Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Alienware Aurora R16 Liquid Cooled outperforms the cheaper MSI Codex R2 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Alienware Aurora R16 Liquid Cooled is 180 days older than the cheaper MSI Codex R2.
Advantages of MSI Codex R2 Gaming Desktop PC
- Up to 50% cheaper than Alienware Aurora R16 Liquid Cooled - $999.99 vs $1999.99
Advantages of Alienware Aurora R16 Liquid Cooled Gaming Desktop PC
- Performs up to 125% better in Starfield than MSI Codex R2 - 63 vs 28 FPS
- Up to 11% better value when playing Starfield than MSI Codex R2 - $31.75 vs $35.71 per FPS
Starfield
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Jan 30th, 2024 • 1st Variation
FPS
28
44.44444444444444%
Value, $/FPS
$35.71/FPS
88.91066928031364%
Price, $
$999.99
100%
Buy for $999.99 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 273 minutes ago
FPS
63
100%
Value, $/FPS
$31.75/FPS
100%
Price, $
$1999.99
49%
FPS and Value Winner
Buy for $1,999.99 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 271 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Jan 30th, 2024 • 1st Variation
GPU Comparison
Compared by selected game FPS and theoretical performance
Jan 30th, 2024 • 1st 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%
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
Jan 30th, 2024 • 1st Variation
Core i5-14400F
2.5 GHz | 10-core
Single-Core
2350
77.81456953642383%
Multi-Core
11359
62.17296113847838%
MSI Codex R2 Gaming Desktop PC | vs | Alienware Aurora R16 Liquid Cooled Gaming Desktop PC |
|---|---|---|
Jan 30th, 2024 | Release Date | Aug 3rd, 2023 |
| Core i5-14400F | CPU | Core i9-14900F |
| GeForce RTX 4060 | GPU | GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER |
| 16 GB | RAM | 32 GB |
| N/A Storage | Storage | 1 TB SSD + 1 TB HDD |
