Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7640 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 16 Plus 7640 (49/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Dell XPS 16 (9640):
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (88 vs 49)
  • + Higher Performance score (89 vs 55)
  • + Higher Gaming score (84 vs 31)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7640 Dell XPS 16 (9640)
DeviceBenchmark Score 49.0 Poor 88.0 Very Good WINNER
Gaming 31.0 Poor 84.0 Very Good WINNER
Performance 55.0 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 16 Plus 7640 Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Battery type Li-Ion —
Cable length 1 meters —
Charge power 90 / 100 / 130 W —
Charging port position Left —
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) Yes —
Fast charging Yes —
Replaceable No —
Voltage 15.2 V —
Weight of AC adapter 489 grams —
Battery Wh — 99.5 Wh

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7640 Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Base frequency 1.2 GHz —
Cores 14 (4P + 10E) —
Fabrication process 7 nm —
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (7-Cores) —
L3 Cache 18 MB —
Threads 18 —
Turbo frequency 4.5 GHz —

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7640 Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Area 894 cm2(138.7 inches2) —
Colors Silver, Blue —
Cooling system Active —
Dimensions 356.78 x 250.6 x 16.70-19.75 mm14.05 x 9.87 x 0.66-0.78 inches —
Liquid metal No —
Material Aluminum —
Noise level (max. load) 51 dB —
Number of fans 1 —
Opening angle 95° —
Screen-to-body ratio ~83% —
Side bezels 6.1 mm —
Transformer No —
Vapor chamber No —
Weight 1.9 kg (4.19 lbs) 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7640 Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes —
Bluetooth v5.4 —
DisplayPort No —
Ethernet (RJ45) No —
Fingerprint Optional —
HDMI 1x HDMI 1.4 —
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 v7 —

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7640 Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Ambient light sensor No —
Aspect ratio 16:10 —
Coating Matte —
Contrast 1200:1 —
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision —
PPI 142 ppi —
Refresh rate 60 Hz —
Resolution 1920 x 1200 pixels —
Response time 35 ms —
Size 16 inches —
Sync technology No —
Touchscreen No —
Type IPS LCD —
sRGB color space 100% —
Screen Size — 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400)

GPU Benchmarks

GPU Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7640 Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Blender GPU 2310 —
Solar Bay 30182 —

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7640 Dell XPS 16 (9640)
FLOPS 9.9 TFLOPS —
GPU performance 9.9 TFLOPS —
Memory bus 96 bit —
Memory size 6 GB —
Memory speed ~16 Gbps —
Memory type GDDR6 —
Nvidia Optimus Yes —
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 32 —
Shading units (cores) 2560 —
TGP 70 W —
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 80 —

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7640 Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Backlight Optional —
Keyboard type Island —
Numpad No —
Surface Plastic —
Windows Precision Yes —

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7640 Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Channels 2x4 GB —
Clock 6400 MHz —
Upgradable No —

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7640 Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Audio chip Realtek ALC3254 —
Dolby Atmos Yes —
Loudness ~87.1 dB —
Microphones 2 —
Power 2x2W —
Speakers 2.0 —

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7640 Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Bus PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) —
NVMe Yes —
Storage type SSD (M2) —
Total slots 1 —

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7640 Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Weight 1.9 kg (4.19 lbs) 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7640 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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