Alienware Aurora R9 vs Dell XPS 8960 for Gaming

Alienware Aurora R9 Gaming Desktop PC

Core i7-9700K GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER

FPS Winner

Dell XPS 8960 Gaming Desktop PC

80th Variation

Core i7-13700K GeForce RTX 4060

The Alienware Aurora R9 is the comparison's loser – it's a slower gaming PC Build than the Dell XPS 8960 and it's also a much worse value for money, as it's $2130.01 more expensive!

Advantages of the Alienware Aurora R9 Gaming Desktop PC

The Dell XPS 8960 Gaming Desktop PC is better in every way

Advantages of the Dell XPS 8960 Gaming Desktop PC

A faster PC Build for gaming
Up to 55% cheaper – $1768.99 vs $3899.00
A much better value for money for gaming

Alienware Aurora R9 Gaming Desktop PC vs Dell XPS 8960 Gaming Desktop PC for Gaming

The PC's performance in selected game and settings

Alienware Aurora R9 Gaming Desktop PC

Average FPS

81%

Min 1% FPS

80%

Price, $

$3899

45%

Value, $/FPS

$45.33/FPS

37%

Alienware Aurora R9 Gaming Desktop, 9th Gen Intel Core i7 9700K, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8GB DDR6, 256GB SSD + 2TB Storage, 16GB RAM, AWAUR9-7674WHT-PUS

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$3,899.00

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Dell XPS 8960 Gaming Desktop PC

80th Variation

Average FPS

106

100%

Min 1% FPS

100%

Price, $

$1768.99

100%

Value, $/FPS

$16.68/FPS

100%

Dell XPS 8960 Gaming Desktop PC Computer Tower 2023 | 13th Gen Intel Core i7-13700K CPU up to 5.40 GHz, 24GB DDR5 RAM, 1TB NVMe M.2 PCIe SSD, GeForce RTX 4060 8GB GDDR6, Windows 11 Home

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$1,768.99

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My Games

The FPS you'll get in saved games

Alienware Aurora R9 Gaming Desktop PC

Dell XPS 8960 Gaming Desktop PC

80th Variation

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GPU Comparison

Compared by selected game FPS and theoretical performance

Full GPU Comparison

Alienware Aurora R9 Gaming Desktop PC

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER

8 GB GDDR6 | 256-bit

Pixel Fillrate

116.2 GPixel/s

98%

Texture Fillrate

348.5 GTexel/s

100%

FP32

11.15 TFLOPS

74%

Dell XPS 8960 Gaming Desktop PC

80th Variation

GeForce RTX 4060

8 GB GDDR6 | 128-bit

Pixel Fillrate

118.1 GPixel/s

100%

Texture Fillrate

236.2 GTexel/s

68%

FP32

15.11 TFLOPS

100%

CPU Comparison

Compared by selected game FPS and Geekbench 6 benchmark scores

Full CPU Comparison

Alienware Aurora R9 Gaming Desktop PC

Core i7-9700K

3.6 GHz | 8-core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core

1692

59%

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

7176

40%

Dell XPS 8960 Gaming Desktop PC

80th Variation

Core i7-13700K

3.4 GHz | 16-core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core

2858

100%

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

17808

100%

Specifications

Comparison of all specifications

Alienware Aurora R9 Gaming Desktop PC	Specifications Comparison of all specifications	Dell XPS 8960 Gaming Desktop PC
General
Unknown	Release Date	Unknown
Core i7-9700K	CPU	Core i7-13700K
GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER	GPU	GeForce RTX 4060
8 GB	RAM	24 GB
256 GB SSD	Storage	N/A Storage

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