Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Alienware Aurora R16 Liquid Cooled outperforms the cheaper MSI Codex R (Tower) on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Alienware Aurora R16 Liquid Cooled is 854 days newer than the cheaper MSI Codex R (Tower).
Advantages of MSI Codex R (Tower) Gaming Desktop PC
- Up to 4% cheaper than Alienware Aurora R16 Liquid Cooled - $2300.0 vs $2399.99
Advantages of Alienware Aurora R16 Liquid Cooled Gaming Desktop PC
- Performs up to 60% better in No Man's Sky than MSI Codex R (Tower) - 195 vs 122 FPS
- Up to 35% better value when playing No Man's Sky than MSI Codex R (Tower) - $12.31 vs $18.85 per FPS
No Man's Sky
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
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FPS
122
62.56410256410256%
Value, $/FPS
$18.85/FPS
65.3050397877984%
Price, $
$2300
100%
Buy for $2,300 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 77770 minutes ago
FPS
195
100%
Value, $/FPS
$12.31/FPS
100%
Price, $
$2399.99
95%
FPS and Value Winner
Buy for $2,399.99 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 77766 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Apr 1st, 2021 • 3rd Variation
GPU Comparison
Compared by selected game FPS and theoretical performance
Apr 1st, 2021 • 3rd Variation
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
8 GB GDDR6 | 256-bit
Pixel Fillrate
133.2 GPixel/s
67.27272727272727%
Texel Fillrate
253.1 GTexel/s
45.652958152958156%
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
Apr 1st, 2021 • 3rd Variation
Core i5-11400F
2.6 GHz | 6-core
Single-Core
1961
64.93377483443709%
Multi-Core
7608
41.64203612479474%
MSI Codex R (Tower) Gaming Desktop PC | vs | Alienware Aurora R16 Liquid Cooled Gaming Desktop PC |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 1st, 2021 | Release Date | Aug 3rd, 2023 |
| Core i5-11400F | CPU | Core i9-14900F |
| GeForce RTX 3060 Ti | GPU | GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER |
| 16 GB | RAM | 32 GB |
| 500 GB SSD | Storage | 1 TB SSD + 1 TB HDD |
