Dell XPS 16 (9640) vs LG Gram 16 (2021)

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

Dell XPS 16 (9640) leads overall with a score of 88/100 compared to LG Gram 16 (2021) (48/100), 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) LG Gram 16 (2021)
Battery Life 82.0 Very Good
Display 96.0 Excellent
Gaming 84.0 Very Good WINNER 21.0 Poor
NanoReview Score 88.0 Very Good WINNER 48.0 Poor
Performance 89.0 Very Good WINNER 37.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) LG Gram 16 (2021)
Battery Wh 99.5 Wh
Battery type Li-Ion
Charge power 65 W
Charging port position Left
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) Yes
Fast charging Yes
Replaceable No
Weight of AC adapter 292 grams

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) LG Gram 16 (2021)
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.19 kg (2.62 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) LG Gram 16 (2021)
Screen Size 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400)
Adobe RGB profile 83.7%
Ambient light sensor No
Aspect ratio 16:10
Coating Glossy
Contrast 1483:1
DCI-P3 color gamut 95.8%
HDR support No
PPI 189 ppi
Refresh rate 60 Hz
Resolution 2560 x 1600 pixels
Response time 32 ms
Size 16 inches
Sync technology No
Touchscreen No
Type IPS LCD
sRGB color space 99.8%

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) LG Gram 16 (2021)
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) LG Gram 16 (2021)
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) LG Gram 16 (2021)
Area 885 cm2(137.3 inches2)
Colors Black, Silver, Green
Cooling system Active
Dimensions 356.6 x 248.3 x 16.9 mm14.04 x 9.78 x 0.67 inches
Material Aluminum
Noise level (max. load) 31.1 dB
Number of fans 2
Opening angle 140°
Screen-to-body ratio ~83.8%
Side bezels 6 mm
Transformer No
Vapor chamber No
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.19 kg (2.62 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) LG Gram 16 (2021)
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes
Bluetooth v5.1
DisplayPort No
Ethernet (RJ45) No
Fingerprint Yes
HDMI 1x HDMI 2.0
Infrared sensor No
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) LG Gram 16 (2021)
FLOPS 1 TFLOPS
GPU base clock 400 MHz
GPU boost clock 1250 MHz
GPU performance 1 TFLOPS
Memory size System Shared
Memory speed 4.27 Gbps
Memory type LPDDR4X
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) LG Gram 16 (2021)
Backlight Yes
Key travel 1.6 mm
Keyboard type Island
Numpad Yes
Surface Glass
Windows Precision Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) LG Gram 16 (2021)
Channels 2x4 GB
Clock 4266 MHz
Total slots 2
Upgradable No

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) LG Gram 16 (2021)
Loudness ~76.1 dB
Microphones 2
Power 2x2W
Speakers 2.0

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) LG Gram 16 (2021)
Bus PCI-E Gen 3.0 (4x)
NVMe Yes
Storage type SSD (M2)

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