Key Differences
In short — Alienware Aurora R16 outperforms the cheaper Dell XPS 8960 Tower on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Dell XPS 8960 Tower is a better bang for your buck.
Advantages of Dell XPS 8960 Tower Desktop PC
- Up to 31% cheaper than Alienware Aurora R16 - $3289.0 vs $4749.0
- Up to 2% better value when playing Elden Ring than Alienware Aurora R16 - $33.56 vs $34.17 per FPS
Advantages of Alienware Aurora R16 Gaming Desktop PC
- Performs up to 42% better in Elden Ring than Dell XPS 8960 Tower - 139 vs 98 FPS
Elden Ring
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Maximum
45th Variation
FPS
98
70.50359712230215%
Value, $/FPS
$33.56/FPS
100%
Price, $
$3289
100%
Value Winner
Buy for $3,289 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 219 minutes ago
69th Variation
FPS
139
100%
Value, $/FPS
$34.17/FPS
98.21480831138426%
Price, $
$4749
69%
FPS Winner
Buy for $4,749 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 213 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Maximum
45th Variation
69th Variation
GPU Comparison
Compared by selected game FPS and theoretical performance
45th Variation
GeForce RTX 3070
8 GB GDDR6 | 256-bit
Pixel Fillrate
165.6 GPixel/s
37.339346110484776%
Texel Fillrate
317.4 GTexel/s
24.6046511627907%
69th 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
45th Variation
Core i9-14900K
3.2 GHz | 24-core
Single-Core
3101
100%
Multi-Core
21000
100%
CPU Winner
69th Variation
Core i7-14700K
3.4 GHz | 20-core
Single-Core
2939
94.7758787487907%
Multi-Core
19317
91.98571428571428%
Dell XPS 8960 Tower Desktop PC | vs | Alienware Aurora R16 Gaming Desktop PC |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Release Date | Unknown |
| Core i9-14900K | CPU | Core i7-14700K |
| GeForce RTX 3070 | GPU | GeForce RTX 4090 |
64 GB | RAM | 16 GB |
| 1 TB SSD + 16 TB HDD | Storage | 2 TB SSD + 16 TB HDD |
