Key Differences
In short — Dell XPS 8960 outperforms the cheaper Empowered on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Empowered is a better bang for your buck.
Advantages of Dell XPS 8960 Gaming Desktop PC
- Performs up to 3% better in Far Cry 3 than Empowered - 227 vs 221 FPS
Advantages of Empowered PC
- Up to 14% cheaper than Dell XPS 8960 - $4199.99 vs $4869.0
- Up to 11% better value when playing Far Cry 3 than Dell XPS 8960 - $19.0 vs $21.45 per FPS
Far Cry 3
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
89th Variation
FPS
227
100%
Value, $/FPS
$21.45/FPS
88%
Price, $
$4869
86%
FPS Winner
Buy for $4,869 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 19 minutes ago
Buy for $4,199.99 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 36 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
89th Variation
1st Variation
GPU Comparison
Compared by selected game FPS and theoretical performance
89th Variation
GeForce RTX 4080
16 GB GDDR6X | 256-bit
Pixel Fillrate
280.6 GPixel/s
63%
Texel Fillrate
761.5 GTexel/s
59%
1st Variation
GeForce RTX 4090
24 GB GDDR6X | 384-bit
Pixel Fillrate
443.5 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
1290 GTexel/s
100%
GPU Winner
CPU Comparison
Compared by selected game FPS and Geekbench 5 benchmark scores
89th Variation
Core i9-14900K
3.2 GHz | 24-core
Single-Core
3101
100%
Multi-Core
21000
100%
CPU Winner
Dell XPS 8960 Gaming Desktop PC | vs | Empowered PC |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Release Date | Unknown |
| Core i9-14900K | CPU | Core i9-13900KF |
| GeForce RTX 4080 | GPU | GeForce RTX 4090 |
64 GB | RAM | 24 GB |
| 4 TB SSD + 20 TB HDD | Storage | 12 TB HDD |
