Dell XPS 16 (9640) vs Samsung Galaxy Book 6 Ultra

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

Dell XPS 16 (9640) leads overall with a score of 88/100 compared to Samsung Galaxy Book 6 Ultra (70/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Dell XPS 16 (9640):
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (88 vs 70)
  • + Higher Performance score (89 vs 75)
  • + Higher Gaming score (84 vs 46)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Dell XPS 16 (9640) Samsung Galaxy Book 6 Ultra
Battery Life 82.0 Very Good —
DeviceBenchmark Score 88.0 Very Good WINNER 70.0 Good
Display 96.0 Excellent —
Gaming 84.0 Very Good WINNER 46.0 Poor
Performance 89.0 Very Good WINNER 75.0 Good

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Samsung Galaxy Book 6 Ultra
Battery Wh 99.5 Wh —
Battery type — Li-Po
Charge power — 100 / 140 W
Charging port position — Left
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) — Yes, 140 W
Fast charging — Yes
Replaceable — No
Weight of AC adapter — 353 grams

Design

Design specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Samsung Galaxy Book 6 Ultra
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.79 kg (3.95 lbs)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Samsung Galaxy Book 6 Ultra
Screen Size 16.3 inches 4K+ OLED Touch (3840 x 2400) —
Adaptive refresh rate — Yes (30-120 Hz)
Adobe RGB profile — 85.3%
Ambient light sensor — Yes
Aspect ratio — 16:10
Coating — Glossy (Antireflective)
Contrast — 1000000:1
DCI-P3 color gamut — 100%
HDR support — Yes, HDR10
PPI — 212 ppi
Refresh rate — 120 Hz
Resolution — 2880 x 1800 pixels
Response time — 1 ms
Size — 16 inches
Sync technology — No
Touchscreen — Yes
Type — OLED
sRGB color space — 100%

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Samsung Galaxy Book 6 Ultra
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) Samsung Galaxy Book 6 Ultra
Base frequency — 1.9 GHz
Cores — 16 (4P + 12E)
Fabrication process — 2 nm
Integrated GPU — Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core)
L3 Cache — 18 MB
Threads — 16
Turbo frequency — 4.7 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Samsung Galaxy Book 6 Ultra
Area — 885 cm2(137.1 inches2)
Colors — Gray
Cooling system — Active
Dimensions — 356.9 x 248 x 15.4 mm14.05 x 9.76 x 0.61 inches
Liquid metal — No
Material — Aluminum
Noise level (max. load) — 48.5 dB
Number of fans — 2
Opening angle — 135°
Screen-to-body ratio — ~83.9%
Side bezels — 6.1 mm
Transformer — No
Vapor chamber — Yes
Weight 2.20 kg (4.85 lbs) CNC Aluminum 1.79 kg (3.95 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Samsung Galaxy Book 6 Ultra
Audio jack (3.5 mm) — Yes
Bluetooth — v5.4
DisplayPort — No
Ethernet (RJ45) — No
Fingerprint — Yes
HDMI — 1x HDMI 2.1
Infrared sensor — No
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 — v7

GPU Benchmarks

GPU Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Samsung Galaxy Book 6 Ultra
Blender GPU — 3344
Solar Bay — 49846

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Samsung Galaxy Book 6 Ultra
FLOPS — 15.3 TFLOPS
GPU performance — 15.3 TFLOPS
Memory bus — 128 bit
Memory size — 8 GB
Memory speed — ~24 Gbps
Memory type — GDDR7
Nvidia Optimus — Yes
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) — 48
Shading units (cores) — 3328
TGP — 90 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) — 104

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Samsung Galaxy Book 6 Ultra
Backlight — Yes
Keyboard type — Island
Numpad — No
Surface — Glass
Windows Precision — Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Samsung Galaxy Book 6 Ultra
Channels — 2x8 GB
Clock — 8533 MHz
Upgradable — No

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Samsung Galaxy Book 6 Ultra
Dolby Atmos — Yes
Loudness — ~85.6 dB
Microphones — 2
Speakers — 2.4 (2 tweeters and 4 woofers)

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Dell XPS 16 (9640) Samsung Galaxy Book 6 Ultra
Bus — PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
NVMe — Yes
Storage type — SSD (M2)
Total slots — 2

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