Dell XPS 16 (9640) vs HP Elite x2 G8

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

Dell XPS 16 (9640) leads overall with a score of 88/100 compared to HP Elite x2 G8 (47/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ 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) HP Elite x2 G8
Battery Life 82.0 Very Good
Display 96.0 Excellent
Gaming 84.0 Very Good WINNER 21.0 Poor
NanoReview Score 88.0 Very Good WINNER 47.0 Poor
Performance 89.0 Very Good WINNER 36.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Elite x2 G8
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

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Elite x2 G8
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.17 kg (2.58 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Elite x2 G8
Screen Size 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400)
Ambient light sensor Yes
Aspect ratio 3:2
Coating Glossy
HDR support No
PPI 178 ppi
Refresh rate 60 Hz
Resolution 1920 x 1280 pixels
Size 13 inches
Sync technology No
Touchscreen Yes
Type IPS LCD

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Elite x2 G8
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) HP Elite x2 G8
Base frequency 1.7-3.0 GHz
Cores 2
Fabrication process 10 nm
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4
L3 Cache 6 MB
Threads 4
Turbo frequency 4.1 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Elite x2 G8
Area 611 cm2(94.7 inches2)
Colors Silver
Cooling system Passive
Dimensions 290 x 210.6 x 14.2 mm11.42 x 8.29 x 0.56 inches
Material Aluminum
Opening angle 360°
Screen-to-body ratio ~82.4%
Side bezels 7.7 mm
Transformer Yes
Vapor chamber No
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.17 kg (2.58 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Elite x2 G8
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes
Bluetooth v5
DisplayPort No
Ethernet (RJ45) No
Fingerprint Optional
HDMI No
Infrared sensor Yes
Optical drive No
Proprietary charging port No
SD card reader No
Thunderbolt Thunderbolt 4
USB Type-C 2x USB 3.2
USB-A No
VGA No
Webcam Above the display
Webcam resolution 1280 x 720
Wi-Fi standard v6

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Elite x2 G8
FLOPS 1 TFLOPS
GPU base clock 400 MHz
GPU boost clock 1250 MHz
GPU performance 1 TFLOPS
Memory size System Shared
Memory speed 4.27 Gbps
Memory type LPDDR4X
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 12
Shading units (cores) 384
TGP 15 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 24

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Elite x2 G8
Backlight Yes
Keyboard type Island
Numpad No
Windows Precision Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Elite x2 G8
Channels GB
Clock 4266 MHz
Upgradable No

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Elite x2 G8
Dolby Atmos No
Microphones 3
Speakers 2.0

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Elite x2 G8
Bus PCI-E Gen 3.0 (4x)
NVMe Yes
Storage type SSD (M2)

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