66 out of 100
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62 out of 100
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Review
Evaluation of Microsoft Surface Laptop 7 15 and Dell XPS 16 9640 (2024) important characteristics
Performance
System and application performance
Surface Laptop 7 15
75
XPS 16 9640 (2024)
76
Gaming
Performance in popular 3D games
Surface Laptop 7 15
81
XPS 16 9640 (2024)
41
Display
Viewing angle, color accuracy, brightness
Surface Laptop 7 15
48
XPS 16 9640 (2024)
50
Battery Life
Potential battery life in light and average use
Surface Laptop 7 15
76
XPS 16 9640 (2024)
62
Connectivity
Ports, webcam and other interfaces
Portability
Design, materials, durability and usability
Surface Laptop 7 15
78
XPS 16 9640 (2024)
69
NanoReview Score
Surface Laptop 7 15
66
XPS 16 9640 (2024)
62
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Key Differences
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Advantages of the Microsoft Surface Laptop 7 15
- Includes an old-school USB-A port
- Significantly easier to carry: weighs 470 grams less (around 1.04 lbs)
- Display has support for touch input
- 44% sharper screen – 200 versus 139 pixels per inch (PPI)
- Smaller footprint: 8% more compact case (121.8 vs 133.1 square inches)
Advantages of the Dell XPS 16 9640 (2024)
- Higher screen refresh rate: 120 versus 60 Hz
- Higher number of cutting-edge USB Type-C ports: 3 versus 2
- Features a much bigger (~51%) battery – 99.5 against 66 watt-hours
- Thinner bezels and 5% higher screen-to-body ratio
- Around 16% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench R23 test
- Provides 25% higher max. screen brightness: 500 vs 400 nits
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Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specs
Laptop:
Surface Laptop 7 15
vs
XPS 16 9640 (2024)
Case
| Weight | 1.66 kg (3.66 lbs) | 2.13 kg (4.7 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 329 x 239 x 18.29 mm 12.95 x 9.41 x 0.72 inches | 358.1 x 240 x 18.7 mm 14.1 x 9.45 x 0.74 inches |
| Area | 786 cm2 (121.9 inches2) | 859 cm2 (133.2 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~85.2% | ~89.6% |
| Side bezels | 6 mm | 3.5 mm |
| Colors | Black, Gray, Blue, Yellow | Silver, Gray |
| Material | Aluminum | Aluminum |
| Transformer | No | No |
| Opening angle | 135° | - |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | - | Active |
| Vapor chamber | No | - |
| Liquid metal | No | No |
| Number of fans | - | 2 |
| Noise level (max. load) | - | 50.5 dB |
Display
| Size | 15 inches | 16.3 inches |
| Type | IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 120 Hz |
| PPI | 200 ppi | 139 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 3:2 | 16:10 |
| Resolution | 2496 x 1664 pixels | 1920 x 1200 pixels |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Sync technology | No | No |
| Touchscreen | Yes | No |
| Coating | Glossy (Antireflective) | Matte |
| Ambient light sensor | Yes | Yes |
Screen space comparison
XPS 16 9640 (2024)
16.3″ (16:10 ratio) = 119.4 in2
Surface Laptop 7 15
15″ (3:2 ratio) = 103.8 in2
~14% more screen space
| Contrast | 1300:1 | 2000:1 |
| sRGB color space | - | 100% |
Max. brightness
Surface Laptop 7 15
400 nits
XPS 16 9640 (2024)+25%
500 nits
Battery
Capacity
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
| USB Power Delivery | Yes | Yes |
| Charging port position | Left, Right | Left, Right |
| Charge power | 65 W | 130 W |
| Cable length | - | 1 meters |
| Weight of AC adapter | - | 387 grams |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 3.8 GHz | 1.4 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 4.3 GHz | 4.8 GHz |
| Cores | 12 | 16 (6P + 10E) |
| Threads | 12 | 22 |
| L3 Cache | - | 24 MB |
| Integrated GPU | Adreno 750 | Arc Graphics (8-Cores) |
| Fabrication process | 4 nm | 7 nm |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Surface Laptop 7 15+11%
2695
XPS 16 9640 (2024)
2431
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Surface Laptop 7 15+7%
13581
XPS 16 9640 (2024)
12724
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Surface Laptop 7 15
1766
XPS 16 9640 (2024)+1%
1776
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Surface Laptop 7 15
12788
XPS 16 9640 (2024)+16%
14841
Graphics Card
GPU name
| TGP | - | 50 W |
| Type | - | Dedicated |
| Fabrication process | - | 4 nm |
| FLOPS | - | 7.1 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | - | 6 GB |
| Memory type | - | GDDR6 |
| Memory bus | - | 96 bit |
| Memory speed | - | ~16 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | - | 2560 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | - | 80 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | - | 32 |
GPU performance
Surface Laptop 7 15
n/a
XPS 16 9640 (2024)
7.1 TFLOPS
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 2x8 GB | 2x8 GB |
| Clock | 4266 MHz | 6400 MHz |
| Type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Upgradable | No | No |
Storage
Storage size
| Bus | PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) | PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) |
| Storage type | SSD (M2) | SSD (M2) |
| Channels | 1x256 GB | 1x512 GB |
| Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
| Total slots | 1 | 2 |
| NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | 2.0 | 2.2 (2 tweeters and 2 woofers) |
| Power | - | 2x2W, 2x3W |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
| Microphones | 2 | 2 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v7 | v7 |
| Bluetooth | v5.4 | v5.4 |
| Fingerprint | No | Yes |
| Infrared sensor | Yes | Yes |
| Optical drive | No | No |
| Webcam | Above the display | Above the display |
| Webcam resolution | 1920 x 1080 | 1920 x 1080 |
| USB-A | 1x USB 3.1 | No |
| USB Type-C | 2x USB 4.0 | 3x USB 4.0 |
| Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt 4 | Thunderbolt 4 |
| HDMI | No | No |
| DisplayPort | No | No |
| VGA | No | No |
| Audio jack (3.5 mm) | Yes | Yes |
| Ethernet (RJ45) | No | No |
| SD card reader | No | Yes |
| Proprietary charging port | Yes | No |
Input
| Keyboard type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | No | No |
| Backlight | Yes | Yes |
| Key travel | - | 1 mm |
| Surface | Glass | Glass |
| Windows Precision | Yes | Yes |
Further details
Notes on XPS 16 9640 (2024):
- The RAM operates at 7467 MHz only in configurations with the RTX 4070 graphics card. Other configurations run at 6400 MHz.
- Included are two adapters: one from USB-C to USB-A and another from USB-C to HDMI 2.0.
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