Key Differences
In short — Dell XPS 8960 outperforms the cheaper Alienware Aurora R16 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Alienware Aurora R16 is a better bang for your buck.
Advantages of Dell XPS 8960 Gaming Desktop PC
- Performs up to 26% better in Cities: Skylines II than Alienware Aurora R16 - 39 vs 31 FPS
Advantages of Alienware Aurora R16 Gaming Desktop PC
- Up to 22% cheaper than Dell XPS 8960 - $1719.0 vs $2208.0
- Up to 2% better value when playing Cities: Skylines II than Dell XPS 8960 - $55.45 vs $56.62 per FPS
Cities: Skylines II
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
25th Variation
FPS
39
100%
Value, $/FPS
$56.62/FPS
97.93359237018723%
Price, $
$2208
77%
FPS Winner
Buy for $2,208 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 19 minutes ago
50th Variation
FPS
31
79.48717948717949%
Value, $/FPS
$55.45/FPS
100%
Price, $
$1719
100%
Value Winner
Buy for $1,719 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 3 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
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50th Variation
GPU Comparison
Compared by selected game FPS and theoretical performance
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GeForce RTX 3070
8 GB GDDR6 | 256-bit
Pixel Fillrate
165.6 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
317.4 GTexel/s
92.05336426914153%
GPU Winner
50th Variation
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
8 GB GDDR6 | 128-bit
Pixel Fillrate
121.7 GPixel/s
73.49033816425121%
Texel Fillrate
344.8 GTexel/s
100%
CPU Comparison
Compared by selected game FPS and Geekbench 5 benchmark scores
25th Variation
Core i9-13900K
3.0 GHz | 24-core
Single-Core
2974
100%
Multi-Core
20148
100%
CPU Winner
50th Variation
Core i7-14700F
2.1 GHz | 20-core
Single-Core
2775
93.30867518493612%
Multi-Core
17332
86.02342664284296%
Dell XPS 8960 Gaming Desktop PC | vs | Alienware Aurora R16 Gaming Desktop PC |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Release Date | Unknown |
| Core i9-13900K | CPU | Core i7-14700F |
| GeForce RTX 3070 | GPU | GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB |
| 32 GB | RAM | 32 GB |
| 1 TB SSD + 1 TB HDD | Storage | 1 TB SSD |
