HP Pavilion 16 vs Dell Inspiron 16 5640
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Review
Performance
System and application performance
Gaming
Performance in popular 3D games
Display
Viewing angle, color accuracy, brightness
Battery Life
Potential battery life in light and average use
Connectivity
Ports, webcam and other interfaces
Portability
Design, materials, durability and usability
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Value for money (Beta)
Key Differences
Advantages of the HP Pavilion 16
- Slightly easier to carry: weighs 100 grams less (around 0.22 lbs)
- Higher number of cutting-edge USB Type-C ports: 2 versus 1
- Around 21% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test
- Features a a little bigger (~9%) battery – 59 against 54 watt-hours
Advantages of the Dell Inspiron 16 5640
- Can run popular games at about 119-162% higher FPS
- Thinner bezels and 2% higher screen-to-body ratio
- User-upgradable RAM (up to 32GB)
Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 1.77 kg (3.9 lbs) | 1.87 kg (4.12 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 357.7 x 254.8 x 17.9-18.6 mm 14.08 x 10.03 x 0.7-0.73 inches |
356.78 x 249.52 x 16.1-19.05 mm 14.05 x 9.82 x 0.63-0.75 inches |
| Area | 911 cm2 (141.2 inches2) | 890 cm2 (138 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~81.4% | ~83.4% |
| Side bezels | 6.5 mm | 6.1 mm |
| Colors | Silver | Blue |
| Material | Top: Aluminum Middle: Aluminum Bottom: Plastic |
Top: Aluminum Middle: Aluminum Bottom: Plastic |
| Transformer | No | No |
| Opening angle | 130° | - |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | Active | Active |
| Vapor chamber | No | No |
| Liquid metal | No | No |
| Number of fans | 2 | 1 |
| Noise level (max. load) | 39 dB | - |
Display
| Size | 16 inches | 16 inches |
| Type | IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | - |
| PPI | 142 ppi | 142 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 16:10 |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1200 pixels | 1920 x 1200 pixels |
| HDR support | No | No |
| Sync technology | No | No |
| Touchscreen | No | No |
| Coating | Matte | Matte |
| Ambient light sensor | No | No |
| Contrast | 1620:1 | 1200:1 |
| sRGB color space | 62.5% | 100% |
| Adobe RGB profile | 43% | - |
| DCI-P3 color gamut | 41.6% | - |
| Response time | 25 ms | 35 ms |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Voltage | - | 15 V |
| Full charging time | 2:00 hr | - |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
| Charging via USB (Power Delivery) | Yes | Yes |
| Charging port position | Right | Left |
| Charge power | 65 W | 65 W |
| Cable length | 1 meters | 1 meters |
| Weight of AC adapter | 318 grams | 290 grams |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 1.3 GHz | 1.4 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 4.3 GHz | 5 GHz |
| Cores | 12 (2P + 10E) | 10 (2P + 8E) |
| Threads | 14 | 12 |
| L3 Cache | 12 MB | 12 MB |
| Integrated GPU | Arc Graphics (4-Cores) | Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) |
| Fabrication process | 7 nm | 10 nm |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)
Graphics Card
GPU name
| TGP | 14 W | - |
| Type | Integrated | Dedicated |
| Fabrication process | 5 nm | 8 nm |
| GPU base clock | 300 MHz | 1155 MHz |
| GPU boost clock | 1850 MHz | 1477 MHz |
| FLOPS | 1.9 TFLOPS | 6 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | System Shared | 2 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | GDDR6 |
| Memory bus | - | 64 bit |
| Memory speed | 7.47 Gbps | ~12 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 512 | 2048 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 32 | 64 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 16 | 40 |
| GPU performance | 1.9 TFLOPS | 6 TFLOPS |
| Blender GPU | - | 465 |
Expected FPS based on average performance across 9 popular games. Details
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 2x4 GB | 1x8 GB |
| Clock | 7467 MHz | 5200 MHz |
| Type | LPDDR5X | DDR5 |
| Upgradable | No | Yes |
| Total slots | - | 2 |
| Max. ram size | - | 32 GB |
Storage
Storage size
| Bus | PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) | PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) |
| Storage type | SSD (M2) | SSD (M2) |
| Channels | 1x512 GB | 1x256 GB |
| Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
| Total slots | 1 | 1 |
| NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Audio chip | Realtek ALC245 | Realtek ALC3254 |
| Speakers | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Power | - | 2x2W |
| Dolby Atmos | No | Yes |
| Loudness | ~84 dB | - |
| Microphones | 2 | 2 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v6E | v6E |
| Bluetooth | v5.3 | v5.3 |
| Fingerprint | No | Optional |
| Infrared sensor | Optional | No |
| Optical drive | No | No |
| Webcam | Above the display | Above the display |
| Webcam resolution | 1920 x 1080 | 1920 x 1080 |
| USB-A | 2x USB 3.2 | 2x USB 3.2 |
| USB Type-C | 2x USB 3.2 | 1x USB 3.2 |
| Thunderbolt | No | No |
| HDMI | 1x HDMI 2.1 | 1x HDMI 1.4 |
| 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 | No | Yes |
Input
| Keyboard type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | Yes | Yes |
| Backlight | Yes | Yes |
| Key travel | 1.5 mm | - |
| Size | 12.5 x 8.0 cm | 11.5 x 8.0 cm |
| Surface | Plastic | Plastic |
| Windows Precision | Yes | Yes |
Further details
Notes on Pavilion 16:
- Models equipped with AMD Ryzen processors utilize LPDDR5 memory with a frequency of 6400 MHz.
*Disclaimer! Ports, speakers, display, and other specifications can vary depending on the laptop's specific configuration or region.
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