr —
Replaceable No —
Weight of AC adapter 265 grams —
Battery Wh — 99.5 Wh

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Acer Aspire 5 (A515-48) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Base frequency 2.3 GHz —
Cores 4 —
Fabrication process 7 nm —
Integrated GPU Radeon RX Vega 6 —
L3 Cache 8 MB —
Threads 8 —
Turbo frequency 4.3 GHz —

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Acer Aspire 5 (A515-48) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Area 870 cm2(134.8 inches2) —
Colors Gray —
Cooling system Active —
Dimensions 362.9 x 239.6 x 17.9 mm14.29 x 9.43 x 0.7 inches —
Liquid metal No —
Material Top: AluminumMiddle: PlasticBottom: Plastic —
Number of fans 1 —
Screen-to-body ratio ~77.2% —
Side bezels 8.8 mm —
Transformer No —
Vapor chamber No —
Weight 1.6 kg (3.53 lbs) 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Acer Aspire 5 (A515-48) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes —
Bluetooth v5.2 —
DisplayPort No —
Ethernet (RJ45) No —
Fingerprint Optional —
HDMI 1x HDMI 1.4 —
Infrared sensor No —
Optical drive No —
Proprietary charging port No —
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 1920 x 1080 —
Wi-Fi standard v6 —

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Acer Aspire 5 (A515-48) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Ambient light sensor No —
Aspect ratio 16:9 —
Coating Matte —
HDR support No —
PPI 141 ppi —
Refresh rate 60 Hz —
Resolution 1920 x 1080 pixels —
Size 15.6 inches —
Sync technology No —
Touchscreen No —
Type TN LCD —
Screen Size — 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400)

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Acer Aspire 5 (A515-48) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
FLOPS 1.4 TFLOPS —
GPU base clock 300 MHz —
GPU boost clock 1800 MHz —
GPU performance 1.4 TFLOPS —
Memory size System Shared —
Memory speed 4.27 Gbps —
Memory type LPDDR4X —
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 8 —
Shading units (cores) 384 —
TGP 15 W —
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 24 —

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Acer Aspire 5 (A515-48) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Backlight Yes —
Key travel 1.5 mm —
Keyboard type Island —
Numpad No —
Surface Plastic —
Windows Precision Yes —

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Acer Aspire 5 (A515-48) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Channels 2x4 GB —
Clock 4266 MHz —
Upgradable No —

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Acer Aspire 5 (A515-48) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Dolby Atmos No —
Microphones 2 —
Speakers 2.0 —

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Acer Aspire 5 (A515-48) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Bus PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) —
NVMe Yes —
Storage type SSD (M2) —
Total slots 1 —

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Acer Aspire 5 (A515-48) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Weight 1.6 kg (3.53 lbs) 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Acer Aspire 5 (A515-48) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
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

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