Acer Nitro Lite 16 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 Nitro Lite 16 (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 57)
  • + Higher Gaming score (84 vs 22)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Acer Nitro Lite 16 Dell XPS 16 (9640)
DeviceBenchmark Score 43.0 Poor 88.0 Very Good WINNER
Gaming 22.0 Poor 84.0 Very Good WINNER
Performance 57.0 Below Average 89.0 Very Good WINNER
Battery Life — 82.0 Very Good
Display — 96.0 Excellent

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Acer Nitro Lite 16 Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Charge power 0 W —
Charging port position Left —
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) Yes, 65 W —
Fast charging Yes —
Replaceable No —
Battery Wh — 99.5 Wh

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Acer Nitro Lite 16 Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Base frequency 2.1 GHz —
Cores 8 (4P + 4E) —
Fabrication process 10 nm —
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics (48EU) —
L3 Cache 12 MB —
Threads 12 —
Turbo frequency 4.6 GHz —

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Acer Nitro Lite 16 Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Area 900 cm2(139.5 inches2) —
Colors White, Black —
Cooling system Active —
Dimensions 362.2 x 248.47 x 22.9 mm14.26 x 9.78 x 0.9 inches —
Liquid metal No —
Material Plastic —
Number of fans 2 —
Screen-to-body ratio ~82.5% —
Side bezels 8.8 mm —
Transformer No —
Vapor chamber No —
Weight 1.95 kg (4.3 lbs) 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Acer Nitro Lite 16 Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes —
Bluetooth v5 —
DisplayPort No —
Ethernet (RJ45) Yes —
Fingerprint No —
HDMI 1x HDMI 2.1 —
Infrared sensor No —
Optical drive No —
Proprietary charging port No —
SD card reader No —
Thunderbolt Thunderbolt 4 —
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 v6 —

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Acer Nitro Lite 16 Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Adaptive refresh rate No —
Ambient light sensor No —
Aspect ratio 16:10 —
Coating Matte —
HDR support No —
PPI 142 ppi —
Refresh rate 165 Hz —
Resolution 1920 x 1200 pixels —
Size 16 inches —
Touchscreen No —
Type IPS LCD —
Screen Size — 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400)

GPU Benchmarks

GPU Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Acer Nitro Lite 16 Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Blender GPU 1105 —
Solar Bay 19522 —

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Acer Nitro Lite 16 Dell XPS 16 (9640)
FLOPS 6.1 TFLOPS —
GPU base clock 1237 MHz —
GPU boost clock 1500 MHz —
GPU performance 6.1 TFLOPS —
Memory bus 128 bit —
Memory size 6 GB —
Memory speed 12 Gbps —
Memory type GDDR6 —
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 40 —
Shading units (cores) 2048 —
TGP 65 W —
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 64 —

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Acer Nitro Lite 16 Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Backlight Yes —
Keyboard type Island —
Numpad Yes —
Surface Plastic —
Windows Precision Yes —

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Acer Nitro Lite 16 Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Channels 2x8 GB —
Clock 4800 MHz —
Max. ram size 32 GB —
Total slots 2 —
Upgradable Yes —

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Acer Nitro Lite 16 Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Dolby Atmos No —
Microphones 2 —
Speakers 2.0 —

Storage

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

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Acer Nitro Lite 16 Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Weight 1.95 kg (4.3 lbs) 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Acer Nitro Lite 16 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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