Dell XPS 17 9700 vs. Lenovo Yoga C940 (15”): Full specs comparison

Here is a comparison of the specs between Dell XPS 17 9700 and Lenovo Yoga C940 (15”), including CPU, RAM, storage, battery, display, and more.

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Dell XPS 17 9700 Pros

Reasons that Dell XPS 17 9700 is better than Lenovo Yoga C940 (15”).

Newer manufacturing

2020 vs. 2019

Slightly faster CPU performance

Intel Core i9-10885H inside Dell XPS 17 9700 has a 11% better multi-core CPU performance score than the Intel Core i9-9880H inside Lenovo Yoga C940 (15”).

Geekbench 5 multi-core score
Dell XPS 17 9700 - Intel Core i7-10875H
6,874
Dell XPS 17 9700 - Intel Core i9-10885H
6,788
Lenovo Yoga C940 (15”) - Intel Core i9-9880H
6,100
Dell XPS 17 9700 - Intel Core i7-10750H
5,412
Lenovo Yoga C940 (15”) - Intel Core i7-9750H
4,880
Dell XPS 17 9700 - Intel Core i5-10300H
3,747
Supports larger memory

Dell XPS 17 9700 supports a larger memory capacity than the Lenovo Yoga C940 (15”). It supports up to 64GB versus 16GB of system memory on the Lenovo Yoga C940 (15”).

Max system memory size
Dell XPS 17 9700
64 GB
Lenovo Yoga C940 (15”)
16 GB
Supports faster memory

Dell XPS 17 9700 supports a faster memory speed than the Lenovo Yoga C940 (15”). It supports up to 2933MHz versus 2666MHz of system memory on the Lenovo Yoga C940 (15”).

Memory type and speed
Dell XPS 17 9700 - DDR4
2,933 MHz
Lenovo Yoga C940 (15”) - DDR4
2,666 MHz
8% larger display

Dell XPS 17 9700 has a 17-inch screen size 8% larger than the 15.6-inch Lenovo Yoga C940 (15”).

Display size
Dell XPS 17 9700
17-inch
Lenovo Yoga C940 (15”)
15.6-inch

Lenovo Yoga C940 (15”) Pros

Reasons that Lenovo Yoga C940 (15”) is better than Dell XPS 17 9700.

About 6% lighter

Lenovo Yoga C940 (15”) weighed 4.41 pounds, 6% lighter than the 4.65 pounds Dell XPS 17 9700.

WeightDell XPS 17 9700Lenovo Yoga C940 (15”)
Pound
4.65 lbs.
4.41 lbs.
Kilogram
2.11 kg
2.00 kg

Prices

Here are the latest price updates and offers for both devices.

Dell XPS 17 9700 Price
2020 Dell XPS 9700 Laptop 17 - Intel Core i7 10th Gen - i7-10750H - Six Core 5Ghz - 1TB SSD - 32GB RAM - Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 Ti - 1920x1200 FHD+ - Windows 10 Home (Renewed)
 2020 Dell XPS 9700 Laptop 17 - Intel Core i7 10th Gen - i7-10750H - Six Core 5Ghz - 1TB SSD - 32GB RAM - Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 Ti - 1920x1200 FHD+ - Windows 10 Home (Renewed)
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$1,458.81
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Dell New XPS 17 9700 17 inch UHD Plus Laptop, Intel i9-10885H 10th Gen, 32GB DDR4 RAM, 1TB SSD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 6GB GDDR6, Windows 10 Home, Silver
 Dell New XPS 17 9700 17 inch UHD Plus Laptop, Intel i9-10885H 10th Gen, 32GB DDR4 RAM, 1TB SSD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 6GB GDDR6, Windows 10 Home, Silver
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$1,799.00
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2020 Dell XPS 9700 Laptop 17 - Intel Core i9 10th Gen - i9-10885H - Eight Core 5.3Ghz - 2TB SSD - 64GB RAM - Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 - 1920x1200 FHD+ - Windows 10 Pro (Renewed)
 2020 Dell XPS 9700 Laptop 17 - Intel Core i9 10th Gen - i9-10885H - Eight Core 5.3Ghz - 2TB SSD - 64GB RAM - Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 - 1920x1200 FHD+ - Windows 10 Pro (Renewed)
By Dell
$2,311.99
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Lenovo Yoga C940 (15”) Price
Lenovo Yoga C940-15.6" FHD Touch - i7-9750H - NVIDIA GTX 1650-16GB - 512GB SSD - Gray
 Lenovo Yoga C940-15.6" FHD Touch - i7-9750H - NVIDIA GTX 1650-16GB - 512GB SSD - Gray
By Lenovo
$579.00
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Lenovo Yoga C940-15.6" 4K Touch - i7-9750H - NVIDIA GTX 1650-16GB - 512GB SSD - Gray
 Lenovo Yoga C940-15.6" 4K Touch - i7-9750H - NVIDIA GTX 1650-16GB - 512GB SSD - Gray
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$1,499.00
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Lenovo Yoga C940-14 FHD Touch - 10th gen i7-1065G7-12GB - 512GB SSD - Gray
 Lenovo Yoga C940-14 FHD Touch - 10th gen i7-1065G7-12GB - 512GB SSD - Gray
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$899.00
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Specs Comparison

