Key Differences
In short — Alienware Aurora R14 Liquid Cooled outperforms the cheaper MSI Codex R 12NUC5-066CA Tower on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing MSI Codex R 12NUC5-066CA Tower is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Alienware Aurora R14 Liquid Cooled is 606 days older than the cheaper MSI Codex R 12NUC5-066CA Tower.
Advantages of Alienware Aurora R14 Liquid Cooled Gaming Desktop PC
- Performs up to 17% better in Escape From Tarkov than MSI Codex R 12NUC5-066CA Tower - 172 vs 147 FPS
Advantages of MSI Codex R 12NUC5-066CA Gaming Tower Desktop PC
- Up to 63% cheaper than Alienware Aurora R14 Liquid Cooled - CA$1350.0 vs CA$3670.6
- Up to 57% better value when playing Escape From Tarkov than Alienware Aurora R14 Liquid Cooled - CA$9.18 vs CA$21.34 per FPS
Escape From Tarkov
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Dec 20th, 2021
FPS
172
100%
Value, CA$/FPS
CA$21.34/FPS
43.01780693533271%
Price, CA$
CA$3670.6
36%
FPS Winner
Buy for CA$3,670.6 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 73984 minutes ago
Aug 18th, 2023
FPS
147
85.46511627906976%
Value, CA$/FPS
CA$9.18/FPS
100%
Price, CA$
CA$1350
100%
Value Winner
Buy for CA$1,350 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 73983 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Dec 20th, 2021
Aug 18th, 2023
GPU Comparison
Compared by selected game FPS and theoretical performance
Dec 20th, 2021
GeForce RTX 3080
10 GB GDDR6X | 320-bit
Pixel Fillrate
164.2 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
465.1 GTexel/s
100%
GPU Winner
Aug 18th, 2023
GeForce RTX 4060
8 GB GDDR6 | 128-bit
Pixel Fillrate
118.1 GPixel/s
71.92448233861145%
Texel Fillrate
236.2 GTexel/s
50.78477746721135%
CPU Comparison
Compared by selected game FPS and Geekbench 5 benchmark scores
Dec 20th, 2021
Ryzen 9 5900
3.0 GHz | 12-core
Single-Core
2052
93.65586490187128%
Multi-Core
9865
100%
Aug 18th, 2023
Core i5-12400F
2.5 GHz | 6-core
Single-Core
2191
100%
Multi-Core
8910
90.31931069437404%
CPU Winner
Alienware Aurora R14 Liquid Cooled Gaming Desktop PC | vs | MSI Codex R 12NUC5-066CA Gaming Tower Desktop PC |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 20th, 2021 | Release Date | Aug 18th, 2023 |
| Ryzen 9 5900 | CPU | Core i5-12400F |
| GeForce RTX 3080 | GPU | GeForce RTX 4060 |
| 16 GB | RAM | 16 GB |
| 2 TB HDD | Storage | 1 TB SSD |
