Key Differences
In short — Alienware Aurora R15 outperforms the cheaper MSI Codex R2 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing MSI Codex R2 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Alienware Aurora R15 is 106 days older than the cheaper MSI Codex R2.
Advantages of Alienware Aurora R15 Gaming Desktop PC
- Performs up to 59% better in Sea of Thieves than MSI Codex R2 - 237 vs 149 FPS
Advantages of MSI Codex R2 Gaming Desktop PC
- Up to 57% cheaper than Alienware Aurora R15 - $999.99 vs $2299.9
- Up to 31% better value when playing Sea of Thieves than Alienware Aurora R15 - $6.71 vs $9.7 per FPS
Sea of Thieves
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Mythical
Oct 16th, 2023 • 4th Variation
FPS
237
100%
Value, $/FPS
$9.7/FPS
69.17525773195877%
Price, $
$2299.9
43%
FPS Winner
Buy for $2,299.9 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 18 minutes ago
Jan 30th, 2024 • 1st Variation
FPS
149
62.869198312236286%
Value, $/FPS
$6.71/FPS
100%
Price, $
$999.99
100%
Value Winner
Buy for $999.99 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 12 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Mythical
Oct 16th, 2023 • 4th Variation
Jan 30th, 2024 • 1st Variation
GPU Comparison
Compared by selected game FPS and theoretical performance
Oct 16th, 2023 • 4th 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
Jan 30th, 2024 • 1st Variation
GeForce RTX 4060
8 GB GDDR6 | 128-bit
Pixel Fillrate
118.1 GPixel/s
56.56130268199233%
Texel Fillrate
236.2 GTexel/s
37.70753512132822%
CPU Comparison
Compared by selected game FPS and Geekbench 5 benchmark scores
Oct 16th, 2023 • 4th Variation
Ryzen 9 7900X
4.7 GHz | 12-core
Single-Core
2923
100%
Multi-Core
17849
100%
CPU Winner
Jan 30th, 2024 • 1st Variation
Core i5-14400F
2.5 GHz | 10-core
Single-Core
2350
80.39685254875128%
Multi-Core
11359
63.63941957532635%
Alienware Aurora R15 Gaming Desktop PC | vs | MSI Codex R2 Gaming Desktop PC |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 16th, 2023 | Release Date | Jan 30th, 2024 |
| Ryzen 9 7900X | CPU | Core i5-14400F |
| GeForce RTX 4070 Ti | GPU | GeForce RTX 4060 |
32 GB | RAM | 16 GB |
| 2 TB SSD | Storage | N/A Storage |
