Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Alienware Aurora R15 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 R15 is 185 days newer than the cheaper Dell XPS 8960.
Advantages of Alienware Aurora R15 Gaming Desktop PC
- Performs up to 168% better in Alan Wake 2 than Dell XPS 8960 - 102 vs 38 FPS
- Up to 52% better value when playing Alan Wake 2 than Dell XPS 8960 - $14.71 vs $30.84 per FPS
Advantages of Dell XPS 8960 Desktop PC
- Up to 22% cheaper than Alienware Aurora R15 - $1172.0 vs $1499.97
Alan Wake 2
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Sep 1st, 2023 • 3rd Variation
FPS
102
100%
Value, $/FPS
$14.71/FPS
100%
Price, $
$1499.97
78%
FPS and Value Winner
Buy for $1,499.97 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 11197 minutes ago
Feb 28th, 2023 • 2nd Variation
FPS
38
37%
Value, $/FPS
$30.84/FPS
47%
Price, $
$1172
100%
Buy for $1,172 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 11201 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Sep 1st, 2023 • 3rd Variation
Feb 28th, 2023 • 2nd Variation
GPU Comparison
Compared by selected game FPS and theoretical performance
Sep 1st, 2023 • 3rd 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
Sep 1st, 2023 • 3rd Variation
Ryzen 7 7700X
4.5 GHz | 8-core
Single-Core
2908
100%
Multi-Core
15263
100%
CPU Winner
Feb 28th, 2023 • 2nd Variation
Core i7-13700
2.1 GHz | 16-core
Single-Core
2632
90%
Multi-Core
14759
96%
Alienware Aurora R15 Gaming Desktop PC | vs | Dell XPS 8960 Desktop PC |
|---|---|---|
Sep 1st, 2023 | Release Date | Feb 28th, 2023 |
| Ryzen 7 7700X | CPU | Core i7-13700 |
| GeForce RTX 4070 Ti | GPU | GeForce RTX 3050 |
| 16 GB | RAM | 16 GB |
| 1 TB SSD | Storage | 512 GB SSD + 2 TB HDD |
