Dell XPS 8960 vs Alienware Aurora R14 Liquid Cooled for Gaming

Dell XPS 8960 Gaming Desktop PC

37th Variation

Core i9-13900K GeForce RTX 3070

FPS Winner

Alienware Aurora R14 Liquid Cooled Gaming Desktop PC

Dec 20th, 2021

Ryzen 9 5900 GeForce RTX 3080

The Dell XPS 8960 is a slightly slower gaming PC Build than the Alienware Aurora R14 Liquid Cooled, it's also a slightly worse value for money, as it's $120.08 more expensive!

Advantages of the Alienware Aurora R14 Liquid Cooled Gaming Desktop PC

A slightly faster gaming PC Build than the Dell XPS 8960
Up to 5% cheaper than the Dell XPS 8960 – $2399.95 vs $2520.03
A slightly better value for money when playing games compared to the Dell XPS 8960

Dell XPS 8960 Gaming Desktop PC vs Alienware Aurora R14 Liquid Cooled Gaming Desktop PC for Gaming

With selected game settings

Dell XPS 8960 Gaming Desktop PC

37th Variation

Average FPS

127

98%

Min 1% FPS

95%

Price, $

$2520.03

95%

Value, $/FPS

$19.84/FPS

93%

Dell XPS 8960 Gaming Desktop Computer - 13th Gen Intel Core i9-13900K 24-Core up to 5.80 GHz CPU, 32GB DDR5 RAM, 2TB NVMe SSD, GeForce RTX 3070 8GB GDDR6, Killer Wi-Fi 6E, Windows 11 Pro

Buy on Amazon

$2,520.03

In Stock

Alienware Aurora R14 Liquid Cooled Gaming Desktop PC

Dec 20th, 2021

Average FPS

130

100%

Min 1% FPS

100%

Price, $

$2399.95

100%

Value, $/FPS

$18.46/FPS

100%

Alienware Aurora R14 Liquid Cooled Gaming Desktop - AMD Ryzen 9 5900, 32GB 3466MHz RAM, 1TB SDD + 2TB HDD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10GB GDDR6X Graphics, VR Ready, USB-C, Windows 11 Home – Black

Buy on Amazon

$2,399.95

In Stock

FPS and Value

My Games

The FPS you'll get in the saved games

Dell XPS 8960 Gaming Desktop PC

37th Variation

Alienware Aurora R14 Liquid Cooled Gaming Desktop PC

Dec 20th, 2021

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GPU Comparison

Compared by selected game FPS and theoretical performance

Full GPU Comparison

Dell XPS 8960 Gaming Desktop PC

37th Variation

GeForce RTX 3070

8 GB GDDR6 | 256-bit

Pixel Fillrate

165.6 GPixel/s

100%

Texture Fillrate

317.4 GTexel/s

68%

FP32

20.31 TFLOPS

68%

GPU Winner

Alienware Aurora R14 Liquid Cooled Gaming Desktop PC

Dec 20th, 2021

GeForce RTX 3080

10 GB GDDR6X | 320-bit

Pixel Fillrate

164.2 GPixel/s

99%

Texture Fillrate

465.1 GTexel/s

100%

FP32

29.77 TFLOPS

100%

CPU Comparison

Compared by selected game FPS and Geekbench 6 benchmark scores

Full CPU Comparison

Dell XPS 8960 Gaming Desktop PC

37th Variation

Core i9-13900K

3.0 GHz | 24-core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core

2991

100%

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

20110

100%

CPU Winner

Alienware Aurora R14 Liquid Cooled Gaming Desktop PC

Dec 20th, 2021

Ryzen 9 5900

3.0 GHz | 12-core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core

2141

72%

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

10940

54%

Specifications

Comparison of all specifications

Dell XPS 8960 Gaming Desktop PC	Specifications Comparison of all specifications	Alienware Aurora R14 Liquid Cooled Gaming Desktop PC
General
Unknown	Release Date	Dec 20th, 2021
Core i9-13900K	CPU	Ryzen 9 5900
GeForce RTX 3070	GPU	GeForce RTX 3080
32 GB	RAM	16 GB
2 TB SSD	Storage	2 TB HDD

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