Dell XPS 16 (9640) vs Lenovo Thinkbook 16p Gen 6

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

Dell XPS 16 (9640) leads overall with a score of 88/100 compared to Lenovo Thinkbook 16p Gen 6 (68/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Dell XPS 16 (9640):
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (88 vs 68)
  • + Higher Performance score (89 vs 80)
  • + Higher Gaming score (84 vs 50)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Thinkbook 16p Gen 6
Battery Life 82.0 Very Good —
DeviceBenchmark Score 88.0 Very Good WINNER 68.0 Average
Display 96.0 Excellent —
Gaming 84.0 Very Good WINNER 50.0 Below Average
Performance 89.0 Very Good WINNER 80.0 Very Good

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Thinkbook 16p Gen 6
Battery Wh 99.5 Wh —
Battery type — Li-Po
Charge power — 300 W
Charging port position — Left, Bottom
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) — Yes
Fast charging — Yes
Replaceable — No
Weight of AC adapter — 874 grams

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Thinkbook 16p Gen 6
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 2.1 kg (4.63 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Thinkbook 16p Gen 6
Screen Size 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400) —
Adobe RGB profile — 86.5%
Aspect ratio — 16:10
Coating — Matte
Contrast — 1200:1
DCI-P3 color gamut — 100%
HDR support — Yes, Dolby Vision
PPI — 189 ppi
Refresh rate — 240 Hz
Resolution — 2560 x 1600 pixels
Response time — 9 ms
Size — 16 inches
Sync technology — G-Sync
Touchscreen — No
Type — IPS LCD
sRGB color space — 99.8%

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Thinkbook 16p Gen 6
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 Thinkbook 16p Gen 6
Base frequency — 2.9 GHz
Cores — 14 (6P + 8E)
Fabrication process — 3 nm
Integrated GPU — Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 (48 EU)
L3 Cache — 24 MB
Threads — 14
Turbo frequency — 5.1 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Thinkbook 16p Gen 6
Area — 908 cm2(140.9 inches2)
Colors — Gray
Cooling system — Active
Dimensions — 354.6 x 256.2 x 17.9-19.3 mm13.96 x 10.09 x 0.7-0.76 inches
Liquid metal — No
Material — Aluminum
Noise level (max. load) — 51.9 dB
Number of fans — 2
Opening angle — 180°
Screen-to-body ratio — ~81.7%
Side bezels — 5 mm
Transformer — No
Vapor chamber — No
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 2.1 kg (4.63 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Thinkbook 16p Gen 6
Audio jack (3.5 mm) — Yes
Bluetooth — v5.4
DisplayPort — No
Ethernet (RJ45) — No
Fingerprint — Yes
HDMI — 1x HDMI 2.1
Infrared sensor — Yes
Optical drive — No
Proprietary charging port — Yes
SD card reader — Yes
Thunderbolt — Thunderbolt 4
USB Type-C — 2x USB 4.0
USB-A — 3x USB 3.2
VGA — No
Webcam — Above the display
Webcam resolution — 1920 x 1080
Wi-Fi standard — v7

GPU Benchmarks

GPU Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Thinkbook 16p Gen 6
Blender GPU — 3532
Solar Bay — 51472

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Thinkbook 16p Gen 6
FLOPS — 18.4 TFLOPS
GPU performance — 18.4 TFLOPS
Memory bus — 128 bit
Memory size — 8 GB
Memory speed — ~24 Gbps
Memory type — GDDR7
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) — 48
Shading units (cores) — 3328
TGP — 115 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) — 104

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Thinkbook 16p Gen 6
Backlight — Yes
Key travel — 1.5 mm
Keyboard type — Island
Numpad — Yes
Surface — Glass
Windows Precision — Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Thinkbook 16p Gen 6
Channels — 2x8 GB
Clock — 6400 MHz
Max. ram size — 64 GB
Total slots — 2
Upgradable — Yes

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Thinkbook 16p Gen 6
Audio chip — Realtek ALC3306-CG
Dolby Atmos — Yes
Loudness — ~83.3 dB
Microphones — 2
Power — 4x2W
Speakers — 2.2 (2 tweeters and 2 woofers)

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Thinkbook 16p Gen 6
Bus — PCI-E Gen 5.0 (4x)
NVMe — Yes
Storage type — SSD (M2)

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