Dell XPS 16 (9640) vs Razer Blade 15 Advanced Edition (2021)

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

Dell XPS 16 (9640) leads overall with a score of 88/100 compared to Razer Blade 15 Advanced Edition (2021) (44/100), 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) Razer Blade 15 Advanced Edition (2021)
Battery Life 82.0 Very Good
Display 96.0 Excellent
Gaming 84.0 Very Good WINNER 29.0 Poor
NanoReview Score 88.0 Very Good WINNER 44.0 Poor
Performance 89.0 Very Good WINNER 49.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Razer Blade 15 Advanced Edition (2021)
Battery Wh 99.5 Wh
Battery type Li-Po
Charge power 230 W
Charging port position Left
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) Yes
Fast charging Yes
Replaceable No
Weight of AC adapter 617 grams

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Razer Blade 15 Advanced Edition (2021)
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 2.01 kg (4.43 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Razer Blade 15 Advanced Edition (2021)
Screen Size 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400)
Adobe RGB profile 66.9%
Ambient light sensor No
Aspect ratio 16:9
Coating Matte
Contrast 1400:1
HDR support No
PPI 141 ppi
Refresh rate 360 Hz
Resolution 1920 x 1080 pixels
Response time 2 ms
Size 15.6 inches
Sync technology G-Sync
Touchscreen No
Type IPS LCD
sRGB color space 97.1%

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Razer Blade 15 Advanced Edition (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) Razer Blade 15 Advanced Edition (2021)
Base frequency 2.3 GHz
Cores 8
Fabrication process 14 nm
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630
L3 Cache 16 MB
Threads 16
Turbo frequency 5.1 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Razer Blade 15 Advanced Edition (2021)
Area 834 cm2(129.3 inches2)
Colors Black
Cooling system Active
Dimensions 355 x 235 x 16.9 mm13.98 x 9.25 x 0.67 inches
Liquid metal No
Material Aluminum
Noise level (max. load) 51.6 dB
Number of fans 2
Screen-to-body ratio ~80.4%
Side bezels 4.8 mm
Transformer No
Vapor chamber Yes
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 2.01 kg (4.43 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Razer Blade 15 Advanced Edition (2021)
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes
Bluetooth v5.2
DisplayPort No
Ethernet (RJ45) No
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 2x USB 3.2
USB-A 3x USB 3.2
VGA No
Webcam Above the display
Webcam resolution 1920 x 720
Wi-Fi standard v6

GPU Benchmarks

GPU Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Razer Blade 15 Advanced Edition (2021)
Blender GPU 2019
Solar Bay 32717

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Razer Blade 15 Advanced Edition (2021)
FLOPS 10.7 TFLOPS
GPU base clock 1050 MHz
GPU boost clock 1402 MHz
GPU performance 10.7 TFLOPS
Memory bus 192 bit
Memory size 6 GB
Memory speed 12 Gbps
Memory type GDDR6
Nvidia Optimus MUX
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 48
Shading units (cores) 3840
TGP 70 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 120

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Razer Blade 15 Advanced Edition (2021)
Backlight Yes
Keyboard type Island
Numpad No
Surface Glass
Windows Precision Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Razer Blade 15 Advanced Edition (2021)
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) Razer Blade 15 Advanced Edition (2021)
Dolby Atmos Yes
Loudness ~84.6 dB
Microphones 4
Speakers 2.0

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Razer Blade 15 Advanced Edition (2021)
Bus PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
NVMe Yes
Storage type SSD (M2)

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