Dell G15 5530 (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 Dell G15 5530 (2023) (42/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Dell XPS 16 (9640):
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (88 vs 42)
  • + Higher Performance score (89 vs 58)
  • + Higher Gaming score (84 vs 25)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Dell G15 5530 (2023) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
DeviceBenchmark Score 42.0 Poor 88.0 Very Good WINNER
Gaming 25.0 Poor 84.0 Very Good WINNER
Performance 58.0 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 Dell G15 5530 (2023) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Battery type Li-Ion —
Cable length 1 meters —
Charge power 240 / 330 W —
Charging port position Bottom —
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) No —
Fast charging Yes —
Replaceable No —
Voltage 11.4 V —
Weight of AC adapter 880 / 1340 grams —
Battery Wh — 99.5 Wh

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Dell G15 5530 (2023) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Base frequency 2.4 GHz —
Cores 10 (6P + 4E) —
Fabrication process 10 nm —
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics (16EU) —
L3 Cache 20 MB —
Threads 16 —
Turbo frequency 4.6 GHz —

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Dell G15 5530 (2023) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Area 981 cm2(152.1 inches2) —
Colors White, Gray, Purple —
Cooling system Active —
Dimensions 357.26 x 274.5 x 26.9 mm14.07 x 10.81 x 1.06 inches —
Liquid metal No —
Material Plastic —
Noise level (max. load) 47.8 dB —
Number of fans 2 —
Opening angle 140° —
Screen-to-body ratio ~68.4% —
Side bezels 5.9 mm —
Transformer No —
Vapor chamber No —
Weight 2.81 kg (6.2 lbs) 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell G15 5530 (2023) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes —
Bluetooth v5.2 —
DisplayPort No —
Ethernet (RJ45) Yes —
Fingerprint No —
HDMI 1x HDMI 2.1 —
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 Dell G15 5530 (2023) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Ambient light sensor No —
Aspect ratio 16:9 —
Coating Matte —
Contrast 800:1 —
HDR support No —
PPI 141 ppi —
Refresh rate 120 Hz —
Resolution 1920 x 1080 pixels —
Response time 35 ms —
Size 15.6 inches —
Sync technology No —
Touchscreen No —
Type IPS LCD —
Screen Size — 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400)

GPU Benchmarks

GPU Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Dell G15 5530 (2023) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Blender GPU 1271 —
Solar Bay 22659 —

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell G15 5530 (2023) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
FLOPS 7.9 TFLOPS —
GPU base clock 1530 MHz —
GPU boost clock 1740 MHz —
GPU performance 7.9 TFLOPS —
Memory bus 128 bit —
Memory size 6 GB —
Memory speed 12 Gbps —
Memory type GDDR6 —
Nvidia Optimus Yes, Advanced Optimus —
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 40 —
Shading units (cores) 2048 —
TGP 95 W —
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 64 —

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Dell G15 5530 (2023) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Backlight Yes —
Keyboard type Island —
Numpad Yes —
Surface Plastic —
Windows Precision Yes —

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Dell G15 5530 (2023) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Channels 1x8 GB —
Clock 4800 MHz —
Max. ram size 32 GB —
Total slots 2 —
Upgradable Yes —

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell G15 5530 (2023) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Audio chip Realtek ALC3204 —
Dolby Atmos No —
Loudness ~79.6 dB —
Microphones 1 —
Power 2x2W —
Speakers 2.0 —

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell G15 5530 (2023) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Bus PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) —
NVMe Yes —
Storage type SSD (M2) —

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Dell G15 5530 (2023) Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Weight 2.81 kg (6.2 lbs) 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell G15 5530 (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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