Dell XPS 16 (9640) vs MSI Stealth A16 AI+ (2025)

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

Dell XPS 16 (9640) leads overall with a score of 88/100 compared to MSI Stealth A16 AI+ (2025) (56/100), 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 Stealth A16 AI+ (2025)
Battery Life 82.0 Very Good
Display 96.0 Excellent
Gaming 84.0 Very Good WINNER 35.0 Poor
NanoReview Score 88.0 Very Good WINNER 56.0 Below Average
Performance 89.0 Very Good WINNER 73.0 Good

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Stealth A16 AI+ (2025)
Battery Wh 99.5 Wh
Battery type Li-Po
Charge power 240 W
Charging port position Left
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) Yes, 100 W
Fast charging Yes
Replaceable No

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Stealth A16 AI+ (2025)
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 2.1 kg (4.63 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Stealth A16 AI+ (2025)
Screen Size 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400)
Ambient light sensor Yes
Aspect ratio 16:10
Coating Matte
DCI-P3 color gamut 100%
HDR support No
PPI 189 ppi
Refresh rate 240 Hz
Resolution 2560 x 1600 pixels
Size 16 inches
Sync technology No
Touchscreen No
Type IPS LCD

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Stealth A16 AI+ (2025)
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 Stealth A16 AI+ (2025)
Base frequency 2.0 GHz
Cores 10 (4P + 6E)
Fabrication process 4 nm
Integrated GPU AMD Radeon 880M
L3 Cache 24 MB
Threads 20
Turbo frequency 5 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Stealth A16 AI+ (2025)
Area 924 cm2(143.2 inches2)
Colors Black
Cooling system Active
Dimensions 355.8 x 259.7 x 19.95 mm14.01 x 10.22 x 0.79 inches
Liquid metal No
Material Aluminum
Number of fans 2
Opening angle 180°
Screen-to-body ratio ~80.3%
Side bezels 5.6 mm
Transformer No
Vapor chamber No
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 2.1 kg (4.63 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Stealth A16 AI+ (2025)
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes
Bluetooth v5.4
DisplayPort No
Ethernet (RJ45) Yes
Fingerprint No
HDMI 1x HDMI 2.1
Infrared sensor Yes
Optical drive No
Proprietary charging port Yes
SD card reader No
Thunderbolt Thunderbolt 4
USB Type-C 1x USB 4.0
USB-A 2x USB 3.2
VGA No
Webcam Above the display
Webcam resolution 1920 x 1080
Wi-Fi standard v7

GPU Benchmarks

GPU Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Stealth A16 AI+ (2025)
Blender GPU 2612
Solar Bay 34348

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Stealth A16 AI+ (2025)
FLOPS 11.7 TFLOPS
GPU base clock 1905 MHz
GPU boost clock 2280 MHz
GPU performance 11.7 TFLOPS
Memory bus 96 bit
Memory size 6 GB
Memory speed ~16 Gbps
Memory type GDDR6
Nvidia Optimus MUX
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 32
Shading units (cores) 2560
TGP 105 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 80

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Stealth A16 AI+ (2025)
Backlight Yes
Keyboard type Island
Numpad Yes
Windows Precision Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Stealth A16 AI+ (2025)
Channels 2x8 GB
Clock 7500 MHz
Upgradable No

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Stealth A16 AI+ (2025)
Dolby Atmos No
Microphones 2
Power 2x2W, 4x2W
Speakers 2.4 (2 tweeters and 4 woofers)

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Stealth A16 AI+ (2025)
Bus PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
NVMe Yes
Storage type SSD (M2)
Total slots 2

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