Dell XPS 16 (9640) vs HP Pavilion Plus 16 (2023)

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

Dell XPS 16 (9640) leads overall with a score of 88/100 compared to HP Pavilion Plus 16 (2023) (58/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Dell XPS 16 (9640):
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (88 vs 58)
  • + Higher Performance score (89 vs 62)
  • + Higher Gaming score (84 vs 23)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Pavilion Plus 16 (2023)
Battery Life 82.0 Very Good —
DeviceBenchmark Score 88.0 Very Good WINNER 58.0 Below Average
Display 96.0 Excellent —
Gaming 84.0 Very Good WINNER 23.0 Poor
Performance 89.0 Very Good WINNER 62.0 Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Pavilion Plus 16 (2023)
Battery Wh 99.5 Wh —
Battery type — Li-Po
Cable length — 1 meters
Charge power — 90 / 135 W
Charging port position — Right
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) — Yes
Fast charging — Yes
Replaceable — No
Weight of AC adapter — 500 grams

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Pavilion Plus 16 (2023)
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.89 kg (4.17 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Pavilion Plus 16 (2023)
Screen Size 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400) —
Adobe RGB profile — 76.5%
Ambient light sensor — No
Aspect ratio — 16:10
Coating — Matte
Contrast — 1185:1
DCI-P3 color gamut — 74.6%
HDR support — No
PPI — 189 ppi
Refresh rate — 120 Hz
Resolution — 2560 x 1600 pixels
Response time — 8 ms
Size — 16 inches
Sync technology — No
Touchscreen — No
Type — IPS LCD
sRGB color space — 100%

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Pavilion Plus 16 (2023)
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 Pavilion Plus 16 (2023)
Base frequency — 2.6 GHz
Cores — 12 (4P + 8E)
Fabrication process — 10 nm
Integrated GPU — Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)
L3 Cache — 18 MB
Threads — 16
Turbo frequency — 4.7 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Pavilion Plus 16 (2023)
Area — 905 cm2(140.3 inches2)
Colors — Silver, Gold
Cooling system — Active
Dimensions — 357 x 253.5 x 17.7 mm14.06 x 9.98 x 0.7 inches
Liquid metal — No
Material — Top: AluminumMiddle: PlasticBottom: Plastic
Noise level (max. load) — 42.1 dB
Number of fans — 2
Screen-to-body ratio — ~82%
Side bezels — 6.2 mm
Transformer — No
Vapor chamber — No
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.89 kg (4.17 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Pavilion Plus 16 (2023)
Audio jack (3.5 mm) — Yes
Bluetooth — v5.3
DisplayPort — No
Ethernet (RJ45) — No
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 — 2x USB 3.2
VGA — No
Webcam — Above the display
Webcam resolution — 2560 x 1440
Wi-Fi standard — v6E

GPU Benchmarks

GPU Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Pavilion Plus 16 (2023)
Blender GPU — 1096
Solar Bay — 21069

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Pavilion Plus 16 (2023)
FLOPS — 6.7 TFLOPS
GPU base clock — 1403 MHz
GPU boost clock — 1635 MHz
GPU performance — 6.7 TFLOPS
Memory bus — 128 bit
Memory size — 6 GB
Memory speed — 12 Gbps
Memory type — GDDR6
Nvidia Optimus — Yes
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) — 40
Shading units (cores) — 2048
TGP — 75 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) — 64

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Pavilion Plus 16 (2023)
Backlight — Yes
Key travel — 1.6 mm
Keyboard type — Island
Numpad — Yes
Surface — Plastic
Windows Precision — Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Pavilion Plus 16 (2023)
Channels — 2x8 GB
Clock — 5200 MHz
Upgradable — No

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Pavilion Plus 16 (2023)
Dolby Atmos — No
Loudness — ~74.2 dB
Microphones — 2
Speakers — 2.0

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Pavilion Plus 16 (2023)
Bus — PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
NVMe — Yes
Storage type — SSD (M2)
Total slots — 1

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