Dell XPS 16 9640 vs Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i Gen 10 Aura Edition (16IAH10)

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XPS 16 9640 compared with Yoga Pro 9i Gen 10 Aura Edition (16IAH10)

	DellXPS 16 9640	LenovoYoga Pro 9i Gen 10 Aura Edition (16IAH10)
Overview
Released
Released	February 2024	June 2025
Display
Screen size
Screen size	16.3″	16″
Resolution
Resolution	1920 × 1200 or 3840 × 2400 (better)	2880 × 1800 or 3200 × 2000
Panel
Panel	IPS LCD or OLED	OLED
Refresh rate
Refresh rate	120 Hz or 90 Hz	120 Hz
Brightness
Brightness	500 nits or 400 nits	500 nits or 1,000 nits (better)
HDR peak brightness
HDR peak brightness	–	1,100 nits or 1,600 nits
Touchscreen
Touchscreen	No or Yes	No or Yes
Display type
Display type	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	16-inch 2.8K OLED or 3.2K tandem OLED, 16:10; touch and non-touch options; no pen support
Pixel density
Pixel density	139 ppi (LCD); 278.1 ppi (OLED)	–
Colour range
Colour range	100% sRGB (LCD); 100% DCI-P3 (OLED)	Standard OLED covers 100% sRGB and DCI-P3; tandem OLED additionally covers 100% Adobe RGB
Screen finish
Screen finish	Anti-glare (LCD); anti-reflective, anti-smudge (OLED)	Glossy; touch screens have anti-fingerprint glass
Display features
Display features	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	Dolby Vision, Eyesafe, X-Rite factory calibration, average Delta E below 1; current PSREF gives standard OLED 1100 nits HDR/500 SDR and tandem OLED 1600 HDR/1000 SDR
Performance
Processor
Processor	Intel Core Ultra 7 155H or Intel Core Ultra 9 185H	Intel Core Ultra 7 255H or Intel Core Ultra 9 285H
CPU cores
CPU cores	16	16
CPU threads
CPU threads	22	16
Graphics
Graphics	Intel Arc Graphics or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop GPU, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop GPU or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop GPU
AI engine (NPU)
AI engine (NPU)	11 TOPS	13 TOPS (better)
Memory
Memory	16 GB or 64 GB	32 GB or 64 GB
Storage
Storage	512 GB to 4 TB (better)	1 TB to 2 TB
CPU
CPU	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	Intel Core Ultra 7 255H or Core Ultra 9 285H; 16 cores and 16 threads
GPU
GPU	Intel Arc Graphics; or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 (6 GB GDDR6), RTX 4060 (8 GB GDDR6) or RTX 4070 (8 GB GDDR6)	RTX 5050, 5060 or 5070 Laptop GPU; each 8 GB GDDR7 and 100 W TGP (Lenovo PSREF)
AI engine
AI engine	Intel AI Boost NPU	Intel AI Boost NPU, up to 13 TOPS
Memory type
Memory type	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)	32 or 64 GB soldered LPDDR5X-8400; dual-channel; no memory slots
Storage type
Storage type	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	Two M.2 PCIe 4.0 x4 slots, one 2242 and one 2280; Lenovo lists 1 TB drives, including configurations with two installed 1 TB drives
Battery and size
Battery life (maker's claim)
Battery life (maker's claim)	–	Up to 14 hours
Battery capacity
Battery capacity	99.5 Wh (better)	84 Wh
Weight
Weight	2.13 kg	1.92 kg (better)
Thickness
Thickness	18.7 mm	17.9 mm (better)
Width × depth
Width × depth	358.18 × 240.05 mm	362.72 × 253.69 mm
Battery life detail
Battery life detail	99.5 Wh 6-cell lithium-ion	84 Wh; up to 14 hours local 1080p video at 150 nits or 5.5 hours MobileMark 30 at 250 nits (Lenovo)
Charger
Charger	130 W USB-C adapter	170 W or 245 W slim-tip adapter; USB-C power delivery at 65–100 W
Fast charging
Fast charging	ExpressCharge; full charge in about 2 hours with the laptop off	Rapid Charge Express, 15 minutes for up to 3 hours of use (Lenovo)
Materials
Materials	CNC-machined aluminium; Gorilla Glass 3	Aluminium top and bottom; starting weight 1.92 kg without touch or 2.07 kg with touch
Colours
Colours	Graphite or Platinum	Luna Grey; Tidal Teal
Connections
Ports
Ports	3 × Thunderbolt 4, microSD slot, headphone jack	2 × Thunderbolt 4, 2 × USB-A, HDMI, SD card slot, headphone jack
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi	Wi-Fi 7	Wi-Fi 7
Bluetooth
Bluetooth	5.4	5.4
Webcam
Webcam	1080p with IR	5MP with IR and electronic shutter
Operating system
Operating system	Windows	Windows
Port detail
Port detail	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	2 × Thunderbolt 4 with DisplayPort 2.1 and USB PD 65–100 W; 2 × USB-A 5 Gbps, one Always On; HDMI 2.1 up to 8K 60 Hz; SD reader; 3.5 mm combo audio; slim-tip power
Keyboard
Keyboard	Backlit zero-lattice keyboard; capacitive touch function row; Copilot key	Backlit keyboard with numeric keypad
Trackpad
Trackpad	Seamless glass haptic touchpad, 148 × 90 mm	Glass Precision TouchPad, 95 × 150 mm
Speakers
Speakers	Quad speakers (two woofers at 3 W, two tweeters at 2 W)	Six 2 W speakers, four woofers and two tweeters; Dolby Atmos and Smart Amplifier
Microphones
Microphones	Digital-array microphones	Four-microphone array
Biometrics
Biometrics	IR camera for Windows Hello face recognition; fingerprint reader in the power button	IR camera for Windows Hello; no fingerprint reader