Dell XPS 8960 vs Alienware Aurora R9 for Gaming

Dell XPS 8960 Gaming Desktop PC

53rd Variation

Core i7-13700 GeForce RTX 3050

FPS Winner

Alienware Aurora R9 Gaming Desktop PC

Core i7-9700K GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER

The Dell XPS 8960 is a slightly slower gaming PC Build than the Alienware Aurora R9, however, it's a much better value for money, as it's $2251.01 cheaper!

Advantages of the Dell XPS 8960 Gaming Desktop PC

Up to 58% cheaper – $1647.99 vs $3899.00
A much better value for money for gaming

Advantages of the Alienware Aurora R9 Gaming Desktop PC

A faster PC Build for gaming

Dell XPS 8960 Gaming Desktop PC vs Alienware Aurora R9 Gaming Desktop PC for Gaming

The PC's performance in selected game and settings

Dell XPS 8960 Gaming Desktop PC

53rd Variation

Average FPS

85%

Min 1% FPS

79%

Price, $

$1647.99

100%

Value, $/FPS

$22.57/FPS

100%

Dell XPS 8960 Gaming Desktop Computer Tower 2023 | 13th Gen Intel Core i7-13700 16-Core CPU, 32GB DDR5 RAM, 2TB NVMe M.2 PCIe SSD, GeForce RTX 3050 8GB GDDR6, Windows 11 Home

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$1,647.99

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Alienware Aurora R9 Gaming Desktop PC

Average FPS

100%

Min 1% FPS

100%

Price, $

$3899

42%

Value, $/FPS

$45.33/FPS

50%

Alienware Aurora R9 Gaming Desktop, 9th Gen Intel Core i7 9700K, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8GB DDR6, 256GB SSD + 2TB Storage, 16GB RAM, AWAUR9-7674WHT-PUS

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$3,899.00

In Stock

My Games

The FPS you'll get in saved games

Dell XPS 8960 Gaming Desktop PC

53rd Variation

Alienware Aurora R9 Gaming Desktop PC

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GPU Comparison

Compared by selected game FPS and theoretical performance

Full GPU Comparison

Dell XPS 8960 Gaming Desktop PC

53rd Variation

GeForce RTX 3050

8 GB GDDR6 | 128-bit

Pixel Fillrate

56.86 GPixel/s

49%

Texture Fillrate

142.2 GTexel/s

41%

FP32

9.098 TFLOPS

82%

Alienware Aurora R9 Gaming Desktop PC

GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER

8 GB GDDR6 | 256-bit

Pixel Fillrate

116.2 GPixel/s

100%

Texture Fillrate

348.5 GTexel/s

100%

FP32

11.15 TFLOPS

100%

CPU Comparison

Compared by selected game FPS and Geekbench 6 benchmark scores

Full CPU Comparison

Dell XPS 8960 Gaming Desktop PC

53rd Variation

Core i7-13700

2.1 GHz | 16-core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core

2654

100%

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

14724

100%

Alienware Aurora R9 Gaming Desktop PC

Core i7-9700K

3.6 GHz | 8-core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core

1692

64%

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

7176

49%

Specifications

Comparison of all specifications

Dell XPS 8960 Gaming Desktop PC	Specifications Comparison of all specifications	Alienware Aurora R9 Gaming Desktop PC
General
Unknown	Release Date	Unknown
Core i7-13700	CPU	Core i7-9700K
GeForce RTX 3050	GPU	GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
32 GB	RAM	8 GB
N/A Storage	Storage	256 GB SSD

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