Dell XPS 16 (9640) vs HP Omen Transcend 16

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

Dell XPS 16 (9640) leads overall with a score of 88/100 compared to HP Omen Transcend 16 (52/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Dell

Dell XPS 16 (9640)

88/100
· $1899
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HP Omen Transcend 16
HP

HP Omen Transcend 16

52/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen Transcend 16
Battery Life 82.0 Very Good —
Display 96.0 Excellent —
Gaming 84.0 Very Good WINNER 36.0 Poor
NanoReview Score 88.0 Very Good WINNER 52.0 Below Average
Performance 89.0 Very Good WINNER 68.0 Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen Transcend 16
Battery Wh 99.5 Wh —
Battery type — Li-Po
Cable length — 1 meters
Charge power — 200 / 230 / 280 W
Charging port position — Left, Bottom
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) — Yes
Fast charging — Yes
Full charging time — 1:30 hr
Replaceable — No
Weight of AC adapter — 530 / 790 / 920 grams

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen Transcend 16
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 2.09 kg (4.61 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen Transcend 16
Screen Size 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400) —
Ambient light sensor — Yes
Aspect ratio — 16:10
Coating — Matte
HDR support — No
PPI — 142 ppi
Refresh rate — 165 Hz
Resolution — 1920 x 1200 pixels
Response time — 7 ms
Size — 16 inches
Sync technology — G-Sync
Touchscreen — No
Type — IPS LCD
sRGB color space — 100%

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen Transcend 16
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 Transcend 16
Base frequency — 2.1 GHz
Cores — 16 (8P + 8E)
Fabrication process — 10 nm
Integrated GPU — Intel UHD Graphics (32EU)
L3 Cache — 30 MB
Threads — 24
Turbo frequency — 5 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen Transcend 16
Area — 959 cm2(148.7 inches2)
Colors — White, Black
Cooling system — Active
Dimensions — 356.61 x 268.98 x 19.81 mm14.04 x 10.59 x 0.78 inches
Liquid metal — No
Material — Aluminum
Max. fan speed (RPM) — 5000 RPM
Noise level (max. load) — 47 dB
Number of fans — 2
Opening angle — 180°
Screen-to-body ratio — ~77.4%
Side bezels — 6 mm
Transformer — No
Vapor chamber — No
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 2.09 kg (4.61 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen Transcend 16
Audio jack (3.5 mm) — Yes
Bluetooth — v5.3
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 — No
Thunderbolt — Thunderbolt 4
USB Type-C — 2x USB 4.0
USB-A — 1x 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) HP Omen Transcend 16
Blender GPU — 2604
Solar Bay — 33977

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen Transcend 16
FLOPS — 11.4 TFLOPS
GPU base clock — 1905 MHz
GPU boost clock — 2220 MHz
GPU performance — 11.4 TFLOPS
Memory bus — 96 bit
Memory size — 6 GB
Memory speed — ~16 Gbps
Memory type — GDDR6
Nvidia Optimus — MUX
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) — 32
Shading units (cores) — 2560
TGP — 95 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) — 80

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen Transcend 16
Backlight — Yes
Keyboard type — Island
Numpad — No
Surface — Plastic
Windows Precision — Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen Transcend 16
Channels — 1x8 GB
Clock — 5600 MHz
Max. ram size — 32 GB
Total slots — 2
Upgradable — Yes

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen Transcend 16
Dolby Atmos — No
Loudness — ~82 dB
Microphones — 2
Power — 2x2W
Speakers — 2.0

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Omen Transcend 16
Bus — PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
NVMe — Yes
Storage type — SSD (M2)

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