Dell XPS 16 (9640) vs Lenovo ThinkPad T1g Gen 9

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

Dell XPS 16 (9640) leads overall with a score of 88/100 compared to Lenovo ThinkPad T1g Gen 9 (59/100), 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 ThinkPad T1g Gen 9
Battery Life 82.0 Very Good
Display 96.0 Excellent
Gaming 84.0 Very Good WINNER 43.0 Poor
NanoReview Score 88.0 Very Good WINNER 59.0 Below Average
Performance 89.0 Very Good WINNER 76.0 Good

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad T1g Gen 9
Battery Wh 99.5 Wh
Battery type Li-Po
Charge power 140 W
Charging port position Left, Right
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) Yes, 140 W
Fast charging Yes
Full charging time 1:30 hr
Replaceable No

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad T1g Gen 9
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.8 kg (3.97 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad T1g Gen 9
Screen Size 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400)
Adaptive refresh rate No
Ambient light sensor Yes
Aspect ratio 16:10
Coating Matte
Contrast 1200:1
HDR support No
PPI 142 ppi
Refresh rate 60 Hz
Resolution 1920 x 1200 pixels
Size 16 inches
Sync technology Adaptive Sync
Touchscreen No
Type IPS LCD
sRGB color space 100%

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad T1g Gen 9
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 T1g Gen 9
Base frequency 1.9 GHz
Cores 16 (4P + 12E)
Fabrication process 2 nm
Integrated GPU Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core)
L3 Cache 18 MB
Threads 16
Turbo frequency 4.7 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad T1g Gen 9
Area 855 cm2(132.5 inches2)
Colors Black
Cooling system Active
Dimensions 354.4 x 241.2 x 15.8-20.6 mm13.95 x 9.5 x 0.62-0.81 inches
Liquid metal No
Material Aluminum
Number of fans 2
Opening angle 180°
Screen-to-body ratio ~86.8%
Side bezels 4.9 mm
Transformer No
Vapor chamber No
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.8 kg (3.97 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad T1g Gen 9
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes
Bluetooth v6.0
DisplayPort No
Ethernet (RJ45) No
Fingerprint Yes
HDMI 1x HDMI 2.1
Infrared sensor Yes
Optical drive No
Proprietary charging port No
SD card reader Yes
Thunderbolt Thunderbolt 5
USB Type-C 3x USB 4.0
USB-A 1x USB 3.2
VGA No
Webcam Above the display
Webcam resolution 2560 x 1440
Wi-Fi standard v7

GPU Benchmarks

GPU Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad T1g Gen 9
Blender GPU 2991
Solar Bay 44140

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad T1g Gen 9
FLOPS 13.4 TFLOPS
GPU performance 13.4 TFLOPS
Memory bus 128 bit
Memory size 8 GB
Memory speed ~24 Gbps
Memory type GDDR7
Nvidia Optimus Yes
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 48
Shading units (cores) 3328
TGP 75 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 104

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad T1g Gen 9
Backlight Yes
Key travel 1.5 mm
Keyboard type Island
Numpad No
Surface Glass
Windows Precision Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad T1g Gen 9
Channels 1x16 GB
Clock 8533 MHz
Upgradable No

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad T1g Gen 9
Audio chip Cirrus Logic CS42L43
Dolby Atmos Yes
Microphones 2
Power 2x2W
Speakers 2.0

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo ThinkPad T1g Gen 9
Bus PCI-E Gen 5.0 (4x)
NVMe Yes
Storage type SSD (M2)
Total slots 2

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