Availability

Dell XPS 17 9700Lenovo Yoga C940 (15”)
Released20202019
Release DateAnnounced Date: May 13, 2020
  • Announced at Lenovo Tech Life (Auguest 2019)
Generations-

Exterior

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Dimensions
  • 14.74 x 9.76 x 0.77 in (374.45 x 248.05 x 19.5 mm)
    • Width: 14.74” (374.45 mm)
    • Depth: 9.76” (248.05 mm)
    • Height: 0.77” (19.5 mm)
13.98” x 9.38” x 0.68-0.77” (355.2 mm x 238.39 mm x 17.5-19.7 mm)
Width: 13.98” (355.2 mm)
Depth: 9.38” (238.39 mm)
Height: 0.68-0.77” (17.5-19.7 mm)
Weight
  • Non-touch with 56Wh: 4.65 lbs (2.11 kg)
  • Touch screen with 97Wh: 5.53 lbs (2.51 kg)
Starting at 4.41 lbs (2.0 kg)
Colors
  • CNC machined aluminum in platinum silver with carbon fiber composite palm rest in black
  • Edge-to-edge Corning® Gorilla® Glass 6 on touch panel
Iron Grey
Keyboard and Trackpad
  • Full size, backlit chiclet keyboard with larger keycaps.
  • Larger touchpad with multi-touch gesture support.
  • Full-size keyboard with 6 rows, multimedia Fn keys, LED backlight
  • Numeric Keypad
  • Buttonless glass surface multi-touch touchpad

Display

Dell XPS 17 9700Lenovo Yoga C940 (15”)
Size17 Inches15.6 Inches
Info
  • 17-inch FHD+ non-touchscreen
    • 1920 x 1200, IPS, 145 PPI, 500-nits brightness, 1650:1 contrast ratio, 100% sRGB, InfinityEdge Anti-Glare, Non-touch support.
  • 17-inch UHD+ IPS touchscreen
    • 3840 x 2400, IPS, 290 PPI, 500-nit brightness, 1600:1 contrast ratio, 100% AdobeRGB, InfinityEdge, Anti-Reflective, Touch support.
  • 15.6” HDR FHD Touch Screen
    1920 x 1080, IPS display, glossy, VESA-Certified Display HDR™, 500 nits luminance, 16:9 aspect ratio, 10-fingure multi-touch.
    Support Lenovo Active Pen (included).
  • 15.6” 4K HDR UHD Touch Screen
    3840 x 2160, IPS display, glossy, VESA-Certified Display HDR™, 500 nits luminance, 16:9 aspect ratio, 10-fingure multi-touch.
    Support Lenovo Active Pen (included).

