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Lenovo Yoga C940 (14”) vs. Dell Precision 5540: Full specs comparison

We have comprehensively compared the specifications for the Lenovo Yoga C940 (14”) and Dell Precision 5540 models. The report includes detailed information regarding both models' CPU, memory, storage, battery life, display quality, and other features.

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Lenovo Yoga C940 (14”) Pros

Reasons that Lenovo Yoga C940 (14”) is better than Dell Precision 5540.

Lenovo Yoga C940 (14”) supports a faster memory speed than the Dell Precision 5540. It supports up to 3733MHz versus 3200MHz of system memory on the Dell Precision 5540.

Memory type and speed

Lenovo Yoga C940 (14”) - LPDDR4X

3,733 MHz

Dell Precision 5540 - DDR4

3,200 MHz

Lenovo Yoga C940 (14”) weighed 2.98 pounds, 25% lighter than the 3.93 pounds Dell Precision 5540.

Weight	Lenovo Yoga C940 (14”)	Dell Precision 5540
Pound	2.98 lbs.	3.93 lbs.
Kilogram	1.35 kg	1.78 kg

Dell Precision 5540 Pros

Reasons that Dell Precision 5540 is better than Lenovo Yoga C940 (14”).

Intel Core i9-9980HK inside Dell Precision 5540 has a 74% better multi-core CPU performance score than the Intel Core i7-1065G7 inside Lenovo Yoga C940 (14”).

Geekbench 5 multi-core score

Dell Precision 5540 - Intel Core i9-9980HK

6,504

Dell Precision 5540 - Intel Core i9-9880H

6,100

Dell Precision 5540 - Intel Xeon E-2276M

5,165

Dell Precision 5540 - Intel Core i7-9850H

4,914

Dell Precision 5540 - Intel Core i7-9750H

4,880

Lenovo Yoga C940 (14”) - Intel Core i7-1065G7

3,722

Dell Precision 5540 - Intel Core i5-9400H

3,690

Lenovo Yoga C940 (14”) - Intel Core i5-1035G4

3,347

Dell Precision 5540 supports a larger memory capacity than the Lenovo Yoga C940 (14”). It supports up to 64GB versus 16GB of system memory on the Lenovo Yoga C940 (14”).

Max system memory size

Dell Precision 5540

64 GB

Lenovo Yoga C940 (14”)

16 GB

Dell Precision 5540 comes with two SODIMM slots that allow you to replace or upgrade when needed. On the flip side, you can't upgrade RAM on the Lenovo Yoga C940 (14”) since it has onboard memory.

Memory	Lenovo Yoga C940 (14”)	Dell Precision 5540
Slots	Onboard	x2
Type	LPDDR4X	DDR4

Configurable up to Nvidia Quadro T2000 4GB GDDR5 vs. integrated

Dell Precision 5540 has a 15.6-inch screen size 11% larger than the 14-inch Lenovo Yoga C940 (14”).

Display size

Dell Precision 5540

15.6-inch

Lenovo Yoga C940 (14”)

14-inch

Dell Precision 5540 has more ports and slots count than the Lenovo Yoga C940 (14”). It has eight versus four amount of ports and slots on the Lenovo Yoga C940 (14”).

Ports	Lenovo Yoga C940 (14”)	Dell Precision 5540
full-size SD card slot	No	Yes
HDMI	No	Yes
headphone jack	Yes	Yes
lock slot	No	Yes
power port	No	Yes
Thunderbolt 3	Yes x2	Yes
USB-A	Yes	Yes x2
Total	4	8

Dell Precision 5540 has better versatile I/O connectivity than the Lenovo Yoga C940 (14”). It has six versus three commonly used ports and slots on the Lenovo Yoga C940 (14”).

Ports	Lenovo Yoga C940 (14”)	Dell Precision 5540
headphone jack	Yes	Yes
Thunderbolt 3	Yes	Yes
USB-A	Yes	Yes
full-size SD card slot	No	Yes
HDMI	No	Yes
power port	No	Yes

Prices

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

Lenovo Yoga C940 (14”) Price
	Lenovo Yoga C940-14 FHD Touch - 10th gen i7-1065G7-12GB - 512GB SSD - Gray By Lenovo $899.00	See at Amazon
	Lenovo Yoga C940-14 FHD Touch - 10th gen i7-1065G7-12GB - 512GB SSD - Gray By Lenovo $899.00	See at Amazon
	Lenovo Yoga C940 14 Laptop, 2 in 1 FHD IPS Touchscreen Laptop, 10th Gen Intel Core i7-1065G7, 8GB DDR4 RAM, 1TB SSD PCle, Thunderbolt 3, Active Stylus Pen, Fingerprint Reader 3 lbs, TWE Cloth By Lenovo $975.00	See at Amazon
Dell Precision 5540 Price
	DELL Precision 5540 Workstation Intel Core i7-9850H 15.6-inch Full HD IPS Display 32GB RAM 512GB SSD NVIDIA Quadro 4GB Win 11 Pro (Renewed) By DELL $505.88 $537.47 6% OFF	See at Amazon
	Dell Precision M5540 15.6 UHD Touchscreen Intel Core i7-9750H 2.60Ghz 32GB 1TB SSDR Windows 10 Professional (Renewed) By Dell $498.00 $597.00 17% OFF	See at Amazon
	Dell Precision 5540 15.6” UHD 4K Touchscreen Core i7-9850H 2.6GHz 6 Core, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD, Windows 10 Pro NVIDIA Quadro T1000 4GB (Renewed) By Dell $525.00 $599.00 12% OFF	See at Amazon

