Key Differences
In short — Alienware Aurora R14 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.
Advantages of Dell XPS 8960 Desktop PC
- Up to 11% cheaper than Alienware Aurora R14 Liquid Cooled - $2129.0 vs $2399.95
- Up to 8% better value when playing Baldur's Gate 3 than Alienware Aurora R14 Liquid Cooled - $24.76 vs $26.97 per FPS
Advantages of Alienware Aurora R14 Liquid Cooled Gaming Desktop PC
- Performs up to 3% better in Baldur's Gate 3 than Dell XPS 8960 - 89 vs 86 FPS
Baldur's Gate 3
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
20th Variation
FPS
86
96.62921348314607%
Value, $/FPS
$24.76/FPS
100%
Price, $
$2129
100%
Value Winner
Buy for $2,129 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 73948 minutes ago
Dec 20th, 2021
FPS
89
100%
Value, $/FPS
$26.97/FPS
91.80571004820172%
Price, $
$2399.95
88%
FPS Winner
Buy for $2,399.95 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 73977 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
20th Variation
Dec 20th, 2021
GPU Comparison
Compared by selected game FPS and theoretical performance
20th Variation
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
8 GB GDDR6 | 128-bit
Pixel Fillrate
121.7 GPixel/s
74.11693057247261%
Texel Fillrate
344.8 GTexel/s
74.13459471081488%
Dec 20th, 2021
GeForce RTX 3080
10 GB GDDR6X | 320-bit
Pixel Fillrate
164.2 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
465.1 GTexel/s
100%
GPU Winner
CPU Comparison
Compared by selected game FPS and Geekbench 5 benchmark scores
20th Variation
Core i9-14900
2.0 GHz | 24-core
Single-Core
2946
100%
Multi-Core
15863
100%
CPU Winner
Dec 20th, 2021
Ryzen 9 5900
3.0 GHz | 12-core
Single-Core
2052
69.65376782077392%
Multi-Core
9865
62.188741095631336%
Dell XPS 8960 Desktop PC | vs | Alienware Aurora R14 Liquid Cooled Gaming Desktop PC |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Release Date | Dec 20th, 2021 |
| Core i9-14900 | CPU | Ryzen 9 5900 |
| GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB | GPU | GeForce RTX 3080 |
64 GB | RAM | 16 GB |
| 4 TB SSD | Storage | 2 TB HDD |