Ports

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Dell XPS 17 9700 Ports
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Left (3)
  • 2 x Thunderbolt 3
    40 Gpbs, USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps), DisplayPort 1.4, Power Delivery
  • 1 x lock slot
Right (4)
  • 2 x Thunderbolt 3
    40 Gpbs, USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps), DisplayPort 1.4, Power Delivery
  • 1 x full-size SD card slot
    v6.0
  • 1 x headphone jack
    Headphone/Microphone
  • 2 x Thunderbolt™ 3
    Supports Power Delivery & DisplayPort.
  • 1 x USB 3.1 Gen 2
    Full-size USB Type-A port.
  • 1 x Audio jack
  • 1 x Lenovo Active Pen Storage

Internal Specs

Dell XPS 17 9700Lenovo Yoga C940 (15”)
Processor
  1. 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-10300H
    4 cores, 8 threads, 2.50 → 4.50 GHz, 8MB SmartCache, 45W
  2. 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-10750H
    6 cores, 12 threads, 2.60 → 5.00 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 45W
  3. 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-10875H
    8 cores, 16 threads, 2.30 → 5.10 GHz, 16MB SmartCache, 45W
  4. 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-10885H
    8 cores, 16 threads, 2.40 → 5.30 GHz, 16MB SmartCache, 45W
  1. 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-9750H
    6 cores, 12 threads, 2.60 → 4.50 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 45W
  2. 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-9880H
    8 cores, 16 threads, 2.30 → 4.80 GHz, 16MB SmartCache, 45W
Integrated Graphics
  1. 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-10300H
    Intel® UHD Graphics 630
    24 Execution Units, 350 → 1050 MHz
  2. 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-10750H
    Intel® UHD Graphics 630
    24 Execution Units, 350 → 1150 MHz
  3. 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-10875H
    Intel® UHD Graphics 630
    24 Execution Units, 350 → 1200 MHz
  4. 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-10885H
    Intel® UHD Graphics 630
    24 Execution Units, 350 → 1250 MHz
  1. 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-9750H
    Intel® UHD Graphics 630
    24 Execution Units, 350 → 1150 MHz
  2. 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-9880H
    Intel® UHD Graphics 630
    24 Execution Units, 350 → 1200 MHz
Memory
  • 8 GB 16 GB 32 GB 64 GB
    2933 MHz Dual-channel DDR4 RAM.
  • 12GB 16GB
    2666 MHz Dual-channel DDR4 (Soldered).
Discrete Graphics
  • NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1650 Ti with Max-Q (Optional)
    • Turning Architecture, 4GB GDDR6 128-bit, 1035 → 1200 MHz, 1024 CUDA Cores.
  • NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 2060 with Max-Q (Optional)
    • Turning Architecture, 6GB GDDR6 192-bit, 975 → 1185 MHz, 1920 CUDA Cores.
  • NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1650 with Max-Q (Optional) Turning Architecture, 4GB GDDR5 128-bit, 1395 → 1560 MHz, 1024 CUDA Cores.
Storage
  • 256 GB 512 GB 1 TB 2TB 4TB
    • 2 x Removable M.2 2230/2280 PCIe® 3x4 NVMe™ SSD, Up to 32 Gbps.
  • 256 GB 512 GB 1TB 2TB
    M.2 2280 PCIe SSD.

Connectivity

Dell XPS 17 9700Lenovo Yoga C940 (15”)
Wi-Fi
  • Rivet Killer AX1650w
    Up to 2400 Mbps, Dual band 2.4 GHz/5 GHz, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g, WiFi-4 (802.11n), WiFi-5 (802.11ac), WiFi-6 (802.11ax)
  • Rivet Killer AX500s DBS
    Up to 1774.50 Mbps, Dual band 2.4 GHz/5 GHz, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g, WiFi-4 (802.11n), WiFi-5 (802.11ac), WiFi-6 (802.11ax)
  • Lenovo WiFi-6 802.11ax Wireless (2x2)
    Up to 2400 Mbps, Dual band 2.4 GHz/5 GHz, 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax.
Bluetooth
  • Rivet Killer AX1650w › Bluetooth 5.1
  • Rivet Killer AX500s DBS › Bluetooth 5.2
  • Bluetooth 5.0

