Key Differences
In short — Alienware Aurora R15 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 R15 is 110 days older than the cheaper Dell XPS 8960.
Advantages of Alienware Aurora R15 Gaming Desktop PC
- Performs up to 62% better in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 than Dell XPS 8960 - 107 vs 66 FPS
Advantages of Dell XPS 8960 Desktop PC
- Up to 39% cheaper than Alienware Aurora R15 - $1152.99 vs $1889.76
- Up to 1% better value when playing Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 than Alienware Aurora R15 - $17.47 vs $17.66 per FPS
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Nov 10th, 2022 • 2nd Variation
FPS
107
100%
Value, $/FPS
$17.66/FPS
98%
Price, $
$1889.76
61%
FPS Winner
Buy for $1,889.76 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 117 minutes ago
Feb 28th, 2023 • 2nd Variation
FPS
66
61%
Value, $/FPS
$17.47/FPS
100%
Price, $
$1152.99
100%
Value Winner
Buy for $1,152.99 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 118 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Nov 10th, 2022 • 2nd Variation
Feb 28th, 2023 • 2nd Variation
GPU Comparison
Compared by selected game FPS and theoretical performance
Nov 10th, 2022 • 2nd Variation
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
12 GB GDDR6X | 192-bit
Pixel Fillrate
208.8 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
626.4 GTexel/s
100%
GPU Winner
Feb 28th, 2023 • 2nd Variation
GeForce RTX 3050
8 GB GDDR6 | 128-bit
Pixel Fillrate
56.86 GPixel/s
27%
Texel Fillrate
142.2 GTexel/s
22%
CPU Comparison
Compared by selected game FPS and Geekbench 5 benchmark scores
Nov 10th, 2022 • 2nd Variation
Core i9-13900
2.0 GHz | 24-core
Single-Core
2714
100%
Multi-Core
16426
100%
CPU Winner
Feb 28th, 2023 • 2nd Variation
Core i7-13700
2.1 GHz | 16-core
Single-Core
2632
96%
Multi-Core
14759
89%
Alienware Aurora R15 Gaming Desktop PC | vs | Dell XPS 8960 Desktop PC |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 10th, 2022 | Release Date | Feb 28th, 2023 |
| Core i9-13900 | CPU | Core i7-13700 |
| GeForce RTX 4070 Ti | GPU | GeForce RTX 3050 |
32 GB | RAM | 16 GB |
| 1 TB SSD | Storage | 512 GB SSD + 2 TB HDD |
