Key Differences
In short — Dell XPS 8960 outperforms the cheaper Alienware Aurora R14 Liquid Cooled on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Alienware Aurora R14 Liquid Cooled is a better bang for your buck.
Advantages of Dell XPS 8960 Gaming Desktop PC
- Performs up to 54% better in Far Cry 3 than Alienware Aurora R14 Liquid Cooled - 227 vs 147 FPS
Advantages of Alienware Aurora R14 Liquid Cooled Gaming Desktop PC
- Up to 41% cheaper than Dell XPS 8960 - $2399.95 vs $4049.0
- Up to 8% better value when playing Far Cry 3 than Dell XPS 8960 - $16.33 vs $17.84 per FPS
Far Cry 3
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
147th Variation
FPS
227
100%
Value, $/FPS
$17.84/FPS
91.53587443946188%
Price, $
$4049
59%
FPS Winner
Buy for $4,049 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 73780 minutes ago
Dec 20th, 2021
FPS
147
64.75770925110133%
Value, $/FPS
$16.33/FPS
100%
Price, $
$2399.95
100%
Value Winner
Buy for $2,399.95 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 73815 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
147th Variation
Dec 20th, 2021
GPU Comparison
Compared by selected game FPS and theoretical performance
147th 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
Dec 20th, 2021
GeForce RTX 3080
10 GB GDDR6X | 320-bit
Pixel Fillrate
164.2 GPixel/s
58.51746258018531%
Texel Fillrate
465.1 GTexel/s
61.07682206172029%
CPU Comparison
Compared by selected game FPS and Geekbench 5 benchmark scores
147th Variation
Core i9-14900K
3.2 GHz | 24-core
Single-Core
3101
100%
Multi-Core
21000
100%
CPU Winner
Dec 20th, 2021
Ryzen 9 5900
3.0 GHz | 12-core
Single-Core
2052
66.17220251531764%
Multi-Core
9865
46.976190476190474%
Dell XPS 8960 Gaming Desktop PC | vs | Alienware Aurora R14 Liquid Cooled Gaming Desktop PC |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Release Date | Dec 20th, 2021 |
| Core i9-14900K | CPU | Ryzen 9 5900 |
| GeForce RTX 4080 | GPU | GeForce RTX 3080 |
| 16 GB | RAM | 16 GB |
| 2 TB SSD + 6 TB HDD | Storage | 2 TB HDD |
