Dell XPS 16 (9640) vs HP ENVY x360 13 (2021)

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

Dell XPS 16 (9640) leads overall with a score of 88/100 compared to HP ENVY x360 13 (2021) (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 38)
  • + Higher Gaming score (84 vs 9)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP ENVY x360 13 (2021)
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 9.0 Poor
Performance 89.0 Very Good WINNER 38.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP ENVY x360 13 (2021)
Battery Wh 99.5 Wh —
Battery type — Li-Po
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 ENVY x360 13 (2021)
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.32 kg (2.91 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP ENVY x360 13 (2021)
Screen Size 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400) —
Ambient light sensor — Yes
Aspect ratio — 16:9
Coating — Glossy
HDR support — No
PPI — 166 ppi
Refresh rate — 60 Hz
Resolution — 1920 x 1080 pixels
Size — 13.3 inches
Sync technology — No
Touchscreen — Yes
Type — IPS LCD
sRGB color space — 97%

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP ENVY x360 13 (2021)
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 ENVY x360 13 (2021)
Base frequency — 1.2-2.8 GHz
Cores — 4
Fabrication process — 10 nm
Integrated GPU — Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU
L3 Cache — 12 MB
Threads — 8
Turbo frequency — 4.7 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP ENVY x360 13 (2021)
Area — 596 cm2(92.5 inches2)
Colors — Black, Gold
Cooling system — Active
Dimensions — 306.5 x 194.5 x 16.5 mm12.07 x 7.66 x 0.65 inches
Material — Aluminum
Number of fans — 1
Opening angle — 360°
Screen-to-body ratio — ~81.8%
Side bezels — 6.1 mm
Transformer — Yes
Vapor chamber — No
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.32 kg (2.91 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP ENVY x360 13 (2021)
Audio jack (3.5 mm) — Yes
Bluetooth — v5
DisplayPort — No
Ethernet (RJ45) — No
Fingerprint — Yes
HDMI — No
Infrared sensor — Yes
Optical drive — No
Proprietary charging port — Yes
SD card reader — Yes
Thunderbolt — Thunderbolt 4
USB Type-C — 1x USB 4.0
USB-A — 2x USB 3.2
VGA — No
Webcam — Above the display
Webcam resolution — 1280 x 720
Wi-Fi standard — v6

GPU Benchmarks

GPU Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP ENVY x360 13 (2021)
Blender GPU — 124

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP ENVY x360 13 (2021)
FLOPS — 1.7-2.8 TFLOPS
GPU performance — 1.7-2.8 TFLOPS
Memory bus — 64 bit
Memory size — 2 GB
Memory speed — ~10 Gbps
Memory type — GDDR6
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) — 32
Shading units (cores) — 896
Texture mapping units (TMUs) — 56

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP ENVY x360 13 (2021)
Backlight — Yes
Keyboard type — Island
Numpad — No
Surface — Plastic
Windows Precision — Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP ENVY x360 13 (2021)
Channels — 2x4 GB
Clock — 3200 MHz
Total slots — 2
Upgradable — No

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP ENVY x360 13 (2021)
Dolby Atmos — No
Microphones — 2
Speakers — 2.0

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP ENVY x360 13 (2021)
Bus — PCI-E Gen 3.0 (4x)
NVMe — Yes
Storage type — SSD (M2)

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