Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Alienware Aurora R15 outperforms the cheaper Dell XPS 8960 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Alienware Aurora R15 is 230 days newer than the cheaper Dell XPS 8960.
Advantages of Alienware Aurora R15 Gaming Desktop PC
- Performs up to 142% better in Dead Island 2 than Dell XPS 8960 - 184 vs 76 FPS
- Up to 22% better value when playing Dead Island 2 than Dell XPS 8960 - $13.59 vs $17.32 per FPS
Advantages of Dell XPS 8960 Desktop PC
- Up to 47% cheaper than Alienware Aurora R15 - $1315.99 vs $2499.99
Dead Island 2
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Oct 16th, 2023 • 4th Variation
FPS
184
100%
Value, $/FPS
$13.59/FPS
100%
Price, $
$2499.99
52%
FPS and Value Winner
Buy for $2,499.99 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 432629 minutes ago
Feb 28th, 2023 • 2nd Variation
FPS
76
41.30434782608695%
Value, $/FPS
$17.32/FPS
78.46420323325634%
Price, $
$1315.99
100%
Buy for $1,315.99 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 432637 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Oct 16th, 2023 • 4th Variation
Feb 28th, 2023 • 2nd Variation
GPU Comparison
Compared by selected game FPS and theoretical performance
Oct 16th, 2023 • 4th Variation
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
12 GB GDDR6X | 192-bit
Pixel Fillrate
208.8 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
626.4 GTexel/s
100%
GPU Winner
Feb 28th, 2023 • 2nd Variation
GeForce RTX 3050
8 GB GDDR6 | 128-bit
Pixel Fillrate
56.86 GPixel/s
27.23180076628352%
Texel Fillrate
142.2 GTexel/s
22.701149425287355%
CPU Comparison
Compared by selected game FPS and Geekbench 5 benchmark scores
Oct 16th, 2023 • 4th Variation
Ryzen 9 7900X
4.7 GHz | 12-core
Single-Core
2923
100%
Multi-Core
17849
100%
CPU Winner
Feb 28th, 2023 • 2nd Variation
Core i7-13700
2.1 GHz | 16-core
Single-Core
2632
90.04447485460145%
Multi-Core
14759
82.68810577623397%
Alienware Aurora R15 Gaming Desktop PC | vs | Dell XPS 8960 Desktop PC |
|---|---|---|
Oct 16th, 2023 | Release Date | Feb 28th, 2023 |
| Ryzen 9 7900X | CPU | Core i7-13700 |
| GeForce RTX 4070 Ti | GPU | GeForce RTX 3050 |
32 GB | RAM | 16 GB |
| 2 TB SSD | Storage | 512 GB SSD + 2 TB HDD |
