Key Differences
In short — Dell XPS 8960 outperforms the cheaper Empowered on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Empowered is a better bang for your buck.
Advantages of Dell XPS 8960 Gaming Desktop PC
- Performs up to 15% better in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 than Empowered - 106 vs 92 FPS
Advantages of Empowered PC
- Up to 63% cheaper than Dell XPS 8960 - $1549.99 vs $4239.0
- Up to 58% better value when playing Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 than Dell XPS 8960 - $16.85 vs $39.99 per FPS
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
136th Variation
FPS
106
100%
Value, $/FPS
$39.99/FPS
42.13553388347087%
Price, $
$4239
36%
FPS Winner
Buy for $4,239 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 76643 minutes ago
161st Variation
FPS
92
86.79245283018868%
Value, $/FPS
$16.85/FPS
100%
Price, $
$1549.99
100%
Value Winner
Buy for $1,549.99 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 76646 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
136th Variation
161st Variation
GPU Comparison
Compared by selected game FPS and theoretical performance
136th Variation
GeForce RTX 3090
24 GB GDDR6X | 384-bit
Pixel Fillrate
189.8 GPixel/s
95.85858585858587%
Texel Fillrate
556 GTexel/s
100%
161st Variation
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
12 GB GDDR6X | 192-bit
Pixel Fillrate
198 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
554.4 GTexel/s
99.71223021582733%
GPU Winner
CPU Comparison
Compared by selected game FPS and Geekbench 5 benchmark scores
136th Variation
Core i9-13900K
3.0 GHz | 24-core
Single-Core
2974
100%
Multi-Core
20148
100%
CPU Winner
161st Variation
Ryzen 7 5700X
3.4 GHz | 8-core
Single-Core
2121
71.31809011432414%
Multi-Core
9729
48.28767123287671%
Dell XPS 8960 Gaming Desktop PC | vs | Empowered PC |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Release Date | Unknown |
| Core i9-13900K | CPU | Ryzen 7 5700X |
| GeForce RTX 3090 | GPU | GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER |
64 GB | RAM | 32 GB |
| 2 TB SSD + 16 TB HDD | Storage | 512 GB SSD + 3 TB HDD |
