Dell XPS 16 (9640) vs HP Envy x360 14 (2024)

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

Dell XPS 16 (9640) leads overall with a score of 88/100 compared to HP Envy x360 14 (2024) (52/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Dell XPS 16 (9640):
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (88 vs 52)
  • + Higher Performance score (89 vs 47)
  • + Higher Gaming score (84 vs 25)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Envy x360 14 (2024)
Battery Life 82.0 Very Good —
DeviceBenchmark Score 88.0 Very Good WINNER 52.0 Below Average
Display 96.0 Excellent —
Gaming 84.0 Very Good WINNER 25.0 Poor
Performance 89.0 Very Good WINNER 47.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Envy x360 14 (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
Weight of AC adapter — 279 grams

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Envy x360 14 (2024)
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.39 kg (3.06 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Envy x360 14 (2024)
Screen Size 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400) —
Ambient light sensor — No
Aspect ratio — 16:10
Coating — Glossy
HDR support — No
PPI — 162 ppi
Refresh rate — 60 Hz
Resolution — 1920 x 1200 pixels
Size — 14 inches
Sync technology — No
Touchscreen — Yes
Type — IPS LCD

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Envy x360 14 (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) HP Envy x360 14 (2024)
Base frequency — 1.3 GHz
Cores — 12 (2P + 10E)
Fabrication process — 7 nm
Integrated GPU — Arc Graphics (4-Cores)
L3 Cache — 12 MB
Threads — 14
Turbo frequency — 4.3 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Envy x360 14 (2024)
Area — 686 cm2(106.3 inches2)
Colors — Silver, Blue
Cooling system — Active
Dimensions — 313.3 x 218.9 x 16.9 mm12.33 x 8.62 x 0.67 inches
Liquid metal — No
Material — Aluminum
Noise level (max. load) — 34.3 dB
Number of fans — 1
Opening angle — 360°
Screen-to-body ratio — ~82.9%
Side bezels — 5.9 mm
Transformer — Yes
Vapor chamber — No
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.39 kg (3.06 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Envy x360 14 (2024)
Audio jack (3.5 mm) — Yes
Bluetooth — v5.4
DisplayPort — No
Ethernet (RJ45) — No
Fingerprint — No
HDMI — 1x HDMI 2.1
Infrared sensor — Yes
Optical drive — No
Proprietary charging port — No
SD card reader — No
Thunderbolt — Thunderbolt 4
USB Type-C — 2x USB 4.0
USB-A — 2x USB 3.2
VGA — No
Webcam — Above the display
Webcam resolution — 2592 x 1944
Wi-Fi standard — v7

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Envy x360 14 (2024)
FLOPS — 1.9 TFLOPS
GPU base clock — 300 MHz
GPU boost clock — 1850 MHz
GPU performance — 1.9 TFLOPS
Memory size — System Shared
Memory speed — 6.4 Gbps
Memory type — LPDDR5
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) — 16
Shading units (cores) — 512
TGP — 14 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) — 32

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Envy x360 14 (2024)
Backlight — Yes
Key travel — 1.3 mm
Keyboard type — Island
Numpad — No
Surface — Glass
Windows Precision — Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Envy x360 14 (2024)
Channels — 2x4 GB
Clock — 6400 MHz
Upgradable — No

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Envy x360 14 (2024)
Dolby Atmos — No
Loudness — ~80.6 dB
Microphones — 2
Speakers — 2.0

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Envy x360 14 (2024)
Bus — PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
NVMe — Yes
Storage type — SSD (M2)
Total slots — 1

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