Dell XPS 16 (9640) vs HP Victus 16 (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 Victus 16 (2021 AMD) (37/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Dell XPS 16 (9640):
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (88 vs 37)
  • + Higher Performance score (89 vs 43)
  • + Higher Gaming score (84 vs 19)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Victus 16 (2021 AMD)
Battery Life 82.0 Very Good —
DeviceBenchmark Score 88.0 Very Good WINNER 37.0 Poor
Display 96.0 Excellent —
Gaming 84.0 Very Good WINNER 19.0 Poor
Performance 89.0 Very Good WINNER 43.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Victus 16 (2021 AMD)
Battery Wh 99.5 Wh —
Battery type — Li-Po
Charge power — 200 W
Charging port position — Left
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 Victus 16 (2021 AMD)
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 2.4 kg (5.29 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Victus 16 (2021 AMD)
Screen Size 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400) —
Adobe RGB profile — 73.2%
Ambient light sensor — No
Aspect ratio — 16:9
Coating — Matte
Contrast — 1203:1
DCI-P3 color gamut — 72.6%
HDR support — No
PPI — 137 ppi
Refresh rate — 144 Hz
Resolution — 1920 x 1080 pixels
Response time — 12 ms
Size — 16.1 inches
Sync technology — FreeSync
Touchscreen — No
Type — IPS LCD
sRGB color space — 100%

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Victus 16 (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 Victus 16 (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 Victus 16 (2021 AMD)
Area — 962 cm2(149.2 inches2)
Colors — White, Silver, Blue
Cooling system — Active
Dimensions — 370 x 260 x 23.5 mm14.57 x 10.24 x 0.93 inches
Material — Plastic
Noise level (max. load) — 52 dB
Number of fans — 2
Opening angle — 130°
Screen-to-body ratio — ~74.3%
Side bezels — 6.8 mm
Transformer — No
Vapor chamber — No
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 2.4 kg (5.29 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Victus 16 (2021 AMD)
Audio jack (3.5 mm) — Yes
Bluetooth — v5.2
DisplayPort — No
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 4.0
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 Victus 16 (2021 AMD)
Blender GPU — 347

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Victus 16 (2021 AMD)
FLOPS — 4.6 TFLOPS
GPU base clock — 1375 MHz
GPU boost clock — 1645 MHz
GPU performance — 4.6 TFLOPS
Memory bus — 128 bit
Memory size — 4 GB
Memory speed — ~14 Gbps
Memory type — GDDR6
Nvidia Optimus — Yes
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) — 32
Shading units (cores) — 1408
Texture mapping units (TMUs) — 88

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Victus 16 (2021 AMD)
Backlight — Yes
Key travel — 1.7 mm
Keyboard type — Island
Numpad — Yes
Surface — Plastic
Windows Precision — Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Victus 16 (2021 AMD)
Channels — 2x4 GB
Clock — 3200 MHz
Max. ram size — 32 GB
Total slots — 2
Upgradable — Yes

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) HP Victus 16 (2021 AMD)
Audio chip — Realtek ALC245
Dolby Atmos — No
Loudness — ~78 dB
Microphones — 2
Speakers — 2.0

Storage

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

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