Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Alienware Aurora R14 Liquid Cooled outperforms the more expensive Alienware Aurora R12 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Alienware Aurora R14 Liquid Cooled is 150 days newer than the more expensive Alienware Aurora R12.
Advantages of Alienware Aurora R14 Liquid Cooled Gaming Desktop PC
- Performs up to 121% better in Metro Exodus than Alienware Aurora R12 - 86 vs 39 FPS
- Up to 14% cheaper than Alienware Aurora R12 - $2399.95 vs $2806.0
- Up to 61% better value when playing Metro Exodus than Alienware Aurora R12 - $27.91 vs $71.95 per FPS
Metro Exodus
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Extreme
Jul 23rd, 2021 • 1st Variation
FPS
39
45.348837209302324%
Value, $/FPS
$71.95/FPS
38.79082696316887%
Price, $
$2806
85%
Buy for $2,806 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 219 minutes ago
Dec 20th, 2021
FPS
86
100%
Value, $/FPS
$27.91/FPS
100%
Price, $
$2399.95
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Buy for $2,399.95 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 244 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Extreme
Jul 23rd, 2021 • 1st Variation
Dec 20th, 2021
GPU Comparison
Compared by selected game FPS and theoretical performance
Jul 23rd, 2021 • 1st Variation
GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6 | 192-bit
Pixel Fillrate
85.3 GPixel/s
51.948842874543246%
Texel Fillrate
199 GTexel/s
42.78649752741346%
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
CPU Comparison
Compared by selected game FPS and Geekbench 5 benchmark scores
Jul 23rd, 2021 • 1st Variation
Core i7-10700F
2.9 GHz | 8-core
Single-Core
1612
78.55750487329435%
Multi-Core
7231
73.29954384186517%
Dec 20th, 2021
Ryzen 9 5900
3.0 GHz | 12-core
Single-Core
2052
100%
Multi-Core
9865
100%
CPU Winner
Alienware Aurora R12 Gaming Desktop PC | vs | Alienware Aurora R14 Liquid Cooled Gaming Desktop PC |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 23rd, 2021 | Release Date | Dec 20th, 2021 |
| Core i7-10700F | CPU | Ryzen 9 5900 |
| GeForce RTX 3060 | GPU | GeForce RTX 3080 |
32 GB | RAM | 16 GB |
| 2 TB SSD + 1 TB HDD | Storage | 2 TB HDD |
