Dell XPS 16 (9640) vs Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition 15" (Intel)

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

Dell XPS 16 (9640) leads overall with a score of 88/100 compared to Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition 15" (Intel) (62/100), 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) Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition 15" (Intel)
Battery Life 82.0 Very Good
Display 96.0 Excellent
Gaming 84.0 Very Good WINNER 14.0 Poor
NanoReview Score 88.0 Very Good WINNER 62.0 Average
Performance 89.0 Very Good WINNER 62.0 Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition 15" (Intel)
Battery Wh 99.5 Wh
Battery type Li-Po
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 Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition 15" (Intel)
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.46 kg (3.22 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition 15" (Intel)
Screen Size 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400)
Ambient light sensor No
Aspect ratio 16:10
Coating Glossy
DCI-P3 color gamut 100%
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision
PPI 222 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz
Resolution 2880 x 1800 pixels
Size 15.3 inches
Sync technology No
Touchscreen Yes
Type IPS LCD
sRGB color space 100%

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition 15" (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 Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition 15" (Intel)
Base frequency 2.2 GHz
Cores 8 (4P + 4E)
Fabrication process 3 nm
Integrated GPU Intel Arc Graphics 140V
L3 Cache 12 MB
Threads 8
Turbo frequency 4.8 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition 15" (Intel)
Area 809 cm2(125.5 inches2)
Colors Gray
Cooling system Active
Dimensions 343.8 x 235.4 x 13.9-15.2 mm13.54 x 9.27 x 0.55-0.6 inches
Liquid metal No
Material Aluminum
Number of fans 2
Screen-to-body ratio ~83.9%
Side bezels 7.2 mm
Transformer No
Vapor chamber No
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.46 kg (3.22 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition 15" (Intel)
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes
Bluetooth v5.4
DisplayPort No
Ethernet (RJ45) No
Fingerprint No
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 2x USB 4.0
USB-A 1x 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 Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition 15" (Intel)
Blender GPU 505

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition 15" (Intel)
FLOPS 4 TFLOPS
GPU base clock 600 MHz
GPU boost clock 1950 MHz
GPU performance 4 TFLOPS
Memory size System Shared
Memory speed 8.53 Gbps
Memory type LPDDR5X
Shading units (cores) 1024
TGP 30 W

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition 15" (Intel)
Backlight Yes
Keyboard type Island
Numpad No
Surface Glass
Windows Precision Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition 15" (Intel)
Channels 2x8 GB
Clock 8533 MHz
Upgradable No

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition 15" (Intel)
Audio chip Cirrus Logic CS42L43
Dolby Atmos Yes
Microphones 4
Power 2x2W, 2x2W
Speakers 2.2 (2 tweeters and 2 woofers)

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition 15" (Intel)
Bus PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
NVMe Yes
Storage type SSD (M2)
Total slots 1

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