Dell XPS 16 (9640) vs LG Gram 14 (2023)

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

Dell XPS 16 (9640) leads overall with a score of 88/100 compared to LG Gram 14 (2023) (52/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Dell XPS 16 (9640):
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (88 vs 52)
  • + Higher Performance score (89 vs 56)
  • + Higher Gaming score (84 vs 9)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Dell XPS 16 (9640) LG Gram 14 (2023)
Battery Life 82.0 Very Good —
DeviceBenchmark Score 88.0 Very Good WINNER 52.0 Below Average
Display 96.0 Excellent —
Gaming 84.0 Very Good WINNER 9.0 Poor
Performance 89.0 Very Good WINNER 56.0 Below Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) LG Gram 14 (2023)
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
Weight of AC adapter — 230 grams

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) LG Gram 14 (2023)
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 0.99 kg (2.18 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) LG Gram 14 (2023)
Screen Size 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400) —
Aspect ratio — 16:10
Coating — Matte
DCI-P3 color gamut — 99%
HDR support — No
PPI — 162 ppi
Refresh rate — 60 Hz
Resolution — 1920 x 1200 pixels
Size — 14 inches
Sync technology — No
Touchscreen — No
Type — IPS LCD

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) LG Gram 14 (2023)
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) LG Gram 14 (2023)
Base frequency — 2.2 GHz
Cores — 12 (4P + 8E)
Fabrication process — 10 nm
Integrated GPU — Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)
L3 Cache — 18 MB
Threads — 16
Turbo frequency — 5 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) LG Gram 14 (2023)
Area — 667 cm2(103.4 inches2)
Colors — Black
Cooling system — Active
Dimensions — 312 x 213.9 x 16.8 mm12.28 x 8.42 x 0.66 inches
Liquid metal — No
Number of fans — 1
Screen-to-body ratio — ~85.2%
Side bezels — 5.3 mm
Transformer — No
Vapor chamber — No
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 0.99 kg (2.18 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) LG Gram 14 (2023)
Audio jack (3.5 mm) — Yes
Bluetooth — v5.1
DisplayPort — No
Ethernet (RJ45) — No
Fingerprint — No
HDMI — 1x HDMI 2.0
Infrared sensor — Yes
Optical drive — No
Proprietary charging port — No
SD card reader — Yes
Thunderbolt — Thunderbolt 4
USB Type-C — 2x USB 4.0
USB-A — 2x USB 3.2
VGA — No
Webcam — Above the display
Webcam resolution — 1920 x 1080
Wi-Fi standard — v6E

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) LG Gram 14 (2023)
FLOPS — 2.3 TFLOPS
GPU base clock — 300 MHz
GPU boost clock — 1500 MHz
GPU performance — 2.3 TFLOPS
Memory size — System Shared
Memory speed — 6 Gbps
Memory type — LPDDR5
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) — 24
Shading units (cores) — 768
TGP — 15 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) — 48

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) LG Gram 14 (2023)
Backlight — Yes
Keyboard type — Island
Numpad — No
Surface — Plastic
Windows Precision — Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) LG Gram 14 (2023)
Channels — 2x4 GB
Clock — 6000 MHz
Upgradable — No

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) LG Gram 14 (2023)
Dolby Atmos — Yes
Microphones — 2
Power — 2x1.5W
Speakers — 2.0

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) LG Gram 14 (2023)
Bus — PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
NVMe — Yes
Storage type — SSD (M2)
Total slots — 1

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