Dell XPS 15 9500 vs Dell XPS 16 9640

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XPS 15 9500 compared with XPS 16 9640

	DellXPS 15 9500	DellXPS 16 9640
Overview
Released
Released	May 2020	February 2024
Display
Screen size
Screen size	15.6″	16.3″
Resolution
Resolution	1920 × 1200 or 3840 × 2400	1920 × 1200 or 3840 × 2400
Panel
Panel	–	IPS LCD or OLED
Refresh rate
Refresh rate	60 Hz	120 Hz or 90 Hz (better)
Brightness
Brightness	500 nits	500 nits or 400 nits
Touchscreen
Touchscreen	No or Yes	No or Yes
Display type
Display type	15.6-inch WVA LCD; FHD+ 1920 × 1200 non-touch or UHD+ 3840 × 2400 touchscreen, both 60 Hz and 500 nits	FHD+ (1920 × 1200) WLED, non-touch, anti-glare, 30–120 Hz; or UHD+ (3840 × 2400) OLED touchscreen with passive pen support, anti-reflective and anti-smudge, 48–90 Hz
Pixel density
Pixel density	145 ppi (FHD+); 290 ppi (UHD+)	139 ppi (LCD); 278.1 ppi (OLED)
Colour range
Colour range	100% sRGB (FHD+); 100% Adobe RGB (UHD+)	100% sRGB (LCD); 100% DCI-P3 (OLED)
Screen finish
Screen finish	Anti-glare (FHD+); anti-reflective (UHD+)	Anti-glare (LCD); anti-reflective, anti-smudge (OLED)
Display features
Display features	Minimum contrast 1650:1 (FHD+) or 1600:1 (UHD+); Dell does not identify the panel technology beyond WVA in the setup guide	2000:1 contrast, 35 ms response (LCD); OLED 400 nits typical, 1,000,000:1 contrast, 1 ms typical response; Eyesafe hardware low blue light
Performance
Processor
Processor	Intel Core i5-10300H or Intel Core i7-10750H	Intel Core Ultra 7 155H or Intel Core Ultra 9 185H
CPU cores
CPU cores	4 or 6	16
CPU threads
CPU threads	8 or 12	22
Graphics
Graphics	Intel UHD Graphics 630 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti	Intel Arc Graphics or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
AI engine (NPU)
AI engine (NPU)	–	11 TOPS
Memory
Memory	8 GB or 32 GB	16 GB or 64 GB (better)
Storage
Storage	512 GB to 1 TB	512 GB to 4 TB (better)
CPU
CPU	45 W Intel Core i5-10300H, i7-10750H, i7-10875H or i9-10885H; four, six or eight cores depending on processor	Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (up to 4.8 GHz), Core Ultra 7 165H (up to 5 GHz) or Core Ultra 9 185H (up to 5.1 GHz); 16 cores, 22 threads; up to 55 W (integrated graphics) or 20 W + 60 W CPU and GPU in Ultra Performance mode
GPU
GPU	Intel UHD Graphics 630; optional NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti with 4 GB GDDR6	Intel Arc Graphics; or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 (6 GB GDDR6), RTX 4060 (8 GB GDDR6) or RTX 4070 (8 GB GDDR6)
AI engine
AI engine	–	Intel AI Boost NPU
Memory type
Memory type	Two replaceable SO-DIMMs; dual-channel DDR4-2933; Dell lists 8, 16, 32 and 64 GB configurations	LPDDR5X, soldered; 16 GB at 6400 MT/s (Intel Arc); 16, 32 or 64 GB at 6400 MT/s (RTX 4050 and 4060); 32 or 64 GB at 7467 MT/s (RTX 4070)
Storage type
Storage type	Two M.2 2230/2280 PCIe Gen 3 x4 NVMe SSD slots; up to 2 TB per drive. The i5/8 GB/512 GB configuration is Dell's battery-test configuration; the i7/32 GB/1 TB UHD+ configuration is the exact TechAdvisor review unit	One M.2 slot; 512 GB or 1 TB M.2 2230, or 1, 2 or 4 TB M.2 2280, PCIe Gen 4 NVMe SSD
Battery and size
Battery life (maker's claim)
Battery life (maker's claim)	Up to 25 hours	–
Battery capacity
Battery capacity	86 Wh	99.5 Wh (better)
Weight
Weight	2.05 kg (better)	2.13 kg
Thickness
Thickness	18 mm (better)	18.7 mm
Width × depth
Width × depth	344.4 × 230.3 mm	358.18 × 240.05 mm
Battery life detail
Battery life detail	56 Wh three-cell or 86 Wh six-cell lithium-ion. Dell claims up to 25 hours in MobileMark 2014 with i5-10300H, 8 GB RAM, 512 GB SSD, integrated graphics, FHD+ display and 86 Wh battery; this is not a claim for the UHD+ configuration	99.5 Wh 6-cell lithium-ion
Charger
Charger	90 W or 130 W USB-C power adapter, depending on configuration	130 W USB-C adapter
Fast charging
Fast charging	Setup guide lists approximately three hours to charge either battery with the computer switched off	ExpressCharge; full charge in about 2 hours with the laptop off
Materials
Materials	Machined aluminium enclosure and carbon-fibre palm rest	CNC-machined aluminium; Gorilla Glass 3
Colours
Colours	–	Graphite or Platinum
Connections
Ports
Ports	2 × Thunderbolt 3, USB-C, SD card slot, headphone jack	3 × Thunderbolt 4, microSD slot, headphone jack
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi	Wi-Fi 6	Wi-Fi 7
Bluetooth
Bluetooth	5.0 / 5.2, depending on wireless module	5.4
Webcam
Webcam	720p at 30 fps, with IR	1080p with IR
Operating system
Operating system	Windows	Windows
Port detail
Port detail	Two Thunderbolt 3 USB-C ports with DisplayPort and Power Delivery; one USB 3.2 Gen 2 USB-C port with DisplayPort and Power Delivery; SD card slot; headset jack; wedge-shaped cable lock slot	3 × Thunderbolt 4 USB-C with USB4, DisplayPort and Power Delivery (RTX 4070 models have 2 × Thunderbolt 4 on the left and 1 × USB 3.2 Gen 2 USB-C on the right); microSD card reader (v6.0); 3.5 mm headset jack; no lock slot
Keyboard
Keyboard	Backlit QWERTY keyboard; 80 keys for the UK layout	Backlit zero-lattice keyboard; capacitive touch function row; Copilot key
Trackpad
Trackpad	150 × 90 mm touchpad	Seamless glass haptic touchpad, 148 × 90 mm
Speakers
Speakers	Dell's setup guide lists two speakers with subwoofer support; Tom’s Hardware describes two top-firing speakers and two tweeters	Quad speakers (two woofers at 3 W, two tweeters at 2 W)
Microphones
Microphones	Dual-array microphones	Digital-array microphones
Biometrics
Biometrics	IR camera for Windows Hello; fingerprint reader in the power button	IR camera for Windows Hello face recognition; fingerprint reader in the power button