Asus Vivobook 16X (M1603) 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 Vivobook 16X (M1603) (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 41)
  • + Higher Gaming score (84 vs 8)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Asus Vivobook 16X (M1603) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
DeviceBenchmark Score 43.0 Poor 88.0 Very Good WINNER
Gaming 8.0 Poor 84.0 Very Good WINNER
Performance 41.0 Poor 89.0 Very Good WINNER
Battery Life — 82.0 Very Good
Display — 96.0 Excellent

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Asus Vivobook 16X (M1603) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Battery type Li-Ion —
Charge power 90 W —
Charging port position Right —
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) No —
Fast charging Yes —
Replaceable No —
Battery Wh — 99.5 Wh

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Asus Vivobook 16X (M1603) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Base frequency 3.3 GHz —
Cores 6 —
Fabrication process 7 nm —
Integrated GPU Radeon RX Vega 7 —
L3 Cache 16 MB —
Threads 12 —
Turbo frequency 4.2 GHz —

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Asus Vivobook 16X (M1603) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Area 888 cm2(137.6 inches2) —
Colors Silver, Blue —
Cooling system Active —
Dimensions 358.4 x 247.7 x 19.9 mm14.11 x 9.75 x 0.78 inches —
Liquid metal No —
Material Plastic —
Number of fans 1 —
Opening angle 180° —
Screen-to-body ratio ~83.6% —
Side bezels 6.9 mm —
Transformer No —
Vapor chamber No —
Weight 1.8 kg (3.97 lbs) 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Asus Vivobook 16X (M1603) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes —
Bluetooth v5.3 —
DisplayPort No —
Ethernet (RJ45) No —
Fingerprint Yes —
HDMI 1x HDMI 1.4 —
Infrared sensor No —
Optical drive No —
Proprietary charging port Yes —
SD card reader No —
Thunderbolt No —
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 Asus Vivobook 16X (M1603) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Ambient light sensor No —
Aspect ratio 16:10 —
Coating Matte —
Contrast 1230:1 —
HDR support No —
PPI 142 ppi —
Refresh rate 60 Hz —
Resolution 1920 x 1200 pixels —
Response time 17 ms —
Size 16 inches —
Sync technology No —
Touchscreen No —
Type IPS LCD —
sRGB color space 52% —
Screen Size — 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400)

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Asus Vivobook 16X (M1603) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
FLOPS 1.6 TFLOPS —
GPU base clock 300 MHz —
GPU boost clock 1800 MHz —
GPU performance 1.6 TFLOPS —
Memory size System Shared —
Memory speed 3.2 Gbps —
Memory type DDR4 —
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 8 —
Shading units (cores) 448 —
TGP 15 W —
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 28 —

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Asus Vivobook 16X (M1603) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Backlight Yes —
Key travel 1.4 mm —
Keyboard type Island —
Numpad Yes —
Surface Plastic —
Windows Precision Yes —

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Asus Vivobook 16X (M1603) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Channels 1x4 GB —
Clock 3200 MHz —
Max. ram size 40 GB —
Total slots 1 —
Upgradable Yes —

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Asus Vivobook 16X (M1603) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Dolby Atmos No —
Microphones 1 —
Speakers 2.0 —

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Asus Vivobook 16X (M1603) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Bus PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) —
NVMe Yes —
Storage type SSD (M2) —

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Asus Vivobook 16X (M1603) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Weight 1.8 kg (3.97 lbs) 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Asus Vivobook 16X (M1603) 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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