Dell XPS 16 (9640) vs HP Omen 15 (2021 AMD)

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

Dell XPS 16 (9640) leads overall with a score of 88/100 compared to HP Omen 15 (2021 AMD) (39/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen 15 (2021 AMD)
Battery Life 82.0 Very Good
Display 96.0 Excellent
Gaming 84.0 Very Good WINNER 24.0 Poor
NanoReview Score 88.0 Very Good WINNER 39.0 Poor
Performance 89.0 Very Good WINNER 43.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen 15 (2021 AMD)
Battery Wh 99.5 Wh
Battery type Li-Po
Charge power 200 W
Charging port position Left
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) No
Fast charging Yes
Full charging time 2:00 hr
Replaceable No
Weight of AC adapter 691 grams

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen 15 (2021 AMD)
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 2.46 kg (5.42 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen 15 (2021 AMD)
Screen Size 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400)
Adobe RGB profile 63.8%
Ambient light sensor No
Aspect ratio 16:9
Coating Matte
Contrast 948:1
DCI-P3 color gamut 66.8%
PPI 141 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz
Resolution 1920 x 1080 pixels
Response time 7 ms
Size 15.6 inches
Sync technology FreeSync
Touchscreen No
Type IPS LCD
sRGB color space 88.1%

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen 15 (2021 AMD)
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 Omen 15 (2021 AMD)
Base frequency 3.3 GHz
Cores 6
Fabrication process 7 nm
Integrated GPU Radeon RX Vega 7
L3 Cache 16 MB
Threads 12
Turbo frequency 4.2 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen 15 (2021 AMD)
Area 858 cm2(133 inches2)
Colors Black
Cooling system Active
Dimensions 357.9 x 239.7 x 22.6 mm14.09 x 9.44 x 0.89 inches
Material Plastic
Noise level (max. load) 57.5 dB
Number of fans 2
Screen-to-body ratio ~78.2%
Side bezels 6.3 mm
Transformer No
Vapor chamber No
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 2.46 kg (5.42 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen 15 (2021 AMD)
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes
Bluetooth v5
DisplayPort 1x v1.4
Ethernet (RJ45) Yes
Fingerprint No
HDMI 1x HDMI 2.1
Infrared sensor No
Optical drive No
Proprietary charging port Yes
SD card reader Yes
Thunderbolt No
USB Type-C 1x USB 3.2
USB-A 3x 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 Omen 15 (2021 AMD)
Blender GPU 774
Solar Bay 17540

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen 15 (2021 AMD)
FLOPS 4.9 TFLOPS
GPU base clock 1455 MHz
GPU boost clock 1590 MHz
GPU performance 4.9 TFLOPS
Memory bus 192 bit
Memory size 6 GB
Memory speed ~12 Gbps
Memory type GDDR6
Nvidia Optimus Yes
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 48
Shading units (cores) 1536
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 96

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen 15 (2021 AMD)
Backlight Yes
Key travel 1.5 mm
Keyboard type Island
Numpad No
Surface Plastic
Windows Precision Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen 15 (2021 AMD)
Channels 2x4 GB
Clock 3200 MHz
Max. ram size 64 GB
Total slots 2
Upgradable Yes

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen 15 (2021 AMD)
Dolby Atmos No
Loudness ~78 dB
Microphones 2
Speakers 2.0

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen 15 (2021 AMD)
Bus PCI-E Gen 3.0 (4x)
NVMe Yes
Storage type SSD (M2)

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