Alienware Aurora R9 vs Dell XPS 8960 Tower for Gaming

FPS Winner

Alienware Aurora R9 Gaming Desktop PC

Core i7-9700K GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER

Dell XPS 8960 Tower Desktop PC

28th Variation

Core i7-13700K GeForce RTX 3050

The Alienware Aurora R9 is a slightly faster gaming PC Build than the Dell XPS 8960 Tower, however, it's a much worse value for money, as it's $2279.00 more expensive!

Advantages of the Alienware Aurora R9 Gaming Desktop PC

A slightly faster PC Build for gaming

Advantages of the Dell XPS 8960 Tower Desktop PC

Up to 58% cheaper – $1620.00 vs $3899.00
A much better value for money for gaming

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

The PC's performance in selected game and settings

Alienware Aurora R9 Gaming Desktop PC

Average FPS

100%

Min 1% FPS

100%

Price, $

$3899

41%

Value, $/FPS

$45.33/FPS

46%

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

Buy on Amazon

$3,899.00

In Stock

Dell XPS 8960 Tower Desktop PC

28th Variation

Average FPS

91%

Min 1% FPS

85%

Price, $

$1620

100%

Value, $/FPS

$20.76/FPS

100%

Dell XPS 8960 Tower Desktop Computer - 13th Gen Intel Core i7-13700K 16-Core up to 5.40 GHz CPU, 64GB DDR5 RAM, 1TB NVMe SSD, GeForce RTX 3050 8GB GDDR6, Killer Wi-Fi 6E, Windows 11 Home

Buy on Amazon

$1,620.00

In Stock

My Games

The FPS you'll get in saved games

Alienware Aurora R9 Gaming Desktop PC

Dell XPS 8960 Tower Desktop PC

28th 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

100%

Texture Fillrate

348.5 GTexel/s

100%

FP32

11.15 TFLOPS

100%

Dell XPS 8960 Tower Desktop PC

28th Variation

GeForce RTX 3050

8 GB GDDR6 | 128-bit

Pixel Fillrate

56.86 GPixel/s

49%

Texture Fillrate

142.2 GTexel/s

41%

FP32

9.098 TFLOPS

82%

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 Tower Desktop PC

28th 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 Tower Desktop PC
General
Unknown	Release Date	Unknown
Core i7-9700K	CPU	Core i7-13700K
GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER	GPU	GeForce RTX 3050
8 GB	RAM	64 GB
256 GB	SSD	1 TB
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