Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 (2023) 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 Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 (2023) (62/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Dell XPS 16 (9640):
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (88 vs 62)
  • + Higher Performance score (89 vs 70)
  • + Higher Gaming score (84 vs 52)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 (2023) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
DeviceBenchmark Score 62.0 Average 88.0 Very Good WINNER
Gaming 52.0 Below Average 84.0 Very Good WINNER
Performance 70.0 Good 89.0 Very Good WINNER
Battery Life — 82.0 Very Good
Display — 96.0 Excellent

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 (2023) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Battery type Li-Ion —
Charge power 280 W —
Charging port position Left, Right —
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) Yes —
Fast charging Yes —
Full charging time 2:00 hr —
Replaceable No —
Weight of AC adapter 800 grams —
Battery Wh — 99.5 Wh

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 (2023) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Base frequency 2.6 GHz —
Cores 14 (6P + 8E) —
Fabrication process 10 nm —
Integrated GPU Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96 EU) —
L3 Cache 24 MB —
Threads 20 —
Turbo frequency 5.4 GHz —

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 (2023) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Area 873 cm2(135.5 inches2) —
Colors Black —
Cooling system Active —
Dimensions 355 x 246 x 21.1-22.9 mm13.98 x 9.69 x 0.83-0.9 inches —
Liquid metal Yes —
Material Plastic —
Noise level (max. load) 57.5 dB —
Number of fans 3 —
Opening angle 180° —
Screen-to-body ratio ~85% —
Side bezels 5.2 mm —
Transformer No —
Vapor chamber No —
Weight 2.3 kg (5.07 lbs) 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 (2023) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes —
Bluetooth v5.3 —
DisplayPort No —
Ethernet (RJ45) No —
Fingerprint No —
HDMI 1x HDMI 2.1 —
Infrared sensor Yes —
Optical drive No —
Proprietary charging port Yes —
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 1920 x 1080 —
Wi-Fi standard v6E —

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 (2023) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Ambient light sensor No —
Aspect ratio 16:10 —
Coating Matte —
DCI-P3 color gamut 100% —
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision —
PPI 189 ppi —
Refresh rate 240 Hz —
Resolution 2560 x 1600 pixels —
Response time 3 ms —
Size 16 inches —
Sync technology G-Sync —
Touchscreen No —
Type IPS LCD —
sRGB color space 99.9% —
Screen Size — 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400)

GPU Benchmarks

GPU Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 (2023) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Blender GPU 3963 —
Solar Bay 57089 —

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 (2023) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
FLOPS 21.8 TFLOPS —
GPU base clock 2070 MHz —
GPU boost clock 2175 MHz —
GPU performance 21.8 TFLOPS —
Memory bus 128 bit —
Memory size 8 GB —
Memory speed ~16 Gbps —
Memory type GDDR6 —
Nvidia Optimus MUX —
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 48 —
Shading units (cores) 4608 —
TGP 140 W —
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 144 —

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 (2023) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Backlight Yes —
Key travel 1.7 mm —
Keyboard type Island —
Numpad No —
Surface Glass —
Windows Precision Yes —

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 (2023) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Channels 2x8 GB —
Clock 4800 MHz —
Max. ram size 64 GB —
Total slots 2 —
Upgradable Yes —

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 (2023) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Dolby Atmos Yes —
Loudness ~84.4 dB —
Microphones 3 —
Power 6x2W —
Speakers 2.4 (2 tweeters and 4 woofers) —

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 (2023) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Bus PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) —
NVMe Yes —
Storage type SSD (M2) —

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 (2023) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Weight 2.3 kg (5.07 lbs) 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 (2023) 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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