Acer Aspire 5 (A515-57) 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 (A515-57) (43/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Dell XPS 16 (9640):
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (88 vs 43)
  • + Higher Performance score (89 vs 44)
  • + Higher Gaming score (84 vs 13)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Acer Aspire 5 (A515-57) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
DeviceBenchmark Score 43.0 Poor 88.0 Very Good WINNER
Gaming 13.0 Poor 84.0 Very Good WINNER
Performance 44.0 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 (A515-57) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Battery type Li-Ion —
Charge power 65 W —
Charging port position Left —
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) Yes —
Fast charging Yes —
Full charging time 1:30 hr —
Replaceable No —
Weight of AC adapter 317 grams —
Battery Wh — 99.5 Wh

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Acer Aspire 5 (A515-57) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Base frequency 1.2 GHz —
Cores 6 (2P + 4E) —
Fabrication process 10 nm —
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics (64EU) —
L3 Cache 10 MB —
Threads 8 —
Turbo frequency 4.4 GHz —

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Acer Aspire 5 (A515-57) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Area 863 cm2(133.8 inches2) —
Colors Gold, Gray —
Cooling system Active —
Dimensions 362.9 x 237.8 x 17.9 mm14.29 x 9.36 x 0.7 inches —
Liquid metal No —
Material Top: AluminumMiddle: PlasticBottom: Plastic —
Noise level (max. load) 47 dB —
Number of fans 2 —
Opening angle 140° —
Screen-to-body ratio ~77.8% —
Side bezels 8.8 mm —
Transformer No —
Vapor chamber No —
Weight 1.77 kg (3.9 lbs) 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Acer Aspire 5 (A515-57) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes —
Bluetooth v5.2 —
DisplayPort No —
Ethernet (RJ45) Yes —
Fingerprint Optional —
HDMI 1x HDMI 2.1 —
Infrared sensor No —
Optical drive No —
Proprietary charging port Yes —
SD card reader No —
Thunderbolt Thunderbolt 4 —
USB Type-C 1x USB 3.2 —
USB-A 3x USB 3.2 —
VGA No —
Webcam Above the display —
Webcam resolution 1280 x 720 —
Wi-Fi standard v6 —

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Acer Aspire 5 (A515-57) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Adobe RGB profile 44.8% —
Ambient light sensor No —
Aspect ratio 16:9 —
Coating Matte —
Contrast 1316:1 —
DCI-P3 color gamut 43.3% —
HDR support No —
PPI 141 ppi —
Refresh rate 60 Hz —
Resolution 1920 x 1080 pixels —
Response time 28 ms —
Size 15.6 inches —
Sync technology No —
Touchscreen No —
Type IPS LCD —
sRGB color space 65% —
Screen Size — 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400)

GPU Benchmarks

GPU Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Acer Aspire 5 (A515-57) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Blender GPU 217 —

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Acer Aspire 5 (A515-57) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
FLOPS 2.7 TFLOPS —
GPU base clock 1065 MHz —
GPU boost clock 1320 MHz —
GPU performance 2.7 TFLOPS —
Memory bus 64 bit —
Memory size 2 GB —
Memory speed ~12 Gbps —
Memory type GDDR6 —
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 16 —
Shading units (cores) 1024 —
TGP 25 W —
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 32 —

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Acer Aspire 5 (A515-57) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Backlight Yes —
Key travel 1.5 mm —
Keyboard type Island —
Numpad Yes —
Surface Plastic —
Windows Precision Yes —

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Acer Aspire 5 (A515-57) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Channels 1x8 GB —
Clock 3200 MHz —
Max. ram size 32 GB —
Total slots 2 —
Upgradable Yes —

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Acer Aspire 5 (A515-57) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Dolby Atmos No —
Loudness ~72 dB —
Microphones 2 —
Speakers 2.0 —

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Acer Aspire 5 (A515-57) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Bus PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) —
NVMe Yes —
Storage type SSD (M2) —

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Acer Aspire 5 (A515-57) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Weight 1.77 kg (3.9 lbs) 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Acer Aspire 5 (A515-57) 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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