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Key Differences

In short — Alienware Aurora R16 outperforms the cheaper Dell XPS 8960 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Dell XPS 8960 is a better bang for your buck.

Advantages of Dell XPS 8960 Gaming Desktop PC

  • Up to 32% cheaper than Alienware Aurora R16 - $3469.00 vs $5099.00
  • Up to 5% better value when playing HITMAN 3 than Alienware Aurora R16 - $21.55 vs $22.76 per FPS

Advantages of Alienware Aurora R16 Gaming Desktop PC

  • Performs up to 39% better in HITMAN 3 than Dell XPS 8960 - 224 vs 161 FPS
This is a free version of HITMAN 3.
HITMAN 3

HITMAN 3

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra


FPS

161

72%

Value, $/FPS

$21.55/FPS

100%

Price, $

$3469

100%

Value Winner

Dell XPS 8960 Gaming Desktop Computer - 13th Gen Intel Core i9-13900K 24-Core up to 5.8GHz CPU, 64GB DDR5 RAM, 4TB NVMe SSD + 10TB HDD, GeForce RTX 3070Ti 8GB GDDR6X, Killer Wi-Fi6E, Windows 11 Home

Buy for $3,469 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 124 minutes ago


FPS

224

100%

Value, $/FPS

$22.76/FPS

95%

Price, $

$5099

68%

FPS Winner

Alienware Aurora R16 Gaming Desktop PC - Intel Core i7-13700F 16-Core up to 5.20 GHz, 64GB RAM, 4TB NVMe SSD + 20TB HDD, GeForce RTX 4090 24GB GDDR6X, Windows 11 Pro, Liquid Cooling, Basalt Black

Buy for $5,099 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 120 minutes ago

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Using the selected game parameters

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

GPU Comparison

Compared by selected game FPS and theoretical performance

Full GPU Comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Logo
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

8 GB GDDR6X | 256-bit

Pixel Fillrate

169.9 GPixel/s

38%

Texel Fillrate

339.8 GTexel/s

26%

GPU Winner


NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Logo
GeForce RTX 4090

24 GB GDDR6X | 384-bit

Pixel Fillrate

443.5 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

1290 GTexel/s

100%

CPU Comparison

Compared by selected game FPS and Geekbench 5 benchmark scores

Full CPU Comparison

Intel Core i9-13900K Logo
Core i9-13900K

3.0 GHz | 24-core

Single-Core

2974

100%

Multi-Core

20148

100%

CPU Winner


Intel Core i7-13700F Logo
Core i7-13700F

2.1 GHz | 16-core

Single-Core

2661

89%

Multi-Core

15475

77%

Dell XPS 8960 Gaming Desktop PC Image

Dell XPS 8960 Gaming Desktop PC

vs
Alienware Aurora R16 Gaming Desktop PC Image

Alienware Aurora R16 Gaming Desktop PC

UnknownRelease DateUnknown
Core i9-13900KCPUCore i7-13700F
GeForce RTX 3070 TiGPUGeForce RTX 4090
64 GBRAM64 GB
4 TB SSD + 10 TB HDDStorage4 TB SSD + 20 TB HDD

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