Dell XPS 16 (9640) vs HP ZBook 8 G2i 16”

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

Dell XPS 16 (9640) leads overall with a score of 88/100 compared to HP ZBook 8 G2i 16” (50/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP ZBook 8 G2i 16”
Battery Life 82.0 Very Good
Display 96.0 Excellent
Gaming 84.0 Very Good WINNER 25.0 Poor
NanoReview Score 88.0 Very Good WINNER 50.0 Below Average
Performance 89.0 Very Good WINNER 59.0 Below Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP ZBook 8 G2i 16”
Battery Wh 99.5 Wh
Battery type Li-Po
Charge power 65 / 100 / 140 W
Charging port position Left, Right
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) Yes, 140 W
Fast charging Yes
Replaceable No

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP ZBook 8 G2i 16”
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.72 kg (3.79 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP ZBook 8 G2i 16”
Screen Size 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400)
Adaptive refresh rate No
Ambient light sensor Yes
Aspect ratio 16:10
Coating Matte
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
sRGB color space 62.5%

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP ZBook 8 G2i 16”
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 ZBook 8 G2i 16”
Base frequency 2.1 GHz
Cores 8 (4P + 4E)
Fabrication process 2 nm
Integrated GPU Intel Xe3 Graphics
L3 Cache 12 MB
Threads 8
Turbo frequency 4.5 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP ZBook 8 G2i 16”
Area 901 cm2(139.6 inches2)
Colors Silver
Cooling system Active
Dimensions 359 x 251 x 24.9 mm14.13 x 9.88 x 0.98 inches
Liquid metal No
Material Aluminum
Number of fans 2
Opening angle 166°
Screen-to-body ratio ~82.4%
Side bezels 7.2 mm
Transformer No
Vapor chamber No
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.72 kg (3.79 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP ZBook 8 G2i 16”
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes
Bluetooth v6.0
DisplayPort No
Ethernet (RJ45) Yes
Fingerprint Optional
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 3x USB 4.0
USB-A 1x 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 ZBook 8 G2i 16”
Blender GPU 1724
FLOPS 6.4-8.4 TFLOPS
GPU performance 6.4-8.4 TFLOPS
Memory bus 96 bit
Memory size 6 GB
Memory speed ~24 Gbps
Memory type GDDR7
Nvidia Optimus Yes
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 24
Shading units (cores) 1792
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 56

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP ZBook 8 G2i 16”
Backlight Yes
Keyboard type Island
Numpad Yes
Surface Glass
Windows Precision Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP ZBook 8 G2i 16”
Channels 1x8 GB
Clock 5600 MHz
Max. ram size 64 GB
Total slots 2
Upgradable Yes

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP ZBook 8 G2i 16”
Dolby Atmos No
Microphones 2
Power 2x1W
Speakers 2.0

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP ZBook 8 G2i 16”
Bus PCI-E Gen 5.0 (4x)
NVMe Yes
Storage type SSD (M2)

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