Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Alienware Aurora R15 outperforms the more expensive Dell XPS 8960 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Alienware Aurora R15 is 111 days older than the more expensive Dell XPS 8960.
Advantages of Alienware Aurora R15 Gaming Desktop PC
- Performs up to 37% better in A Plague Tale: Requiem than Dell XPS 8960 - 129 vs 94 FPS
- Up to 7% cheaper than Dell XPS 8960 - $2269.99 vs $2449.99
- Up to 32% better value when playing A Plague Tale: Requiem than Dell XPS 8960 - $17.6 vs $26.06 per FPS
A Plague Tale: Requiem
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Mar 1st, 2023 • 8th Variation
FPS
94
72%
Value, $/FPS
$26.06/FPS
67%
Price, $
$2449.99
92%
Buy for $2,449.99 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 2329 minutes ago
Nov 10th, 2022 • 1st Variation
FPS
129
100%
Value, $/FPS
$17.6/FPS
100%
Price, $
$2269.99
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Buy for $2,269.99 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 2346 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Mar 1st, 2023 • 8th Variation
Nov 10th, 2022 • 1st Variation
GPU Comparison
Compared by selected game FPS and theoretical performance
Mar 1st, 2023 • 8th Variation
GeForce RTX 4070
12 GB GDDR6X | 192-bit
Pixel Fillrate
158.4 GPixel/s
56%
Texel Fillrate
455.4 GTexel/s
59%
Nov 10th, 2022 • 1st Variation
GeForce RTX 4080
16 GB GDDR6X | 256-bit
Pixel Fillrate
280.6 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
761.5 GTexel/s
100%
GPU Winner
CPU Comparison
Compared by selected game FPS and Geekbench 5 benchmark scores
Mar 1st, 2023 • 8th Variation
Core i9-14900K
3.2 GHz | 24-core
Single-Core
3101
100%
Multi-Core
21000
100%
CPU Winner
Nov 10th, 2022 • 1st Variation
Ryzen 9 7900X
4.7 GHz | 12-core
Single-Core
2923
94%
Multi-Core
17849
84%
Dell XPS 8960 Desktop PC | vs | Alienware Aurora R15 Gaming Desktop PC |
|---|---|---|
Mar 1st, 2023 | Release Date | Nov 10th, 2022 |
| Core i9-14900K | CPU | Ryzen 9 7900X |
| GeForce RTX 4070 | GPU | GeForce RTX 4080 |
| 32 GB | RAM | 32 GB |
| 2 TB SSD | Storage | 1 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD |
