Dell XPS 16 (9640) vs MSI GE66 Raider

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

Dell XPS 16 (9640) leads overall with a score of 88/100 compared to MSI GE66 Raider (46/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Dell XPS 16 (9640):
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (88 vs 46)
  • + Higher Performance score (89 vs 45)
  • + Higher Gaming score (84 vs 34)
[ WINNER ]
Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Dell

Dell XPS 16 (9640)

88/100
· $1899
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI GE66 Raider
Battery Life 82.0 Very Good —
DeviceBenchmark Score 88.0 Very Good WINNER 46.0 Poor
Display 96.0 Excellent —
Gaming 84.0 Very Good WINNER 34.0 Poor
Performance 89.0 Very Good WINNER 45.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI GE66 Raider
Battery Wh 99.5 Wh —
Battery type — Li-Po
Charge power — 230 / 240 / 280 W
Charging port position — Bottom
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) — Yes
Fast charging — Yes
Replaceable — No

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI GE66 Raider
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 2.38 kg (5.25 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI GE66 Raider
Screen Size 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400) —
Aspect ratio — 16:9
Coating — Matte
HDR support — No
PPI — 141 ppi
Refresh rate — 165 Hz
Resolution — 1920 x 1080 pixels
Response time — 3 ms
Size — 15.6 inches
Sync technology — G-Sync
Touchscreen — No
Type — IPS LCD

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI GE66 Raider
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) MSI GE66 Raider
Base frequency — 2.6 GHz
Cores — 6
Fabrication process — 14 nm
Integrated GPU — Intel UHD Graphics 630
L3 Cache — 12 MB
Threads — 12
Turbo frequency — 5 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI GE66 Raider
Area — 956 cm2(148.1 inches2)
Colors — Blue
Cooling system — Active
Dimensions — 358 x 267 x 23.4 mm14.09 x 10.51 x 0.92 inches
Material — Aluminum
Number of fans — 2
Screen-to-body ratio — ~70.2%
Side bezels — 6.3 mm
Transformer — No
Vapor chamber — No
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 2.38 kg (5.25 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI GE66 Raider
Audio jack (3.5 mm) — Yes
Bluetooth — v5.2
DisplayPort — 1x v1.4
Ethernet (RJ45) — Yes
Fingerprint — No
HDMI — 1x HDMI 2.0
Infrared sensor — No
Optical drive — No
Proprietary charging port — Yes
SD card reader — Yes
Thunderbolt — Thunderbolt 4
USB Type-C — 3x USB 3.2
USB-A — 3x USB 3.2
VGA — No
Webcam — Above the display
Webcam resolution — 1920 x 720
Wi-Fi standard — v6E

GPU Benchmarks

GPU Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI GE66 Raider
Blender GPU — 2375
Solar Bay — 38638

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI GE66 Raider
FLOPS — 13.8 TFLOPS
GPU base clock — 1387 MHz
GPU boost clock — 1703 MHz
GPU performance — 13.8 TFLOPS
Memory bus — 192 bit
Memory size — 6 GB
Memory speed — 14 Gbps
Memory type — GDDR6
Nvidia Optimus — MUX
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) — 48
Shading units (cores) — 3840
TGP — 130 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) — 120

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI GE66 Raider
Backlight — Yes
Keyboard type — Island
Numpad — No
Surface — Glass
Windows Precision — Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI GE66 Raider
Channels — 2x8 GB
Clock — 3200 MHz
Max. ram size — 64 GB
Total slots — 2
Upgradable — Yes

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI GE66 Raider
Dolby Atmos — No
Microphones — 2
Power — 2x2W
Speakers — 2.0

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI GE66 Raider
Bus — PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
NVMe — Yes
Storage type — SSD (M2)

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