Dell XPS 8960 vs Alienware Aurora R16 for Gaming

Dell XPS 8960 Gaming Desktop PC

98th Variation

Core i7-13700 GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

FPS Winner

Alienware Aurora R16 Gaming Desktop PC

61st Variation

Core i7-13700K GeForce RTX 4070

The Dell XPS 8960 is the comparison's loser – it's a much slower gaming PC Build than the Alienware Aurora R16 and it's also a worse value for money, as it's only $436.18 cheaper!

Advantages of the Dell XPS 8960 Gaming Desktop PC

Up to 17% cheaper – $2072.82 vs $2509.00

Advantages of the Alienware Aurora R16 Gaming Desktop PC

At least 2x faster PC Build for gaming
A better value for money for gaming

Dell XPS 8960 Gaming Desktop PC vs Alienware Aurora R16 Gaming Desktop PC for Gaming

The PC's performance in selected game and settings

Dell XPS 8960 Gaming Desktop PC

98th Variation

Average FPS

55%

Min 1% FPS

48%

Price, $

$2072.82

100%

Value, $/FPS

$24.8/FPS

69%

Dell XPS 8960 Gaming Desktop Computer Tower 2023 | 13th Gen Intel Core i7-13700 16-Core CPU, 24GB DDR5 RAM, 256GB NVMe M.2 PCIe SSD + 1TB HDD, GeForce RTX 3060 8GB GDDR6, Windows 11 Home

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$2,072.82

In Stock

Alienware Aurora R16 Gaming Desktop PC

61st Variation

Average FPS

147

100%

Min 1% FPS

100%

Price, $

$2509

82%

Value, $/FPS

$17.06/FPS

100%

Alienware Aurora R16 Gaming Desktop PC - Intel Core i7-13700K 16-Core up to 5.40 GHz, 16GB RAM, 1TB NVMe SSD + 1TB HDD, GeForce RTX 4070 12GB GDDR6X, Windows 11 Home, Liquid Cooling, Basalt Black

Buy on Amazon

$2,509.00

In Stock

My Games

The FPS you'll get in saved games

Dell XPS 8960 Gaming Desktop PC

98th Variation

Alienware Aurora R16 Gaming Desktop PC

61st Variation

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GPU Comparison

Compared by selected game FPS and theoretical performance

Full GPU Comparison

Dell XPS 8960 Gaming Desktop PC

98th Variation

GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

8 GB GDDR6 | 128-bit

Pixel Fillrate

85.3 GPixel/s

54%

Texture Fillrate

199 GTexel/s

44%

FP32

12.74 TFLOPS

44%

Alienware Aurora R16 Gaming Desktop PC

61st Variation

GeForce RTX 4070

12 GB GDDR6X | 192-bit

Pixel Fillrate

158.4 GPixel/s

100%

Texture Fillrate

455.4 GTexel/s

100%

FP32

29.15 TFLOPS

100%

CPU Comparison

Compared by selected game FPS and Geekbench 6 benchmark scores

Full CPU Comparison

Dell XPS 8960 Gaming Desktop PC

98th Variation

Core i7-13700

2.1 GHz | 16-core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core

2654

93%

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

14724

83%

Alienware Aurora R16 Gaming Desktop PC

61st 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

Dell XPS 8960 Gaming Desktop PC	Specifications Comparison of all specifications	Alienware Aurora R16 Gaming Desktop PC
General
Unknown	Release Date	Unknown
Core i7-13700	CPU	Core i7-13700K
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB	GPU	GeForce RTX 4070
24 GB	RAM	16 GB
1 TB HDD	Storage	1 TB SSD + 1 TB HDD

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