Key Differences
In short — Alienware Aurora R16 Liquid Cooled 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 R16 Liquid Cooled is 156 days newer than the cheaper Dell XPS 8960.
Advantages of Alienware Aurora R16 Liquid Cooled Gaming Desktop PC
- Performs up to 22% better in Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege than Dell XPS 8960 - 620 vs 507 FPS
Advantages of Dell XPS 8960 Desktop PC
- Up to 25% cheaper than Alienware Aurora R16 Liquid Cooled - $1802.09 vs $2399.99
- Up to 8% better value when playing Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege than Alienware Aurora R16 Liquid Cooled - $3.55 vs $3.87 per FPS
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
FPS
620
100%
Value, $/FPS
$3.87/FPS
91%
Price, $
$2399.99
75%
FPS Winner
Buy for $2,399.99 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 190 minutes ago
Feb 28th, 2023 • 1st Variation
FPS
507
81%
Value, $/FPS
$3.55/FPS
100%
Price, $
$1802.09
100%
Value Winner
Buy for $1,802.09 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 205 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Feb 28th, 2023 • 1st Variation
GPU Comparison
Compared by selected game FPS and theoretical performance
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
12 GB GDDR6X | 192-bit
Pixel Fillrate
198 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
554.4 GTexel/s
100%
GPU Winner
Feb 28th, 2023 • 1st Variation
GeForce RTX 3070
8 GB GDDR6 | 256-bit
Pixel Fillrate
165.6 GPixel/s
83%
Texel Fillrate
317.4 GTexel/s
57%
CPU Comparison
Compared by selected game FPS and Geekbench 5 benchmark scores
Feb 28th, 2023 • 1st Variation
Core i9-13900K
3.0 GHz | 24-core
Single-Core
2974
98%
Multi-Core
20148
100%
Alienware Aurora R16 Liquid Cooled Gaming Desktop PC | vs | Dell XPS 8960 Desktop PC |
|---|---|---|
Aug 3rd, 2023 | Release Date | Feb 28th, 2023 |
| Core i9-14900F | CPU | Core i9-13900K |
| GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER | GPU | GeForce RTX 3070 |
| 32 GB | RAM | 32 GB |
| 1 TB SSD + 1 TB HDD | Storage | 1 TB SSD |
