Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Alienware Aurora R14 Liquid Cooled outperforms the cheaper Dell XPS 8960 on the selected game parameters, and is also 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 7% better in Far Cry 6 than Dell XPS 8960 - 117 vs 109 FPS
- Up to 2% better value when playing Far Cry 6 than Dell XPS 8960 - $11.96 vs $12.22 per FPS
Advantages of Dell XPS 8960 Desktop PC
- Up to 5% cheaper than Alienware Aurora R14 Liquid Cooled - $1331.91 vs $1399.0
Far Cry 6
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Dec 20th, 2021
FPS
117
100%
Value, $/FPS
$11.96/FPS
100%
Price, $
$1399
95%
FPS and Value Winner
Buy for $1,399 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 8029 minutes ago
Mar 1st, 2023 • 7th Variation
FPS
109
93%
Value, $/FPS
$12.22/FPS
97%
Price, $
$1331.91
100%
Buy for $1,331.91 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 8012 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Dec 20th, 2021
Mar 1st, 2023 • 7th Variation
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 • 7th Variation
GeForce RTX 4060
8 GB GDDR6 | 128-bit
Pixel Fillrate
118.1 GPixel/s
71%
Texel Fillrate
236.2 GTexel/s
50%
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
75%
Multi-Core
9865
60%
Mar 1st, 2023 • 7th Variation
Core i7-14700
2.1 GHz | 20-core
Single-Core
2719
100%
Multi-Core
16412
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 i7-14700 |
| GeForce RTX 3080 | GPU | GeForce RTX 4060 |
| 16 GB | RAM | 16 GB |
| 2 TB HDD | Storage | 1 TB SSD |
