Dell XPS 16 (9640) vs Lenovo Legion Pro 7 Gen 8 (AMD, 2023)

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

Dell XPS 16 (9640) leads overall with a score of 88/100 compared to Lenovo Legion Pro 7 Gen 8 (AMD, 2023) (76/100), 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 Legion Pro 7 Gen 8 (AMD, 2023)
Battery Life 82.0 Very Good
Display 96.0 Excellent
Gaming 84.0 Very Good WINNER 80.0 Very Good
NanoReview Score 88.0 Very Good WINNER 76.0 Good
Performance 89.0 Very Good WINNER 86.0 Very Good

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Legion Pro 7 Gen 8 (AMD, 2023)
Battery Wh 99.5 Wh
Battery type Li-Po
Charge power 140 / 300 / 330 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 820 grams

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Legion Pro 7 Gen 8 (AMD, 2023)
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 2.8 kg (6.17 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Legion Pro 7 Gen 8 (AMD, 2023)
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 Yes, Dolby Vision
PPI 189 ppi
Refresh rate 240 Hz
Resolution 2560 x 1600 pixels
Response time 3 ms
Size 16 inches
Sync technology FreeSync
Touchscreen No
Type IPS LCD
sRGB color space 100%

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Legion Pro 7 Gen 8 (AMD, 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) Lenovo Legion Pro 7 Gen 8 (AMD, 2023)
Base frequency 2.5 GHz
Cores 16
Fabrication process 5 nm
Integrated GPU Radeon 610M
L3 Cache 64 MB
Threads 32
Turbo frequency 5.4 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Legion Pro 7 Gen 8 (AMD, 2023)
Area 953 cm2(147.7 inches2)
Colors Gray
Cooling system Active
Dimensions 363.4 x 262.15 x 21.95-25.9 mm14.31 x 10.32 x 0.86-1.02 inches
Liquid metal Yes
Material Aluminum
Noise level (max. load) 51.4 dB
Number of fans 2
Opening angle 180°
Screen-to-body ratio ~77.9%
Side bezels 9.4 mm
Transformer No
Vapor chamber Yes
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 2.8 kg (6.17 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Legion Pro 7 Gen 8 (AMD, 2023)
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 No
Thunderbolt No
USB Type-C 2x USB 3.2
USB-A 4x 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) Lenovo Legion Pro 7 Gen 8 (AMD, 2023)
Blender GPU 6363
Solar Bay 93891

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Legion Pro 7 Gen 8 (AMD, 2023)
FLOPS 37.6 TFLOPS
GPU base clock 1860 MHz
GPU boost clock 2280 MHz
GPU performance 37.6 TFLOPS
Memory bus 192 bit
Memory size 12 GB
Memory speed ~18 Gbps
Memory type GDDR6
Nvidia Optimus Yes, Advanced Optimus
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 80
Shading units (cores) 7424
TGP 175 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 232

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Legion Pro 7 Gen 8 (AMD, 2023)
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 Legion Pro 7 Gen 8 (AMD, 2023)
Channels 2x8 GB
Clock 5200 MHz
Max. ram size 32 GB
Total slots 2
Upgradable Yes

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Legion Pro 7 Gen 8 (AMD, 2023)
Audio chip Realtek ALC3306
Dolby Atmos No
Loudness ~82 dB
Microphones 2
Power 2x2W
Speakers 2.0

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Legion Pro 7 Gen 8 (AMD, 2023)
Bus PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
NVMe Yes
Storage type SSD (M2)

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