Availability	Lenovo Yoga C940 (14”)	Dell Precision 5540
Released	2019	2019
Release Date	Announced at Lenovo Tech Life (Auguest 2019)	Announced at Computex 2019. Available from early July 2019.
Pricing	-	Starting at $1,339
Generations	-	2022 Dell Precision 5570 2021 Dell Precision 5560 2020 Dell Precision 5550 2019 Dell Precision 5540

Exterior	Lenovo Yoga C940 (14”)	Dell Precision 5540
Dimensions	12.61” x 8.54” x 0.57-0.61” (320.3mm x 215.6mm x 14.5-15.7mm) Width: 12.61” (320.3 mm) Depth: 8.54” (215.6mm) Height: 0.57-0.61” (14.5-15.7 mm)	14.06 x 9.26 x 0.44 in (357 x 235 x 11.2 mm) Width: 14.06” (357 mm) Depth: 9.26” (235 mm) Height: 0.44” (11.2 mm)
Weight	Starting at 2.98 lbs (1.35 kg)	3.93 lbs (1.78 kg)
Colors	Iron Grey Mira	Aluminum Platinum Silver LCD Cover Aluminum Titan Gray LCD Cover
Keyboard and Trackpad	Full-size keyboard with 6 rows, multimedia Fn keys, LED backlight. Buttonless glass surface multi-touch touchpad.	Full-size backlit keyboard. 4.03 x 2.45 in (102.40 mm x 62.40 mm) touchpad with 5 multi-touch gesture support.

Display	Lenovo Yoga C940 (14”)	Dell Precision 5540
Size	14 Inches	15.6 Inches
Info	14” FHD Touch Screen 1920 x 1080, IPS display, 400 nits luminance, 16:9 aspect ratio, 10-fingure multi-touch. Support Lenovo Active Pen (included). 14” 4K HDR UHD Touch Screen 3840 x 2160, IPS display, HDR 400, 500 nits luminance, 16:9 aspect ratio, 10-fingure multi-touch. Support Lenovo Active Pen (included).	15.6" UltraSharp FHD IGZO4 1920x1080, AG, NT, w/Prem Panel Guar, 100% sRGB. 15.6" Ultrasharp UHD IGZO4 3840x2160, Touch, w/Prem Panel Guar, 100% Adobe, 15.6" Ultrasharp OLED UHD 3840x2160, Non-Touch,w/Prem Panel Guar, 100% DCI-P3

Ports	Lenovo Yoga C940 (14”)	Dell Precision 5540
Image Source: Lenovo Left (4) 1 x USB-A USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps), Always On 2 x Thunderbolt 3 40 Gpbs, USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps) 1 x headphone jack Headphone/Microphone	Image Source: Dell Left (5) 1 x power port 1 x USB-A USB 3.1 Gen 1 (5 Gbps), PowerShare 1 x HDMI v2.0 1 x Thunderbolt 3 40 Gpbs, DisplayPort, Power Delivery 1 x headphone jack Headphone/Microphone Right (3) 1 x full-size SD card slot 1 x USB-A USB 3.1 Gen 1 (5 Gbps), PowerShare 1 x lock slot

Internal Specs	Lenovo Yoga C940 (14”)	Dell Precision 5540
Processor	10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-1035G4 4 cores, 8 threads, 1.10 → 3.70 GHz, 6MB SmartCache, 15W 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-1065G7 4 cores, 8 threads, 1.30 → 3.90 GHz, 8MB SmartCache, 15W	9th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-9400H 4 cores, 8 threads, 2.50 → 4.30 GHz, 8MB SmartCache, 45W 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-9750H 6 cores, 12 threads, 2.60 → 4.50 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 45W 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-9850H 6 cores, 12 threads, 2.60 → 4.60 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 45W Intel Xeon E-2276M 6 cores, 12 threads, 2.80 → 4.70 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 45W 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-9880H 8 cores, 16 threads, 2.30 → 4.80 GHz, 16MB SmartCache, 45W 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-9980HK 8 cores, 16 threads, 2.40 → 5.00 GHz, 16MB SmartCache, 45W
Integrated Graphics	10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-1035G4 Intel® Iris® Plus Graphics 48 Execution Units, 300 → 1050 MHz 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-1065G7 Intel® Iris® Plus Graphics 64 Execution Units, 300 → 1100 MHz	9th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-9400H Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1100 MHz 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-9750H Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1150 MHz 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-9850H Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1150 MHz Intel Xeon E-2276M Intel® UHD Graphics P630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1200 MHz 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-9880H Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1200 MHz 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-9980HK Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1250 MHz
Memory	8GB 12GB 16GB 3733 MHz Dual-channel LPDDR4X.	Memory Slots 2 x DDR4 SoDIMM Memory Configurations Minimum Memory: 8GB Maximum Memory: 64GB
Discrete Graphics	-	NVIDIA Quadro T1000 (Optional) Turning Architecture, 4GB GDDR5 128-bit, 1395 → 1455 MHz, 768 CUDA Cores. NVIDIA Quadro T2000 (Optional) Turning Architecture, 4GB GDDR5 128-bit, 1575 → 1785 MHz, 1,024 CUDA Cores.
Storage	256 GB 512 GB 1TB 2TB M.2 2280 PCIe SSD.	Hard Drive Slots 1 x M.2 PCIe SSD slot 1 x 2.5 inches hard drive slot Available only on a 3-cell 56Wh battery model. Hard Drive Configurations Up to 2TB M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD Up to 2TB SATA Hard Drive

