Dell XPS 16 (9640) vs MSI Prestige 14 Evo (13th Gen)

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

Dell XPS 16 (9640) leads overall with a score of 88/100 compared to MSI Prestige 14 Evo (13th Gen) (51/100), 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) MSI Prestige 14 Evo (13th Gen)
Battery Life 82.0 Very Good
Display 96.0 Excellent
Gaming 84.0 Very Good WINNER 9.0 Poor
NanoReview Score 88.0 Very Good WINNER 51.0 Below Average
Performance 89.0 Very Good WINNER 62.0 Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Prestige 14 Evo (13th Gen)
Battery Wh 99.5 Wh
Battery type Li-Po
Charge power 100 W
Charging port position Left
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) Yes
Fast charging Yes
Replaceable No

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Prestige 14 Evo (13th Gen)
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.49 kg (3.29 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Prestige 14 Evo (13th Gen)
Screen Size 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400)
Ambient light sensor Yes
Aspect ratio 16:10
Coating Matte
HDR support No
PPI 162 ppi
Refresh rate 60 Hz
Resolution 1920 x 1200 pixels
Size 14 inches
Sync technology No
Touchscreen No
Type IPS LCD

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Prestige 14 Evo (13th Gen)
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) MSI Prestige 14 Evo (13th Gen)
Base frequency 2.6 GHz
Cores 12 (4P + 8E)
Fabrication process 10 nm
Integrated GPU Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)
L3 Cache 18 MB
Threads 16
Turbo frequency 4.7 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Prestige 14 Evo (13th Gen)
Area 714 cm2(110.7 inches2)
Colors Silver
Cooling system Active
Dimensions 314 x 227.5 x 17.9 mm12.36 x 8.96 x 0.7 inches
Liquid metal No
Material Aluminum
Opening angle 180°
Screen-to-body ratio ~79.6%
Side bezels 6.3 mm
Transformer No
Vapor chamber No
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.49 kg (3.29 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Prestige 14 Evo (13th Gen)
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes
Bluetooth v5.3
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 4
USB Type-C 2x USB 4.0
USB-A 1x USB 3.2
VGA No
Webcam Above the display
Webcam resolution 1920 x 1080
Wi-Fi standard v6E

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Prestige 14 Evo (13th Gen)
FLOPS 1.9 TFLOPS
GPU base clock 300 MHz
GPU boost clock 1450 MHz
GPU performance 1.9 TFLOPS
Memory size System Shared
Memory speed 4.8 Gbps
Memory type LPDDR5
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 20
Shading units (cores) 640
TGP 15 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 40

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Prestige 14 Evo (13th Gen)
Backlight Yes
Keyboard type Island
Numpad No
Surface Plastic
Windows Precision Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Prestige 14 Evo (13th Gen)
Channels 2x8 GB
Clock 4800 MHz
Upgradable No

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Prestige 14 Evo (13th Gen)
Dolby Atmos No
Microphones 2
Power 2x2W
Speakers 2.0

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Prestige 14 Evo (13th Gen)
Bus PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
NVMe Yes
Storage type SSD (M2)
Total slots 1

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