Dell XPS 16 (9640) vs Gigabyte Aero X16 (2025)

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

Dell XPS 16 (9640) leads overall with a score of 88/100 compared to Gigabyte Aero X16 (2025) (50/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Dell XPS 16 (9640):
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (88 vs 50)
  • + Higher Performance score (89 vs 64)
  • + Higher Gaming score (84 vs 36)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Dell XPS 16 (9640) Gigabyte Aero X16 (2025)
Battery Life 82.0 Very Good —
DeviceBenchmark Score 88.0 Very Good WINNER 50.0 Below Average
Display 96.0 Excellent —
Gaming 84.0 Very Good WINNER 36.0 Poor
Performance 89.0 Very Good WINNER 64.0 Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Gigabyte Aero X16 (2025)
Battery Wh 99.5 Wh —
Battery type — Li-Po
Charge power — 150 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) Gigabyte Aero X16 (2025)
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.9 kg (4.19 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Gigabyte Aero X16 (2025)
Screen Size 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400) —
Adaptive refresh rate — No
Ambient light sensor — No
Aspect ratio — 16:10
Coating — Matte
HDR support — No
PPI — 142 ppi
Refresh rate — 165 Hz
Resolution — 1920 x 1200 pixels
Size — 16 inches
Sync technology — Adaptive Sync
Touchscreen — No
Type — IPS LCD

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Gigabyte Aero X16 (2025)
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) Gigabyte Aero X16 (2025)
Base frequency — 2.0 GHz
Cores — 8 (4P + 4E)
Fabrication process — 4 nm
Integrated GPU — Radeon 860M
L3 Cache — 16 MB
Threads — 16
Turbo frequency — 5 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Gigabyte Aero X16 (2025)
Area — 890 cm2(138 inches2)
Colors — White, Gray
Cooling system — Active
Dimensions — 355 x 250.7 x 16.75-19.99 mm13.98 x 9.87 x 0.66-0.79 inches
Liquid metal — No
Material — Middle: PlasticBottom: Plastic
Number of fans — 2
Screen-to-body ratio — ~83.4%
Side bezels — 5.2 mm
Transformer — No
Vapor chamber — No
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.9 kg (4.19 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Gigabyte Aero X16 (2025)
Audio jack (3.5 mm) — Yes
Bluetooth — v5.2
DisplayPort — 1x v2.1
Ethernet (RJ45) — Yes
Fingerprint — No
HDMI — 1x HDMI 2.1
Infrared sensor — Yes
Optical drive — No
Proprietary charging port — Yes
SD card reader — No
Thunderbolt — No
USB Type-C — 1x USB 4.0
USB-A — 3x USB 3.2
VGA — No
Webcam — Above the display
Webcam resolution — 1920 x 1080
Wi-Fi standard — v6E

GPU Benchmarks

GPU Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Gigabyte Aero X16 (2025)
Blender GPU — 2534
Solar Bay — 40766

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Gigabyte Aero X16 (2025)
FLOPS — 12.2 TFLOPS
GPU performance — 12.2 TFLOPS
Memory bus — 128 bit
Memory size — 8 GB
Memory speed — ~24 Gbps
Memory type — GDDR7
Nvidia Optimus — MUX
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) — 32
Shading units (cores) — 2560
TGP — 85 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) — 80

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Gigabyte Aero X16 (2025)
Backlight — Yes
Key travel — 1.7 mm
Keyboard type — Island
Numpad — No
Surface — Plastic
Windows Precision — Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Gigabyte Aero X16 (2025)
Channels — 1x8 GB
Clock — 5600 MHz
Max. ram size — 64 GB
Total slots — 2
Upgradable — Yes

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Gigabyte Aero X16 (2025)
Dolby Atmos — Yes
Microphones — 2
Power — 2x2W
Speakers — 2.0

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Gigabyte Aero X16 (2025)
Bus — PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
NVMe — Yes
Storage type — SSD (M2)

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