Dell XPS 16 (9640) vs Lenovo 13w 2-in-1 Gen 3 (13" Intel)

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

Dell XPS 16 (9640) leads overall with a score of 88/100 compared to Lenovo 13w 2-in-1 Gen 3 (13" Intel) (51/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Dell XPS 16 (9640):
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (88 vs 51)
  • + Higher Performance score (89 vs 43)
  • + Higher Gaming score (84 vs 23)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo 13w 2-in-1 Gen 3 (13" Intel)
Battery Life 82.0 Very Good —
DeviceBenchmark Score 88.0 Very Good WINNER 51.0 Below Average
Display 96.0 Excellent —
Gaming 84.0 Very Good WINNER 23.0 Poor
Performance 89.0 Very Good WINNER 43.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo 13w 2-in-1 Gen 3 (13" Intel)
Battery Wh 99.5 Wh —
Battery type — Li-Ion
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) Lenovo 13w 2-in-1 Gen 3 (13" Intel)
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.45 kg (3.2 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo 13w 2-in-1 Gen 3 (13" Intel)
Screen Size 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400) —
Adaptive refresh rate — No
Ambient light sensor — No
Aspect ratio — 16:10
Coating — Glossy (Antireflective)
Contrast — 800:1
HDR support — No
PPI — 170 ppi
Refresh rate — 60 Hz
Resolution — 1920 x 1200 pixels
Size — 13.3 inches
Sync technology — No
Touchscreen — Yes
Type — IPS LCD

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo 13w 2-in-1 Gen 3 (13" 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) Lenovo 13w 2-in-1 Gen 3 (13" Intel)
Base frequency — 1.2 GHz
Cores — 5 (1P + 4E)
Fabrication process — 10 nm
Integrated GPU — Intel UHD Graphics (48EU)
L3 Cache — 8 MB
Threads — 6
Turbo frequency — 4.4 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo 13w 2-in-1 Gen 3 (13" Intel)
Area — 665 cm2(103.1 inches2)
Colors — Gray
Cooling system — Active
Dimensions — 303 x 219.5 x 18.35 mm11.93 x 8.64 x 0.72 inches
Liquid metal — No
Material — Top: AluminumMiddle: PlasticBottom: Plastic
Number of fans — 1
Opening angle — 360°
Screen-to-body ratio — ~77.1%
Side bezels — 8.3 mm
Transformer — Yes
Vapor chamber — No
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.45 kg (3.2 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo 13w 2-in-1 Gen 3 (13" Intel)
Audio jack (3.5 mm) — Yes
Bluetooth — v5.4
DisplayPort — No
Ethernet (RJ45) — No
Fingerprint — Optional
HDMI — 1x HDMI 2.1
Infrared sensor — Optional
Optical drive — No
Proprietary charging port — No
SD card reader — No
Thunderbolt — No
USB Type-C — 2x USB 4.0
USB-A — 2x USB 3.2
VGA — No
Webcam — Above the display
Wi-Fi standard — v7

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo 13w 2-in-1 Gen 3 (13" Intel)
FLOPS — 0.8 TFLOPS
GPU base clock — 400 MHz
GPU boost clock — 1100 MHz
GPU performance — 0.8 TFLOPS
Memory size — System Shared
Memory speed — 4.8 Gbps
Memory type — DDR5
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) Lenovo 13w 2-in-1 Gen 3 (13" Intel)
Backlight — Optional
Keyboard type — Island
Numpad — No
Surface — Plastic
Windows Precision — Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo 13w 2-in-1 Gen 3 (13" Intel)
Channels — 1x8 GB
Clock — 4800 MHz
Max. ram size — 16 GB
Total slots — 1
Upgradable — Yes

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo 13w 2-in-1 Gen 3 (13" Intel)
Audio chip — Senary SN6147
Dolby Atmos — Yes
Microphones — 2
Power — 2x2W
Speakers — 2.0

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo 13w 2-in-1 Gen 3 (13" Intel)
Bus — PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
NVMe — Yes
Storage type — SSD (M2)

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