Dell XPS 16 (9640) vs Lenovo Yoga Pro 7a 15" (Gen 11)

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

Dell XPS 16 (9640) leads overall with a score of 88/100 compared to Lenovo Yoga Pro 7a 15" (Gen 11) (71/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Dell

Dell XPS 16 (9640)

88/100
· $1899
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Lenovo Yoga Pro 7a 15" (Gen 11)
Lenovo

Lenovo Yoga Pro 7a 15" (Gen 11)

71/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Yoga Pro 7a 15" (Gen 11)
Battery Life 82.0 Very Good —
Display 96.0 Excellent —
Gaming 84.0 Very Good WINNER 37.0 Poor
NanoReview Score 88.0 Very Good WINNER 71.0 Good
Performance 89.0 Very Good WINNER 77.0 Good

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Yoga Pro 7a 15" (Gen 11)
Battery Wh 99.5 Wh —
Battery type — Li-Po
Charge power — 140 W
Charging port position — Left, Right
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) — Yes, 180 W
Fast charging — Yes
Replaceable — No
Weight of AC adapter — 270 grams

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Yoga Pro 7a 15" (Gen 11)
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.71 kg (3.77 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Yoga Pro 7a 15" (Gen 11)
Screen Size 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400) —
Adaptive refresh rate — Yes
Adobe RGB profile — 100%
Ambient light sensor — Yes
Aspect ratio — 16:10
Coating — Glossy
Contrast — 1000000:1
DCI-P3 color gamut — 100%
HDR support — Yes, Dolby Vision
PPI — 197 ppi
Refresh rate — 165 Hz
Resolution — 2560 x 1600 pixels
Response time — 1 ms
Size — 15.3 inches
Sync technology — Adaptive Sync
Touchscreen — Yes
Type — OLED
sRGB color space — 100%

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Yoga Pro 7a 15" (Gen 11)
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 Yoga Pro 7a 15" (Gen 11)
Base frequency — 3.6 GHz
Cores — 8
Fabrication process — 4 nm
Integrated GPU — Radeon 8060S
L3 Cache — 32 MB
Threads — 16
Turbo frequency — 5 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Yoga Pro 7a 15" (Gen 11)
Area — 840 cm2(130.2 inches2)
Colors — Gray
Cooling system — Active
Dimensions — 347 x 242 x 16.7 mm13.66 x 9.53 x 0.66 inches
Liquid metal — No
Material — Aluminum
Number of fans — 2
Opening angle — 170°
Screen-to-body ratio — ~80.8%
Side bezels — 8.8 mm
Transformer — No
Vapor chamber — No
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.71 kg (3.77 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Yoga Pro 7a 15" (Gen 11)
Audio jack (3.5 mm) — Yes
Bluetooth — v5.4
DisplayPort — No
Ethernet (RJ45) — No
Fingerprint — No
HDMI — 1x HDMI 2.1
Infrared sensor — Yes
Optical drive — No
Proprietary charging port — No
SD card reader — Yes
Thunderbolt — No
USB Type-C — 2x USB 4.0
USB-A — 2x 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 Yoga Pro 7a 15" (Gen 11)
Blender GPU — 1283
Solar Bay — 48117

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Yoga Pro 7a 15" (Gen 11)
FLOPS — 14.8 TFLOPS
GPU base clock — 1295 MHz
GPU boost clock — 2900 MHz
GPU performance — 14.8 TFLOPS
Memory size — System Shared
Memory speed — 8 Gbps
Memory type — LPDDR5X
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) — 64
Shading units (cores) — 2560
TGP — 55 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) — 160

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Yoga Pro 7a 15" (Gen 11)
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 Yoga Pro 7a 15" (Gen 11)
Channels — 2x16 GB
Clock — 8000 MHz
Upgradable — No

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Yoga Pro 7a 15" (Gen 11)
Audio chip — Realtek ALC3306
Dolby Atmos — No
Microphones — 4
Power — 2x2W, 2x2W
Speakers — 2.2 (2 tweeters and 2 woofers)

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Lenovo Yoga Pro 7a 15" (Gen 11)
Bus — PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
NVMe — Yes
Storage type — SSD (M2)
Total slots — 2

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