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 5% better in Alan Wake 2 than Empowered - 88 vs 84 FPS
Advantages of Empowered PC
- Up to 63% cheaper than Dell XPS 8960 - $1549.99 vs $4169.0
- Up to 61% better value when playing Alan Wake 2 than Dell XPS 8960 - $18.45 vs $47.38 per FPS
Alan Wake 2
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
93rd Variation
FPS
88
100%
Value, $/FPS
$47.38/FPS
38.940481215702825%
Price, $
$4169
37%
FPS Winner
Buy for $4,169 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 76125 minutes ago
161st Variation
FPS
84
95.45454545454545%
Value, $/FPS
$18.45/FPS
100%
Price, $
$1549.99
100%
Value Winner
Buy for $1,549.99 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 76119 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
93rd Variation
161st Variation
GPU Comparison
Compared by selected game FPS and theoretical performance
93rd Variation
GeForce RTX 3080
10 GB GDDR6X | 320-bit
Pixel Fillrate
164.2 GPixel/s
82.92929292929291%
Texel Fillrate
465.1 GTexel/s
83.8924963924964%
161st Variation
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
12 GB GDDR6X | 192-bit
Pixel Fillrate
198 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
554.4 GTexel/s
100%
GPU Winner
CPU Comparison
Compared by selected game FPS and Geekbench 5 benchmark scores
93rd Variation
Core i9-14900K
3.2 GHz | 24-core
Single-Core
3101
100%
Multi-Core
21000
100%
CPU Winner
161st Variation
Ryzen 7 5700X
3.4 GHz | 8-core
Single-Core
2121
68.39729119638827%
Multi-Core
9729
46.32857142857143%
Dell XPS 8960 Gaming Desktop PC | vs | Empowered PC |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Release Date | Unknown |
| Core i9-14900K | CPU | Ryzen 7 5700X |
| GeForce RTX 3080 | GPU | GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER |
64 GB | RAM | 32 GB |
| 4 TB SSD + 16 TB HDD | Storage | 512 GB SSD + 3 TB HDD |
