Dell XPS 16 (9640) vs Lenovo Legion Pro 7i Gen 9 (16IRX9H, 2024)

[ 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 7i Gen 9 (16IRX9H, 2024) (76/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Dell XPS 16 (9640):
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (88 vs 76)
  • + Higher Performance score (89 vs 84)
  • + Higher Gaming score (84 vs 80)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Legion Pro 7i Gen 9 (16IRX9H, 2024)
Battery Life 82.0 Very Good —
DeviceBenchmark Score 88.0 Very Good WINNER 76.0 Good
Display 96.0 Excellent —
Gaming 84.0 Very Good WINNER 80.0 Very Good
Performance 89.0 Very Good WINNER 84.0 Very Good

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Legion Pro 7i Gen 9 (16IRX9H, 2024)
Battery Wh 99.5 Wh —
Battery type — Li-Po
Charge power — 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 — 1010 grams

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Legion Pro 7i Gen 9 (16IRX9H, 2024)
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 2.62 kg (5.78 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Legion Pro 7i Gen 9 (16IRX9H, 2024)
Screen Size 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400) —
Adaptive refresh rate — No
Adobe RGB profile — 86.7%
Ambient light sensor — No
Aspect ratio — 16:10
Coating — Matte
Contrast — 1200:1
DCI-P3 color gamut — 100%
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 — G-Sync
Touchscreen — No
Type — IPS LCD
sRGB color space — 99.9%

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Legion Pro 7i Gen 9 (16IRX9H, 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) Lenovo Legion Pro 7i Gen 9 (16IRX9H, 2024)
Base frequency — 2.2 GHz
Cores — 24 (8P + 16E)
Fabrication process — 10 nm
Integrated GPU — Intel UHD Graphics (32EU)
L3 Cache — 36 MB
Threads — 32
Turbo frequency — 5.8 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Legion Pro 7i Gen 9 (16IRX9H, 2024)
Area — 953 cm2(147.7 inches2)
Colors — Black
Cooling system — Active
Dimensions — 363.5 x 262.1 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) — 56 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 2.62 kg (5.78 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Legion Pro 7i Gen 9 (16IRX9H, 2024)
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 — Thunderbolt 4
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 7i Gen 9 (16IRX9H, 2024)
Blender GPU — 6499
Solar Bay — 96345

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Legion Pro 7i Gen 9 (16IRX9H, 2024)
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 — MUX
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 7i Gen 9 (16IRX9H, 2024)
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 7i Gen 9 (16IRX9H, 2024)
Channels — 1x8 GB
Clock — 5600 MHz
Max. ram size — 32 GB
Total slots — 2
Upgradable — Yes

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Legion Pro 7i Gen 9 (16IRX9H, 2024)
Audio chip — Realtek ALC3306
Dolby Atmos — No
Loudness — ~84 dB
Microphones — 2
Power — 2x2W
Speakers — 2.0

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Legion Pro 7i Gen 9 (16IRX9H, 2024)
Bus — PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
NVMe — Yes
Storage type — SSD (M2)

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