Battery

Dell XPS 17 9700Lenovo Yoga C940 (15”)
Size
  • 3-cell smart lithium-ion 56 Wh
  • 6-cell smart lithium-ion 97 Wh
  • 4-cell smart lithium-ion
  • Battery Capacity: 69 Wh
Battery Life-
  • Up to 12 hours on FHD panel
  • Up to 9 hours on UHD panel
* Tested with MobileMark 2014.
Power Supply
  • 90 W USB Type-C power adapter
    Power rated at 5VDC/3A, 9VDc/3A, 15VDC/3A, 20VDC/4.5A.
  • 130 W USB Type-C power adapter
    Power rated at 5VDC/1A, 20VDC/6.5A.
135 W USB (Type-C) power adapter
Supports Rapid Charge

Software

Dell XPS 17 9700Lenovo Yoga C940 (15”)
OS
Windows 10 Home Windows 10 Pro
Upgradable to Windows 11
  • Windows 10 Home 64-bit
Built-in Apps
  • Microsoft Office 30-days trial
  • McAfee LiveSafe™ 12 Month Subscription
  • Lenovo Vantage
  • Microsoft Office 2019
  • McAfee LiveSafe™
  • Dolby Vision™

Camera & Audio

Dell XPS 17 9700Lenovo Yoga C940 (15”)
Camera
  • Front-facing camera
    Top-mount front camera with fixed focus lens, 0.92 Megapixels (1280 x 720 HD) at 30 fps.
  • Infrared camera
    576 x 360 (VGA) at 30 fps for Windows Hello Facial Recognition.
  • Front-facing camera
    720p HD Camera.
Audio
  • Studio quality tuning with Waves MaxxAudio® Pro and Waves Nx® 3D audio
  • Quad-speaker design
  • Dual microphone array optimized with Waves MaxxVoice supporting VoIP - Microsoft Cortana capable
  • Rotating Sound Bar with Dolby Atmos® Speaker System
  • 2 Base Speakers inside D-Cover
  • 2 x far-field microphones

Misc

Dell XPS 17 9700Lenovo Yoga C940 (15”)
Inking-
  • Support Lenovo Active Pen (included).
Sensors
  • Ambient light sensor
  • Windows Hello compliant fingerprint reader in the power button
  • Windows Hello compliant fingerprint reader on the palm rest
  • Ambient light sensor
Security
  • Windows Hello with Fingerprint Sign in
  • Enterprise-grade protection with Windows Hello face sign-in
  • Wedge-shaped lock
  • Windows Hello with Fingerprint Sign in
  • TrueBlock Privacy Shutter
  • Lenovo Privacy Essentials by FigLeaf

Key Features

Dell XPS 17 9700Lenovo Yoga C940 (15”)
At Glance
Released in Mid
2020
16:10 4K UHD+
17”
2400p 60Hz
Weight
4.65 lb
2.11 kg
Up to
Intel Core i9-10885H
8C/16T, 2.40 → 5.30 GHz
Geekbench 5
1,196
Single Core
Geekbench 5
6,788
Multi-Core
With integrated
Intel® UHD Graphics 630
24 Execution Units, 350 → 1250 MHz
Up to
64GB
2933 MHz DDR4
Dell XPS 17 9700 Ports
NVIDIA GeForce
RTX 2060
6GB GDDR6 with Max-Q
Released in Mid
2019
16:9 4K UHD
15.6”
2160p 60Hz
Weight
4.41 lb
2.00 kg
Up to
Intel Core i9-9880H
8C/16T, 2.30 → 4.80 GHz
Geekbench 5
1,066
Single Core
Geekbench 5
6,100
Multi-Core
With integrated
Intel® UHD Graphics 630
24 Execution Units, 350 → 1200 MHz
Configurable up to
16GB
2666 MHz DDR4
NVIDIA GeForce
GTX 1650
4GB GDDR5 with Max-Q

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