Dell XPS 16 (9640) vs Microsoft Surface Go 4

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

Dell XPS 16 (9640) leads overall with a score of 88/100 compared to Microsoft Surface Go 4 (47/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Dell

Dell XPS 16 (9640)

88/100
· $1899
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Microsoft Surface Go 4
Microsoft

Microsoft Surface Go 4

47/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Dell XPS 16 (9640) Microsoft Surface Go 4
Battery Life 82.0 Very Good —
Display 96.0 Excellent —
Gaming 84.0 Very Good WINNER 14.0 Poor
NanoReview Score 88.0 Very Good WINNER 47.0 Poor
Performance 89.0 Very Good WINNER 23.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Microsoft Surface Go 4
Battery Wh 99.5 Wh —
Battery type — Li-Po
Charge power — 24 W
Charging port position — Right
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) — Yes
Fast charging — Yes
Replaceable — No

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Microsoft Surface Go 4
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 0.52 kg (1.15 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Microsoft Surface Go 4
Screen Size 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400) —
Ambient light sensor — Yes
Aspect ratio — 3:2
Coating — Glossy
Contrast — 1500:1
HDR support — No
PPI — 220 ppi
Refresh rate — 60 Hz
Resolution — 1920 x 1280 pixels
Size — 10.5 inches
Sync technology — No
Touchscreen — Yes
Type — IPS LCD

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Microsoft Surface Go 4
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) Microsoft Surface Go 4
Base frequency — 0 GHz
Cores — 4 (0P + 4E)
Fabrication process — 10 nm
Integrated GPU — Intel UHD Graphics (32 EU)
L3 Cache — 6 MB
Threads — 4

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Microsoft Surface Go 4
Area — 429 cm2(66.5 inches2)
Colors — Gray
Cooling system — Active
Dimensions — 245 x 175 x 8.3 mm9.65 x 6.89 x 0.33 inches
Liquid metal — No
Number of fans — 1
Opening angle — 360°
Screen-to-body ratio — ~76.5%
Side bezels — 11.5 mm
Transformer — Yes
Vapor chamber — No
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 0.52 kg (1.15 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Microsoft Surface Go 4
Audio jack (3.5 mm) — Yes
Bluetooth — v5.1
DisplayPort — No
Ethernet (RJ45) — No
Fingerprint — No
HDMI — No
Infrared sensor — Yes
Optical drive — No
Proprietary charging port — Yes
SD card reader — Yes
Thunderbolt — No
USB Type-C — 1x USB 3.1
USB-A — No
VGA — No
Webcam — Above the display
Webcam resolution — 1920 x 1080
Wi-Fi standard — v6

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Microsoft Surface Go 4
FLOPS — 0.4 TFLOPS
GPU base clock — 300 MHz
GPU boost clock — 750 MHz
GPU performance — 0.4 TFLOPS
Memory size — System Shared
Memory speed — 4.8 Gbps
Memory type — LPDDR5
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) — 8
Shading units (cores) — 256
TGP — 15 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) — 16

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Microsoft Surface Go 4
Channels — 2x4 GB
Clock — 4800 MHz
Upgradable — No

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Microsoft Surface Go 4
Dolby Atmos — Yes
Microphones — 2
Speakers — 2.0

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Microsoft Surface Go 4
Bus — Custom
NVMe — No

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