Key Differences
In short — Alienware Aurora R14 Liquid Cooled outperforms the cheaper Dell XPS 8960 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Dell XPS 8960 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Alienware Aurora R14 Liquid Cooled is 436 days older than the cheaper Dell XPS 8960.
Advantages of Alienware Aurora R14 Liquid Cooled Gaming Desktop PC
- Performs up to 18% better in No Man's Sky than Dell XPS 8960 - 156 vs 132 FPS
Advantages of Dell XPS 8960 Desktop PC
- Up to 62% cheaper than Alienware Aurora R14 Liquid Cooled - £1499.0 vs £3983.48
- Up to 56% better value when playing No Man's Sky than Alienware Aurora R14 Liquid Cooled - £11.36 vs £25.54 per FPS
No Man's Sky
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Dec 20th, 2021
FPS
156
100%
Value, £/FPS
£25.54/FPS
44.47924823805795%
Price, £
£3983.48
37%
FPS Winner
Buy for £3,983.48 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 92840 minutes ago
Mar 1st, 2023
FPS
132
84.61538461538461%
Value, £/FPS
£11.36/FPS
100%
Price, £
£1499
100%
Value Winner
Buy for £1,499 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 92838 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Dec 20th, 2021
Mar 1st, 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
Mar 1st, 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
77.96352583586626%
Multi-Core
9865
66.84057185446169%
Mar 1st, 2023
Core i7-13700
2.1 GHz | 16-core
Single-Core
2632
100%
Multi-Core
14759
100%
CPU Winner
Alienware Aurora R14 Liquid Cooled Gaming Desktop PC | vs | Dell XPS 8960 Desktop PC |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 20th, 2021 | Release Date | Mar 1st, 2023 |
| Ryzen 9 5900 | CPU | Core i7-13700 |
| GeForce RTX 3080 | GPU | GeForce RTX 4060 |
| 16 GB | RAM | 16 GB |
| 2 TB HDD | Storage | N/A Storage |
