Dell XPS 16 (9640) vs Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5 Pro (16", Gen 7)

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

Dell XPS 16 (9640) leads overall with a score of 88/100 compared to Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5 Pro (16", Gen 7) (52/100), 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) Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5 Pro (16", Gen 7)
Battery Life 82.0 Very Good
Display 96.0 Excellent
Gaming 84.0 Very Good WINNER 18.0 Poor
NanoReview Score 88.0 Very Good WINNER 52.0 Below Average
Performance 89.0 Very Good WINNER 56.0 Below Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5 Pro (16", Gen 7)
Battery Wh 99.5 Wh
Battery type Li-Po
Charge power 100 / 135 W
Charging port position Left
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) Yes
Fast charging Yes
Replaceable No

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5 Pro (16", Gen 7)
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.92 kg (4.23 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5 Pro (16", Gen 7)
Screen Size 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400)
Ambient light sensor No
Aspect ratio 16:10
Coating Matte
Contrast 1200:1
HDR support No
PPI 189 ppi
Refresh rate 60 Hz
Resolution 2560 x 1600 pixels
Size 16 inches
Sync technology G-Sync (configurable)
Touchscreen No
Type IPS LCD
sRGB color space 100%

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5 Pro (16", Gen 7)
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) Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5 Pro (16", Gen 7)
Base frequency 3.2 GHz
Cores 8
Fabrication process 6 nm
Integrated GPU AMD Radeon 680M
L3 Cache 16 MB
Threads 16
Turbo frequency 4.7 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5 Pro (16", Gen 7)
Area 894 cm2(138.5 inches2)
Colors Gray
Cooling system Active
Dimensions 356 x 251 x 16.9 mm14.02 x 9.88 x 0.67 inches
Liquid metal No
Material Aluminum
Number of fans 2
Screen-to-body ratio ~83.1%
Side bezels 5.7 mm
Transformer No
Vapor chamber No
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.92 kg (4.23 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5 Pro (16", Gen 7)
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes
Bluetooth v5.1
DisplayPort No
Ethernet (RJ45) No
Fingerprint No
HDMI 1x HDMI 2.0
Infrared sensor Yes
Optical drive No
Proprietary charging port Yes
SD card reader Yes
Thunderbolt No
USB Type-C 1x USB 3.2
USB-A 2x USB 3.2
VGA No
Webcam Above the display
Webcam resolution 1920 x 1080
Wi-Fi standard v6

GPU Benchmarks

GPU Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5 Pro (16", Gen 7)
Blender GPU 370

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5 Pro (16", Gen 7)
FLOPS 3.2 TFLOPS
GPU base clock 1380 MHz
GPU boost clock 1560 MHz
GPU performance 3.2 TFLOPS
Memory bus 128 bit
Memory size 4 GB
Memory speed ~12 Gbps
Memory type GDDR6
Nvidia Optimus Yes, Advanced Optimus
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 32
Shading units (cores) 1024
TGP 35 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 64

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5 Pro (16", Gen 7)
Backlight Yes
Key travel 1.5 mm
Keyboard type Island
Numpad Yes
Surface Plastic
Windows Precision Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5 Pro (16", Gen 7)
Channels 2x8 GB
Clock 6400 MHz
Upgradable No

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5 Pro (16", Gen 7)
Audio chip Realtek ALC3287
Dolby Atmos Yes
Microphones 2
Power 2x2W
Speakers 2.0

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5 Pro (16", Gen 7)
Bus PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
NVMe Yes
Storage type SSD (M2)
Total slots 1

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