Dell XPS 16 (9640) vs Lenovo ThinkPad L13 Gen 2 (Intel)

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

Dell XPS 16 (9640) leads overall with a score of 88/100 compared to Lenovo ThinkPad L13 Gen 2 (Intel) (39/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Dell XPS 16 (9640):
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (88 vs 39)
  • + Higher Performance score (89 vs 34)
  • + Higher Gaming score (84 vs 21)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad L13 Gen 2 (Intel)
Battery Life 82.0 Very Good —
DeviceBenchmark Score 88.0 Very Good WINNER 39.0 Poor
Display 96.0 Excellent —
Gaming 84.0 Very Good WINNER 21.0 Poor
Performance 89.0 Very Good WINNER 34.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad L13 Gen 2 (Intel)
Battery Wh 99.5 Wh —
Battery type — Li-Po
Charge power — 45 / 65 W
Charging port position — Left
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) — Yes
Fast charging — Yes
Replaceable — No
Weight of AC adapter — 355 grams

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad L13 Gen 2 (Intel)
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.38 kg (3.04 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad L13 Gen 2 (Intel)
Screen Size 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400) —
Ambient light sensor — No
Aspect ratio — 16:9
Coating — Matte
Contrast — 500:1
HDR support — No
PPI — 118 ppi
Refresh rate — 60 Hz
Resolution — 1366 x 768 pixels
Size — 13.3 inches
Sync technology — No
Touchscreen — No
Type — TN LCD

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad L13 Gen 2 (Intel)
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 ThinkPad L13 Gen 2 (Intel)
Base frequency — 1.7-3.0 GHz
Cores — 2
Fabrication process — 10 nm
Integrated GPU — Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4
L3 Cache — 6 MB
Threads — 4
Turbo frequency — 4.1 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad L13 Gen 2 (Intel)
Area — 681 cm2(105.7 inches2)
Colors — Black, Gray
Cooling system — Active
Dimensions — 311.3 x 218.9 x 17.6 mm12.26 x 8.62 x 0.69 inches
Liquid metal — No
Material — Top: AluminumMiddle: PlasticBottom: Plastic
Noise level (max. load) — 36.3 dB
Number of fans — 1
Opening angle — 180°
Screen-to-body ratio — ~71.5%
Side bezels — 8.5 mm
Transformer — No
Vapor chamber — No
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.38 kg (3.04 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad L13 Gen 2 (Intel)
Audio jack (3.5 mm) — Yes
Bluetooth — v5.2
DisplayPort — No
Ethernet (RJ45) — No
Fingerprint — Optional
HDMI — 1x HDMI 2.0
Infrared sensor — Yes
Optical drive — No
Proprietary charging port — No
SD card reader — Yes
Thunderbolt — Thunderbolt 4
USB Type-C — 2x USB 4.0
USB-A — 2x USB 3.2
VGA — No
Webcam — Above the display
Webcam resolution — 1280 x 720
Wi-Fi standard — v6

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad L13 Gen 2 (Intel)
FLOPS — 1 TFLOPS
GPU base clock — 400 MHz
GPU boost clock — 1250 MHz
GPU performance — 1 TFLOPS
Memory size — System Shared
Memory speed — 3.2 Gbps
Memory type — DDR4
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) — 12
Shading units (cores) — 384
TGP — 15 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) — 24

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad L13 Gen 2 (Intel)
Backlight — Yes
Key travel — 1.5 mm
Keyboard type — Island
Numpad — No
Surface — Plastic
Windows Precision — Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad L13 Gen 2 (Intel)
Channels — 1x4 GB
Clock — 3200 MHz
Upgradable — No

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad L13 Gen 2 (Intel)
Audio chip — Synaptic CX11880
Dolby Atmos — Yes
Loudness — ~77.6 dB
Microphones — 2
Power — 2x2W
Speakers — 2.0

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad L13 Gen 2 (Intel)
Bus — PCI-E Gen 3.0 (4x)
NVMe — Yes
Storage type — SSD (M2)
Total slots — 1

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