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 26% better in Death Stranding than Empowered - 187 vs 148 FPS
Advantages of Empowered PC
- Up to 62% cheaper than Dell XPS 8960 - $1399.99 vs $3689.0
- Up to 52% better value when playing Death Stranding than Dell XPS 8960 - $9.46 vs $19.73 per FPS
Death Stranding
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
144th Variation
FPS
187
100%
Value, $/FPS
$19.73/FPS
47.947288393309684%
Price, $
$3689
37%
FPS Winner
Buy for $3,689 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 74 minutes ago
122nd Variation
FPS
148
79.14438502673798%
Value, $/FPS
$9.46/FPS
100%
Price, $
$1399.99
100%
Value Winner
Buy for $1,399.99 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 89 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
144th Variation
122nd Variation
GPU Comparison
Compared by selected game FPS and theoretical performance
144th Variation
GeForce RTX 3090
24 GB GDDR6X | 384-bit
Pixel Fillrate
189.8 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
556 GTexel/s
100%
GPU Winner
122nd Variation
GeForce RTX 3070
8 GB GDDR6 | 256-bit
Pixel Fillrate
165.6 GPixel/s
87.24973656480505%
Texel Fillrate
317.4 GTexel/s
57.086330935251794%
CPU Comparison
Compared by selected game FPS and Geekbench 5 benchmark scores
144th Variation
Core i7-14700K
3.4 GHz | 20-core
Single-Core
2939
100%
Multi-Core
19317
100%
CPU Winner
122nd Variation
Ryzen 7 7800X3D
4.2 GHz | 8-core
Single-Core
2719
92.51446070091868%
Multi-Core
15172
78.54221670031578%
Dell XPS 8960 Gaming Desktop PC | vs | Empowered PC |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Release Date | Unknown |
| Core i7-14700K | CPU | Ryzen 7 7800X3D |
| GeForce RTX 3090 | GPU | GeForce RTX 3070 |
64 GB | RAM | 32 GB |
| 2 TB SSD + 4 TB HDD | Storage | 512 GB SSD + 2 TB HDD |
