Dell XPS 16 (9640) vs Lenovo ThinkPad T16g Gen 3

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

Dell XPS 16 (9640) leads overall with a score of 88/100 compared to Lenovo ThinkPad T16g Gen 3 (63/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Dell XPS 16 (9640):
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (88 vs 63)
  • + Higher Performance score (89 vs 79)
  • + Higher Gaming score (84 vs 68)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad T16g Gen 3
Battery Life 82.0 Very Good —
DeviceBenchmark Score 88.0 Very Good WINNER 63.0 Average
Display 96.0 Excellent —
Gaming 84.0 Very Good WINNER 68.0 Average
Performance 89.0 Very Good WINNER 79.0 Good

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad T16g Gen 3
Battery Wh 99.5 Wh —
Battery type — Li-Po
Charge power — 180 W
Charging port position — Left, Bottom
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) — Yes
Fast charging — Yes
Replaceable — No
Weight of AC adapter — 500 grams

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad T16g Gen 3
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 2.54 kg (5.6 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad T16g Gen 3
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
Contrast — 1200:1
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 — 100%

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad T16g Gen 3
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 ThinkPad T16g Gen 3
Base frequency — 3.1 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 ThinkPad T16g Gen 3
Area — 912 cm2(141.4 inches2)
Colors — Black
Cooling system — Active
Dimensions — 362 x 252 x 15.8 mm14.25 x 9.92 x 0.62 inches
Liquid metal — No
Material — Aluminum
Noise level (max. load) — 57.64 dB
Number of fans — 2
Opening angle — 180°
Screen-to-body ratio — ~81.4%
Side bezels — 8.7 mm
Transformer — No
Vapor chamber — No
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 2.54 kg (5.6 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad T16g Gen 3
Audio jack (3.5 mm) — Yes
Bluetooth — v5.4
DisplayPort — No
Ethernet (RJ45) — Yes
Fingerprint — Yes
HDMI — 1x HDMI 2.1
Infrared sensor — Optional
Optical drive — No
Proprietary charging port — Yes
SD card reader — Yes
Thunderbolt — Thunderbolt 5
USB Type-C — 3x USB 4.0
USB-A — 2x USB 3.2
VGA — No
Webcam — Above the display
Webcam resolution — 2560 x 1440
Wi-Fi standard — v7

GPU Benchmarks

GPU Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad T16g Gen 3
Blender GPU — 5436
Solar Bay — 79511

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad T16g Gen 3
FLOPS — 28 TFLOPS
GPU base clock — 975 MHz
GPU performance — 28 TFLOPS
Memory bus — 256 bit
Memory size — 16 GB
Memory speed — ~28 Gbps
Memory type — GDDR7
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) — 96
Shading units (cores) — 7680
TGP — 105 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) — 240

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad T16g Gen 3
Backlight — Yes
Key travel — 1.5 mm
Keyboard type — Island
Numpad — Yes
Surface — Plastic
Windows Precision — Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad T16g Gen 3
Channels — 2x8 GB
Clock — 5600 MHz
Max. ram size — 192 GB
Total slots — 4
Upgradable — Yes

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad T16g Gen 3
Audio chip — Cirrus Logic CS42L43
Dolby Atmos — Yes
Loudness — ~83.9 dB
Microphones — 2
Power — 2x2W
Speakers — 2.0

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad T16g Gen 3
Bus — PCI-E Gen 5.0 (4x)
NVMe — Yes
Storage type — SSD (M2)

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