Dell XPS 16 (9640) vs MSI Titan 18 HX (2024)

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

Dell XPS 16 (9640) leads overall with a score of 88/100 compared to MSI Titan 18 HX (2024) (80/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Dell XPS 16 (9640):
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (88 vs 80)
Why choose MSI Titan 18 HX (2024):
  • + Higher Performance score (95 vs 89)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Titan 18 HX (2024)
Battery Life 82.0 Very Good —
DeviceBenchmark Score 88.0 Very Good WINNER 80.0 Very Good
Display 96.0 Excellent —
Gaming 84.0 Very Good 84.0 Very Good
Performance 89.0 Very Good 95.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Titan 18 HX (2024)
Battery Wh 99.5 Wh —
Battery type — Li-Po
Charge power — 400 W
Charging port position — Right, Bottom
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) — Yes
Fast charging — Yes
Full charging time — 2:20 hr
Replaceable — No
Weight of AC adapter — 1148 grams

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Titan 18 HX (2024)
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 3.6 kg (7.94 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Titan 18 HX (2024)
Screen Size 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400) —
Ambient light sensor — No
Aspect ratio — 16:10
Coating — Matte
DCI-P3 color gamut — 100%
HDR support — No
PPI — 168 ppi
Refresh rate — 240 Hz
Resolution — 2560 x 1600 pixels
Response time — 3 ms
Size — 18 inches
Sync technology — No
Touchscreen — No
Type — IPS LCD

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Titan 18 HX (2024)
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 Titan 18 HX (2024)
Base frequency — 2.2 GHz
Cores — 24 (8P + 16E)
Fabrication process — 10 nm
Integrated GPU — Intel UHD Graphics (32EU)
L3 Cache — 36 MB
Threads — 32
Turbo frequency — 5.8 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Titan 18 HX (2024)
Area — 1242 cm2(192.7 inches2)
Colors — Black
Cooling system — Active
Dimensions — 404 x 307.5 x 24-32.05 mm15.91 x 12.11 x 0.94-1.26 inches
Liquid metal — No
Material — Aluminum
Noise level (max. load) — 62.8 dB
Number of fans — 2
Opening angle — 145°
Screen-to-body ratio — ~75.6%
Side bezels — 8.2 mm
Transformer — No
Vapor chamber — Yes
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 3.6 kg (7.94 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Titan 18 HX (2024)
Audio jack (3.5 mm) — Yes
Bluetooth — v5.4
DisplayPort — No
Ethernet (RJ45) — Yes
Fingerprint — No
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) MSI Titan 18 HX (2024)
Blender GPU — 6255
Solar Bay — 103140

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Titan 18 HX (2024)
FLOPS — 37.6 TFLOPS
GPU base clock — 1860 MHz
GPU boost clock — 2280 MHz
GPU performance — 37.6 TFLOPS
Memory bus — 192 bit
Memory size — 12 GB
Memory speed — ~18 Gbps
Memory type — GDDR6
Nvidia Optimus — MUX
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) — 80
Shading units (cores) — 7424
TGP — 175 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) — 232

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Titan 18 HX (2024)
Backlight — Yes
Keyboard type — Mechanical
Numpad — Yes
Surface — Glass
Windows Precision — Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Titan 18 HX (2024)
Channels — 4x8 GB
Clock — 5600 MHz
Max. ram size — 192 GB
Total slots — 4
Upgradable — Yes

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Titan 18 HX (2024)
Dolby Atmos — No
Loudness — ~89.2 dB
Microphones — 2
Power — 4x2W, 2x2W
Speakers — 4.2 (4 tweeters and 2 woofers)

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Titan 18 HX (2024)
Bus — PCI-E Gen 5.0 (4x)
NVMe — Yes
Storage type — SSD (M2)

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