Dell XPS 16 (9640) vs HP Pavilion x360 14 (2021)

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

Dell XPS 16 (9640) leads overall with a score of 88/100 compared to HP Pavilion x360 14 (2021) (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 37)
  • + Higher Gaming score (84 vs 21)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Pavilion x360 14 (2021)
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 21.0 Poor
Performance 89.0 Very Good WINNER 37.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Pavilion x360 14 (2021)
Battery Wh 99.5 Wh —
Battery type — Li-Ion
Cable length — 1 meters
Charge power — 45 W
Charging port position — Right
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) — Yes
Fast charging — Yes
Replaceable — No

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Pavilion x360 14 (2021)
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.61 kg (3.55 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Pavilion x360 14 (2021)
Screen Size 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400) —
Ambient light sensor — Yes
Aspect ratio — 16:9
Coating — Glossy
HDR support — No
PPI — 112 ppi
Refresh rate — 60 Hz
Resolution — 1366 x 768 pixels
Size — 14 inches
Sync technology — No
Touchscreen — Yes
Type — TN LCD

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Pavilion x360 14 (2021)
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 Pavilion x360 14 (2021)
Base frequency — 1.7-3.0 GHz
Cores — 2
Fabrication process — 10 nm
Integrated GPU — Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4
L3 Cache — 6 MB
Threads — 4
Turbo frequency — 4.1 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Pavilion x360 14 (2021)
Area — 716 cm2(111 inches2)
Colors — Silver, Gold, Blue
Cooling system — Active
Dimensions — 324 x 221 x 18.7 mm12.76 x 8.7 x 0.74 inches
Material — Top: AluminumMiddle: AluminumBottom: Plastic
Number of fans — 1
Opening angle — 360°
Screen-to-body ratio — ~75.4%
Side bezels — 7.1 mm
Transformer — Yes
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.61 kg (3.55 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Pavilion x360 14 (2021)
Audio jack (3.5 mm) — Yes
Bluetooth — v5
DisplayPort — No
Ethernet (RJ45) — No
Fingerprint — Optional
HDMI — 1x HDMI 2.0
Optical drive — No
Proprietary charging port — Yes
SD card reader — Yes
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) HP Pavilion x360 14 (2021)
FLOPS — 1 TFLOPS
GPU base clock — 400 MHz
GPU boost clock — 1250 MHz
GPU performance — 1 TFLOPS
Memory size — System Shared
Memory speed — 3.2 Gbps
Memory type — DDR4
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) HP Pavilion x360 14 (2021)
Backlight — Optional
Keyboard type — Island
Numpad — No
Surface — Plastic
Windows Precision — Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Pavilion x360 14 (2021)
Channels — 2x4 GB
Clock — 3200 MHz
Total slots — 2

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Pavilion x360 14 (2021)
Dolby Atmos — No
Microphones — 2
Speakers — 2.0

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Pavilion x360 14 (2021)
Bus — PCI-E Gen 3.0 (4x)
NVMe — Yes
Storage type — SSD (M2)

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