Dell XPS 16 (9640) vs HP Spectre x360 14 (2024)

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

Dell XPS 16 (9640) leads overall with a score of 88/100 compared to HP Spectre x360 14 (2024) (65/100), 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 Spectre x360 14 (2024)
Battery Life 82.0 Very Good
Display 96.0 Excellent
Gaming 84.0 Very Good WINNER 17.0 Poor
NanoReview Score 88.0 Very Good WINNER 65.0 Average
Performance 89.0 Very Good WINNER 57.0 Below Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Spectre x360 14 (2024)
Battery Wh 99.5 Wh
Battery type Li-Po
Charge power 65 W
Charging port position Right
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) Yes
Fast charging Yes
Full charging time 2:20 hr
Replaceable No
Weight of AC adapter 310 grams

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Spectre x360 14 (2024)
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.44 kg (3.18 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Spectre x360 14 (2024)
Screen Size 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400)
Adobe RGB profile 89.3%
Ambient light sensor Yes
Aspect ratio 16:10
Coating Glossy (Antireflective)
Contrast 1000000:1
DCI-P3 color gamut 99.8%
HDR support Yes, HDR10
PPI 243 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz
Resolution 2880 x 1800 pixels
Response time 1 ms
Size 14 inches
Sync technology No
Touchscreen Yes
Type OLED
sRGB color space 100%

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Spectre x360 14 (2024)
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 Spectre x360 14 (2024)
Base frequency 1.2 GHz
Cores 14 (4P + 10E)
Fabrication process 7 nm
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (7-Cores)
L3 Cache 18 MB
Threads 18
Turbo frequency 4.5 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Spectre x360 14 (2024)
Area 691 cm2(107.2 inches2)
Colors Silver, Gray
Cooling system Active
Dimensions 313.7 x 220.4 x 16.9 mm12.35 x 8.68 x 0.67 inches
Liquid metal No
Material Aluminum
Noise level (max. load) 32.6 dB
Number of fans 2
Opening angle 360°
Screen-to-body ratio ~82.2%
Side bezels 6.1 mm
Transformer Yes
Vapor chamber No
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.44 kg (3.18 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Spectre x360 14 (2024)
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes
Bluetooth v5.4
DisplayPort No
Ethernet (RJ45) No
Fingerprint Yes
HDMI No
Infrared sensor Yes
Optical drive No
Proprietary charging port No
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
Wi-Fi standard v7

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Spectre x360 14 (2024)
FLOPS 3.9 TFLOPS
GPU base clock 300 MHz
GPU boost clock 2200 MHz
GPU performance 3.9 TFLOPS
Memory size System Shared
Memory speed 7.47 Gbps
Memory type LPDDR5X
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 24
Shading units (cores) 896
TGP 28 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 56

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Spectre x360 14 (2024)
Backlight Yes
Keyboard type Island
Numpad No
Surface Glass
Windows Precision Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Spectre x360 14 (2024)
Channels 2x8 GB
Clock 7467 MHz
Upgradable No

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Spectre x360 14 (2024)
Dolby Atmos No
Loudness ~84.4 dB
Microphones 2
Speakers 2.2 (2 tweeters and 2 woofers)

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Spectre x360 14 (2024)
Bus PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
NVMe Yes
Storage type SSD (M2)
Total slots 1

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