Dell XPS 16 (9640) vs HP Omen 16 (2021 Intel)

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

Dell XPS 16 (9640) leads overall with a score of 88/100 compared to HP Omen 16 (2021 Intel) (40/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Dell XPS 16 (9640):
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (88 vs 40)
  • + Higher Performance score (89 vs 46)
  • + Higher Gaming score (84 vs 23)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen 16 (2021 Intel)
Battery Life 82.0 Very Good —
DeviceBenchmark Score 88.0 Very Good WINNER 40.0 Poor
Display 96.0 Excellent —
Gaming 84.0 Very Good WINNER 23.0 Poor
Performance 89.0 Very Good WINNER 46.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen 16 (2021 Intel)
Battery Wh 99.5 Wh —
Battery type — Li-Po
Charge power — 200 W
Charging port position — Left
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) — Yes
Fast charging — Yes
Replaceable — No
Weight of AC adapter — 763 grams

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen 16 (2021 Intel)
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 2.3 kg (5.07 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen 16 (2021 Intel)
Screen Size 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400) —
Adobe RGB profile — 73.7%
Ambient light sensor — No
Aspect ratio — 16:9
Coating — Matte
Contrast — 1191:1
DCI-P3 color gamut — 72.3%
HDR support — No
PPI — 137 ppi
Refresh rate — 144 Hz
Resolution — 1920 x 1080 pixels
Response time — 7 ms
Size — 16.1 inches
Touchscreen — No
Type — IPS LCD
sRGB color space — 99.5%

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen 16 (2021 Intel)
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 Omen 16 (2021 Intel)
Base frequency — 2.2-2.7 GHz
Cores — 6
Fabrication process — 10 nm
Integrated GPU — Intel UHD Graphics for 11th Gen (16 EU)
L3 Cache — 12 MB
Threads — 12
Turbo frequency — 4.5 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen 16 (2021 Intel)
Area — 916 cm2(141.9 inches2)
Colors — Black
Cooling system — Active
Dimensions — 369.2 x 248 x 23 mm14.54 x 9.76 x 0.91 inches
Material — Aluminum
Noise level (max. load) — 56 dB
Number of fans — 2
Screen-to-body ratio — ~78%
Side bezels — 6.4 mm
Transformer — No
Vapor chamber — No
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 2.3 kg (5.07 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen 16 (2021 Intel)
Audio jack (3.5 mm) — Yes
Bluetooth — v5.2
DisplayPort — 1x v1.4
Ethernet (RJ45) — Yes
Fingerprint — No
HDMI — 1x HDMI 2.1
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 — 3x USB 3.2
VGA — No
Webcam — Above the display
Webcam resolution — 1280 x 720
Wi-Fi standard — v6E

GPU Benchmarks

GPU Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen 16 (2021 Intel)
Blender GPU — 1152
Solar Bay — 20445

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen 16 (2021 Intel)
FLOPS — 6.7 TFLOPS
GPU base clock — 1403 MHz
GPU boost clock — 1635 MHz
GPU performance — 6.7 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 — 75 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) — 64

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen 16 (2021 Intel)
Backlight — Yes
Keyboard type — Island
Numpad — No
Windows Precision — Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen 16 (2021 Intel)
Channels — 2x4 GB
Clock — 3200 MHz
Max. ram size — 32 GB
Total slots — 2
Upgradable — Yes

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen 16 (2021 Intel)
Dolby Atmos — No
Loudness — ~84.4 dB
Microphones — 2
Speakers — 2.0

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen 16 (2021 Intel)
Bus — PCI-E Gen 3.0 (4x)
NVMe — Yes
Storage type — SSD (M2)

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