Dell Inspiron 14 Plus 7420 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 Inspiron 14 Plus 7420 (50/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Dell XPS 16 (9640):
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (88 vs 50)
  • + Higher Performance score (89 vs 53)
  • + Higher Gaming score (84 vs 21)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Dell Inspiron 14 Plus 7420 Dell XPS 16 (9640)
DeviceBenchmark Score 50.0 Below Average 88.0 Very Good WINNER
Gaming 21.0 Poor 84.0 Very Good WINNER
Performance 53.0 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 Inspiron 14 Plus 7420 Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Battery type Li-Po —
Cable length 1 meters —
Charge power 90 / 130 W —
Charging port position Left —
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) Yes —
Fast charging Yes —
Full charging time 2:00 hr —
Replaceable No —
Voltage 15 V —
Weight of AC adapter 398 / 496 grams —
Battery Wh — 99.5 Wh

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Dell Inspiron 14 Plus 7420 Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Base frequency 2.5 GHz —
Cores 12 (4P + 8E) —
Fabrication process 10 nm —
Integrated GPU Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) —
L3 Cache 18 MB —
Threads 16 —
Turbo frequency 4.5 GHz —

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Dell Inspiron 14 Plus 7420 Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Area 714 cm2(110.7 inches2) —
Colors Green —
Cooling system Active —
Dimensions 314 x 227.5 x 16.15-18.87 mm12.36 x 8.96 x 0.64-0.74 inches —
Liquid metal No —
Material Top: AluminumMiddle: Aluminum —
Noise level (max. load) 51.6 dB —
Number of fans 2 —
Opening angle 140° —
Screen-to-body ratio ~79.6% —
Side bezels 6.3 mm —
Transformer No —
Vapor chamber No —
Weight 1.68 kg (3.7 lbs) 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell Inspiron 14 Plus 7420 Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes —
Bluetooth v5.2 —
DisplayPort No —
Ethernet (RJ45) No —
Fingerprint Optional —
HDMI 1x HDMI 2.0 —
Infrared sensor No —
Optical drive No —
Proprietary charging port Yes —
SD card reader Yes —
Thunderbolt Thunderbolt 4 —
USB Type-C 1x 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 Dell Inspiron 14 Plus 7420 Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Adobe RGB profile 69.5% —
Ambient light sensor No —
Aspect ratio 16:10 —
Coating Matte —
Contrast 1142:1 —
DCI-P3 color gamut 68.8% —
HDR support No —
PPI 189 ppi —
Refresh rate 60 Hz —
Resolution 2240 x 1400 pixels —
Response time 28 ms —
Size 14 inches —
Sync technology No —
Touchscreen No —
Type IPS LCD —
sRGB color space 99.3% —
Screen Size — 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400)

GPU Benchmarks

GPU Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Dell Inspiron 14 Plus 7420 Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Blender GPU 988 —
Solar Bay 17611 —

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell Inspiron 14 Plus 7420 Dell XPS 16 (9640)
FLOPS 5.8 TFLOPS —
GPU base clock 1185 MHz —
GPU boost clock 1417 MHz —
GPU performance 5.8 TFLOPS —
Memory bus 128 bit —
Memory size 4 GB —
Memory speed 12 Gbps —
Memory type GDDR6 —
Nvidia Optimus Yes —
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 40 —
Shading units (cores) 2048 —
TGP 50 W —
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 64 —

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Dell Inspiron 14 Plus 7420 Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Backlight Yes —
Keyboard type Island —
Numpad No —
Surface Plastic —
Windows Precision Yes —

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Dell Inspiron 14 Plus 7420 Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Channels 1x8 GB —
Clock 4800 MHz —
Max. ram size 40 GB —
Total slots 1 —
Upgradable Yes —

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell Inspiron 14 Plus 7420 Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Dolby Atmos Yes —
Loudness ~84.7 dB —
Microphones 2 —
Power 2x2W —
Speakers 2.0 —

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell Inspiron 14 Plus 7420 Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Bus PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) —
NVMe Yes —
Storage type SSD (M2) —

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Dell Inspiron 14 Plus 7420 Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Weight 1.68 kg (3.7 lbs) 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell Inspiron 14 Plus 7420 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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