Acer Swift Go 16 AI (SFG16-74) 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 Swift Go 16 AI (SFG16-74) (49/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Acer Swift Go 16 AI (SFG16-74) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Gaming 16.0 Poor 84.0 Very Good WINNER
NanoReview Score 49.0 Poor 88.0 Very Good WINNER
Performance 59.0 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 Swift Go 16 AI (SFG16-74) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Battery type Li-Ion
Charge power 100 W
Charging port position Left
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) Yes
Fast charging Yes
Replaceable No
Weight of AC adapter 370 grams
Battery Wh 99.5 Wh

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Acer Swift Go 16 AI (SFG16-74) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Base frequency 2.1 GHz
Cores 8 (4P + 4E)
Fabrication process 3 nm
Integrated GPU Intel Arc Graphics 130V
L3 Cache 8 MB
Threads 8
Turbo frequency 4.5 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Acer Swift Go 16 AI (SFG16-74) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Area 891 cm2(138.2 inches2)
Colors Black, Gray
Cooling system Active
Dimensions 355.5 x 250.6 x 15.99 mm14 x 9.87 x 0.63 inches
Liquid metal No
Material Aluminum
Number of fans 2
Opening angle 180°
Screen-to-body ratio ~83.3%
Side bezels 5.4 mm
Transformer No
Vapor chamber No
Weight 1.52 kg (3.35 lbs) 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Acer Swift Go 16 AI (SFG16-74) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes
Bluetooth v5.4
DisplayPort No
Ethernet (RJ45) No
Fingerprint Yes
HDMI 1x HDMI 2.1
Infrared sensor Yes
Optical drive No
Proprietary charging port No
SD card reader Yes
Thunderbolt Thunderbolt 4
USB Type-C 2x USB 4.0
USB-A 2x USB 3.2
VGA No
Webcam Above the display
Webcam resolution 2560 x 1440
Wi-Fi standard v7

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Acer Swift Go 16 AI (SFG16-74) 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 60 Hz
Resolution 1920 x 1200 pixels
Size 16 inches
Sync technology No
Touchscreen No
Type IPS LCD
Screen Size 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400)

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Acer Swift Go 16 AI (SFG16-74) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Blender GPU 574
FLOPS 3.3 TFLOPS
GPU base clock 600 MHz
GPU boost clock 1850 MHz
GPU performance 3.3 TFLOPS
Memory size System Shared
Memory speed 8.53 Gbps
Memory type LPDDR5X
Shading units (cores) 896
TGP 30 W

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Acer Swift Go 16 AI (SFG16-74) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Backlight Yes
Keyboard type Island
Numpad Yes
Surface Plastic
Windows Precision Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Acer Swift Go 16 AI (SFG16-74) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Channels 2x8 GB
Clock 8533 MHz
Upgradable No

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Acer Swift Go 16 AI (SFG16-74) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Dolby Atmos No
Microphones 3
Speakers 2.0

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Acer Swift Go 16 AI (SFG16-74) 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 Swift Go 16 AI (SFG16-74) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Weight 1.52 kg (3.35 lbs) 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Acer Swift Go 16 AI (SFG16-74) 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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