Connectivity	Lenovo Yoga C940 (14”)	Dell Precision 5540
Wi-Fi	Lenovo WiFi-5 802.11ac Wireless (2x2) Up to 867 Mbps, Dual band 2.4 GHz/5 GHz, 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac. 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.	Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 2x2 802.11ax 160MHz Intel Wireless-AC 9260 2x2 802.11ac Qualcomm QCA6174A 2x2 802.11ac
Bluetooth	Bluetooth 5.0	Bluetooth 5.0

Battery	Lenovo Yoga C940 (14”)	Dell Precision 5540
Size	4-cell smart lithium-ion Battery Capacity: 60 Wh	56 Wh (3-cell lithium-ion) 97 Wh (6-cell lithium-ion)
Battery Life	Up to 15 hours on FHD panel Up to 10 hours on UHD panel * Tested with MobileMark 2014.	-
Power Supply	65 W USB (Type-C) power adapter Supports Rapid Charge	130 W power adapter Power rated at 19.5VDC/6.67A.

Software	Lenovo Yoga C940 (14”)	Dell Precision 5540
OS	Windows 10 Home 64-bit	Windows 10 Home Windows 10 Pro Ubuntu 18.04 LTS RedHat 7.5 Upgradable to Windows 11
Built-in Apps	Lenovo Vantage Microsoft Office 2019 McAfee LiveSafe™ Dolby Vision™	Microsoft Office 30-days trial McAfee® Small Business Security 30 Day Free Trial

Camera & Audio	Lenovo Yoga C940 (14”)	Dell Precision 5540
Camera	Front-facing camera 720p HD Camera.	Front-facing camera Top-mount front camera with fixed focus lens, 0.92 Megapixels (1280 x 720 HD) at 30 fps.
Audio	Rotating Sound Bar with Dolby Atmos® Speaker System 2 Base Speakers inside D-Cover 2 x far-field microphones	Waves MaxxAudio Pro Two speakers dual-array microphones

Misc	Lenovo Yoga C940 (14”)	Dell Precision 5540
Inking	Support Lenovo Active Pen (included).	-
Sensors	Windows Hello compliant fingerprint reader on the palm rest Ambient light sensor	Ambient light sensor Windows Hello compliant fingerprint reader in the power button (optional)
Security	Windows Hello with Fingerprint Sign in TrueBlock Privacy Shutter Lenovo Privacy Essentials by FigLeaf	Intel® vPro™ Technology (iAMT 12) (optional, requires Intel WiFi® Link WLAN and a vPro compatible processor), Dell Client Command Suite available (dell.com/command), Factory Installed Dell Client Command \| Update, Dell Command \| Power Manager Intel® Platform Trust Technology Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 2.0 Chassis wedge-shaped security lock Support for Computrace and SmartCard Reader Touch Fingerprint Reader with Control Vault 3.0 (Advanced Authentication with FIPS 140-2 Level 3 Certification)
Warranty	-	1 Year Hardware Service with Onsite/In-Home Service After Remote Diagnosis

Key Features	Lenovo Yoga C940 (14”)	Dell Precision 5540
At Glance	Released in Early 2019 16:9 4K UHD 14” 2160p 60Hz Weight 2.98 lb 1.35 kg Up to Intel Core i7-1065G7 4C/8T, 1.30 → 3.90 GHz Geekbench 5 1,088 Single Core Geekbench 5 3,722 Multi-Core With integrated Intel® Iris® Plus Graphics 64 Execution Units, 300 → 1100 MHz Configurable up to 16GB 3733 MHz LPDDR4X	Released in 2019 16:9 4K UHD 15.6” 2160p OLED Weight 3.93 lb 1.78 kg Up to Intel Core i9-9980HK 8C/16T, 2.40 → 5.00 GHz Geekbench 5 1,114 Single Core Geekbench 5 6,504 Multi-Core With integrated Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1250 MHz Upgradable up to 64GB 3200 MHz DDR4 Nvidia Quadro T2000 4GB GDDR5