Dell XPS 16 (9640) vs Honor MagicBook X 16 2024

[ VERDICT ] Winner: Dell XPS 16 (9640) (88/100)

Dell XPS 16 (9640) leads overall with a score of 88/100 compared to Honor MagicBook X 16 2024 (45/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Dell XPS 16 (9640):
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (88 vs 45)
  • + Higher Performance score (89 vs 51)
  • + Higher Gaming score (84 vs 26)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Dell XPS 16 (9640) Honor MagicBook X 16 2024
Battery Life 82.0 Very Good —
DeviceBenchmark Score 88.0 Very Good WINNER 45.0 Poor
Display 96.0 Excellent —
Gaming 84.0 Very Good WINNER 26.0 Poor
Performance 89.0 Very Good WINNER 51.0 Below Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Honor MagicBook X 16 2024
Battery Wh 99.5 Wh —
Battery type — Li-Po
Charge power — 65 W
Charging port position — Left
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) — Yes
Fast charging — Yes
Replaceable — No

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Honor MagicBook X 16 2024
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.68 kg (3.7 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Honor MagicBook X 16 2024
Screen Size 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400) —
Adaptive refresh rate — No
Aspect ratio — 16:10
Coating — Matte
Contrast — 1000:1
HDR support — No
PPI — 142 ppi
Refresh rate — 60 Hz
Resolution — 1920 x 1200 pixels
Size — 16 inches
Sync technology — No
Touchscreen — No
Type — IPS LCD

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Honor MagicBook X 16 2024
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 —

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Honor MagicBook X 16 2024
Base frequency — 2 GHz
Cores — 8 (4P + 4E)
Fabrication process — 10 nm
Integrated GPU — Intel UHD Graphics (48EU)
L3 Cache — 12 MB
Threads — 12
Turbo frequency — 4.4 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Honor MagicBook X 16 2024
Area — 891 cm2(138.1 inches2)
Colors — Gray
Cooling system — Active
Dimensions — 356.2 x 250.1 x 17.9 mm14.02 x 9.85 x 0.7 inches
Liquid metal — No
Material — Aluminum
Number of fans — 2
Opening angle — 150°
Screen-to-body ratio — ~83.3%
Side bezels — 5.8 mm
Transformer — No
Vapor chamber — No
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.68 kg (3.7 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Honor MagicBook X 16 2024
Audio jack (3.5 mm) — Yes
Bluetooth — v5.1
DisplayPort — No
Ethernet (RJ45) — No
Fingerprint — No
HDMI — 1x HDMI 1.4
Infrared sensor — No
Optical drive — No
Proprietary charging port — No
SD card reader — No
Thunderbolt — No
USB Type-C — 1x USB 3.2
USB-A — 2x USB 3.2
VGA — No
Webcam — Above the display
Webcam resolution — 1280 x 720
Wi-Fi standard — v6

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Honor MagicBook X 16 2024
FLOPS — 0.9 TFLOPS
GPU base clock — 400 MHz
GPU boost clock — 1200 MHz
GPU performance — 0.9 TFLOPS
Memory size — System Shared
Memory speed — 4.27 Gbps
Memory type — LPDDR4X
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) — 12
Shading units (cores) — 384
TGP — 15 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) — 24

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Honor MagicBook X 16 2024
Backlight — Yes
Key travel — 1.5 mm
Keyboard type — Island
Numpad — Yes
Windows Precision — Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Honor MagicBook X 16 2024
Channels — 2x4 GB
Clock — 4266 MHz
Upgradable — No

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Honor MagicBook X 16 2024
Dolby Atmos — No
Microphones — 2
Speakers — 2.0

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Honor MagicBook X 16 2024
Bus — PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
NVMe — Yes
Storage type — SSD (M2)
Total slots — 1

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