Apple MacBook Pro 14 (M4, 2024) 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 Apple MacBook Pro 14 (M4, 2024) (79/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Dell XPS 16 (9640):
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (88 vs 79)
  • + Higher Performance score (89 vs 76)
  • + Higher Gaming score (84 vs 26)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple MacBook Pro 14 (M4, 2024) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
DeviceBenchmark Score 79.0 Good 88.0 Very Good WINNER
Gaming 26.0 Poor 84.0 Very Good WINNER
Performance 76.0 Good 89.0 Very Good WINNER
Battery Life — 82.0 Very Good
Display — 96.0 Excellent

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 14 (M4, 2024) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Battery type Li-Po —
Cable length 2 meters —
Charge power 70 / 96 W —
Charging port position Left, Right —
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) Yes, 100 W —
Fast charging Yes —
Full charging time 1:30 hr —
Replaceable No —
Weight of AC adapter 233 / 365 grams —
Battery Wh — 99.5 Wh

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 14 (M4, 2024) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Base frequency 4.46 GHz —
Cores 10 (4P + 6E) —
Fabrication process 3 nm —
Integrated GPU Apple M4 GPU (10-core) —
Threads 10 —

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 14 (M4, 2024) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Area 691 cm2(107.2 inches2) —
Colors Black, Silver —
Cooling system Active —
Dimensions 312.6 x 221.2 x 15.5 mm12.31 x 8.71 x 0.61 inches —
Liquid metal No —
Material Aluminum —
Max. fan speed (RPM) 7800 RPM —
Noise level (max. load) 44.5 dB —
Number of fans 2 —
Opening angle 135° —
Screen-to-body ratio ~84.6% —
Side bezels 3.4 mm —
Transformer No —
Vapor chamber No —
Weight 1.55 kg (3.42 lbs) 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 14 (M4, 2024) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes —
Bluetooth v5.3 —
DisplayPort No —
Ethernet (RJ45) No —
Fingerprint Yes —
HDMI 1x HDMI 2.1 —
Infrared sensor No —
Optical drive No —
Proprietary charging port Yes —
SD card reader Yes —
Thunderbolt Thunderbolt 5 —
USB Type-C 3x USB 4.0 —
USB-A No —
VGA No —
Webcam Above the display —
Webcam resolution 1920 x 1080 —
Wi-Fi standard v6E —

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 14 (M4, 2024) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (24-120 Hz) —
Adobe RGB profile 89% —
Ambient light sensor Yes —
Aspect ratio 16:10 —
Coating Glossy (Antireflective) —
Contrast 1000000:1 —
DCI-P3 color gamut 100% —
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision —
PPI 254 ppi —
Refresh rate 120 Hz —
Resolution 3024 x 1964 pixels —
Response time 75 ms —
Size 14.2 inches —
Sync technology No —
Touchscreen No —
Type Mini LED —
sRGB color space 100% —
Screen Size — 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400)

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 14 (M4, 2024) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Blender GPU 1010 —
FLOPS 3.8 TFLOPS —
GPU base clock 500 MHz —
GPU boost clock 1470 MHz —
GPU performance 3.8 TFLOPS —
Memory bus 128 bit —
Memory size System Shared —
Memory speed 7.5 Gbps —
Memory type LPDDR5X —
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 40 —
Shading units (cores) 1280 —
Solar Bay 16471 —
TGP 18 W —
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 80 —

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 14 (M4, 2024) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Backlight Yes —
Key travel 1 mm —
Keyboard type Island —
Numpad No —
Surface Glass —
Windows Precision No —

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 14 (M4, 2024) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Channels 2x8 GB —
Clock 7500 MHz —
Upgradable No —

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 14 (M4, 2024) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Dolby Atmos Yes —
Loudness ~84.9 dB —
Microphones 3 —
Speakers 4.2 (4 tweeters and 2 woofers) —

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 14 (M4, 2024) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Bus Custom —
NVMe Yes —
Storage type SSD (M2) —

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 14 (M4, 2024) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Weight 1.55 kg (3.42 lbs) 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Apple MacBook Pro 14 (M4, 2024) 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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