Key Differences
In short — Alienware Aurora R16 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 R16 Liquid Cooled is 155 days newer than the cheaper Dell XPS 8960.
Advantages of Alienware Aurora R16 Liquid Cooled Gaming Desktop PC
- Performs up to 38% better in Death Stranding than Dell XPS 8960 - 177 vs 128 FPS
Advantages of Dell XPS 8960 Desktop PC
- Up to 29% cheaper than Alienware Aurora R16 Liquid Cooled - £1499.0 vs £2109.0
- Up to 2% better value when playing Death Stranding than Alienware Aurora R16 Liquid Cooled - £11.71 vs £11.92 per FPS
Death Stranding
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Aug 3rd, 2023 • 1st Variation
FPS
177
100%
Value, £/FPS
£11.92/FPS
98.23825503355705%
Price, £
£2109
71%
FPS Winner
Buy for £2,109 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 89682 minutes ago
Mar 1st, 2023
FPS
128
72.31638418079096%
Value, £/FPS
£11.71/FPS
100%
Price, £
£1499
100%
Value Winner
Buy for £1,499 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 89682 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Aug 3rd, 2023 • 1st Variation
Mar 1st, 2023
GPU Comparison
Compared by selected game FPS and theoretical performance
Aug 3rd, 2023 • 1st Variation
GeForce RTX 4070
12 GB GDDR6X | 192-bit
Pixel Fillrate
158.4 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
455.4 GTexel/s
100%
GPU Winner
Mar 1st, 2023
GeForce RTX 4060
8 GB GDDR6 | 128-bit
Pixel Fillrate
118.1 GPixel/s
74.5580808080808%
Texel Fillrate
236.2 GTexel/s
51.86649099692578%
CPU Comparison
Compared by selected game FPS and Geekbench 5 benchmark scores
Aug 3rd, 2023 • 1st Variation
Core i7-14700KF
3.4 GHz | 20-core
Single-Core
2975
100%
Multi-Core
19234
100%
CPU Winner
Mar 1st, 2023
Core i7-13700
2.1 GHz | 16-core
Single-Core
2632
88.47058823529412%
Multi-Core
14759
76.73390870333783%
Alienware Aurora R16 Liquid Cooled Gaming Desktop PC | vs | Dell XPS 8960 Desktop PC |
|---|---|---|
Aug 3rd, 2023 | Release Date | Mar 1st, 2023 |
| Core i7-14700KF | CPU | Core i7-13700 |
| GeForce RTX 4070 | GPU | GeForce RTX 4060 |
32 GB | RAM | 16 GB |
| 1 TB SSD | Storage | N/A Storage |
