Dell XPS 16 (9640) vs MSI Stealth GS77

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

Dell XPS 16 (9640) leads overall with a score of 88/100 compared to MSI Stealth GS77 (53/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Dell XPS 16 (9640):
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (88 vs 53)
  • + Higher Performance score (89 vs 66)
  • + Higher Gaming score (84 vs 41)
[ WINNER ]
Dell XPS 16 (9640)
Dell

Dell XPS 16 (9640)

88/100
· $1899
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Stealth GS77
Battery Life 82.0 Very Good —
DeviceBenchmark Score 88.0 Very Good WINNER 53.0 Below Average
Display 96.0 Excellent —
Gaming 84.0 Very Good WINNER 41.0 Poor
Performance 89.0 Very Good WINNER 66.0 Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Stealth GS77
Battery Wh 99.5 Wh —
Battery type — Li-Po
Charge power — 240 W
Charging port position — Bottom
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) — Yes
Fast charging — Yes
Full charging time — 2:30 hr
Replaceable — No
Weight of AC adapter — 708 grams

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Stealth GS77
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 2.8 kg (6.17 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Stealth GS77
Screen Size 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400) —
Ambient light sensor — Yes
Aspect ratio — 16:9
Coating — Matte
PPI — 127 ppi
Refresh rate — 360 Hz
Resolution — 1920 x 1080 pixels
Response time — 3 ms
Size — 17.3 inches
Sync technology — G-Sync
Touchscreen — No
Type — IPS LCD
sRGB color space — 100%

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Stealth GS77
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 GS77
Base frequency — 2.3 GHz
Cores — 14 (6P + 8E)
Fabrication process — 10 nm
Integrated GPU — Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)
L3 Cache — 24 MB
Threads — 20
Turbo frequency — 4.7 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Stealth GS77
Area — 1127 cm2(174.7 inches2)
Colors — Black
Cooling system — Active
Dimensions — 397.6 x 283.5 x 20.1-20.8 mm15.65 x 11.16 x 0.79-0.82 inches
Material — Aluminum
Noise level (max. load) — 56.8 dB
Number of fans — 2
Opening angle — 130°
Screen-to-body ratio — ~73.2%
Side bezels — 7.3 mm
Transformer — No
Vapor chamber — No
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 2.8 kg (6.17 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Stealth GS77
Audio jack (3.5 mm) — Yes
Bluetooth — v5.2
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 — Yes
Thunderbolt — Thunderbolt 4
USB Type-C — 1x USB 3.2
USB-A — 2x USB 3.2
VGA — No
Webcam — Above the display
Webcam resolution — 1920 x 1080
Wi-Fi standard — v6E

GPU Benchmarks

GPU Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Stealth GS77
Blender GPU — 2812
Solar Bay — 44894

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Stealth GS77
FLOPS — 15 TFLOPS
GPU performance — 15 TFLOPS
Memory bus — 256 bit
Memory size — 8 GB
Memory speed — ~12-14 Gbps
Memory type — GDDR6
Nvidia Optimus — Yes
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) — 80
Shading units (cores) — 5120
TGP — 105 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) — 160

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Stealth GS77
Backlight — Yes
Keyboard type — Island
Numpad — No
Windows Precision — Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Stealth GS77
Channels — 2x8 GB
Clock — 4800 MHz
Max. ram size — 64 GB
Total slots — 2
Upgradable — Yes

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Stealth GS77
Dolby Atmos — No
Loudness — ~84.8 dB
Microphones — 2
Power — 6x2W
Speakers — 2.4 (2 tweeters and 4 woofers)

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) MSI Stealth GS77
Bus — PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
NVMe — Yes
Storage type — SSD (M2)

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