Key Differences
In short — MSI Aegis R2 outperforms the cheaper Alienware Aurora R16 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Alienware Aurora R16 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing MSI Aegis R2 is 393 days newer than the cheaper Alienware Aurora R16.
Advantages of MSI Aegis R2 Gaming Desktop PC
- Performs up to 23% better in Minecraft than Alienware Aurora R16 - 801 vs 650 FPS
Advantages of Alienware Aurora R16 Gaming Desktop PC
- Up to 20% cheaper than MSI Aegis R2 - $1399.97 vs $1749.0
- Up to 1% better value when playing Minecraft than MSI Aegis R2 - $2.15 vs $2.18 per FPS
Minecraft
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Aug 30th, 2024 • 4th Variation
FPS
801
100%
Value, $/FPS
$2.18/FPS
98.62385321100916%
Price, $
$1749
80%
FPS Winner
Buy for $1,749 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 154 minutes ago
Aug 3rd, 2023 • 2nd Variation
FPS
650
81.14856429463171%
Value, $/FPS
$2.15/FPS
100%
Price, $
$1399.97
100%
Value Winner
Buy for $1,399.97 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 176 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Aug 30th, 2024 • 4th Variation
Aug 3rd, 2023 • 2nd Variation
GPU Comparison
Compared by selected game FPS and theoretical performance
Aug 30th, 2024 • 4th 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
Aug 3rd, 2023 • 2nd Variation
GeForce RTX 4060
8 GB GDDR6 | 128-bit
Pixel Fillrate
118.1 GPixel/s
59.64646464646465%
Texel Fillrate
236.2 GTexel/s
42.60461760461761%
CPU Comparison
Compared by selected game FPS and Geekbench 5 benchmark scores
Aug 30th, 2024 • 4th Variation
Core i7-14700F
2.1 GHz | 20-core
Single-Core
2775
100%
Multi-Core
17332
100%
CPU Winner
Aug 3rd, 2023 • 2nd Variation
Core i7-13700
2.1 GHz | 16-core
Single-Core
2632
94.84684684684684%
Multi-Core
14759
85.15462727902147%
MSI Aegis R2 Gaming Desktop PC | vs | Alienware Aurora R16 Gaming Desktop PC |
|---|---|---|
Aug 30th, 2024 | Release Date | Aug 3rd, 2023 |
| Core i7-14700F | CPU | Core i7-13700 |
| GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER | GPU | GeForce RTX 4060 |
32 GB | RAM | 16 GB |
| N/A Storage | Storage | 512 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD |
