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 110 days older than the cheaper Dell XPS 8960.
Advantages of Alienware Aurora R15 Gaming Desktop PC
- Performs up to 211% better in God of War than Dell XPS 8960 - 168 vs 54 FPS
- Up to 25% better value when playing God of War than Dell XPS 8960 - $18.18 vs $24.37 per FPS
Advantages of Dell XPS 8960 Desktop PC
- Up to 57% cheaper than Alienware Aurora R15 - $1315.99 vs $3054.88
God of War
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Nov 10th, 2022 • 1st Variation
FPS
168
100%
Value, $/FPS
$18.18/FPS
100%
Price, $
$3054.88
43%
FPS and Value Winner
Buy for $3,054.88 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 432495 minutes ago
Feb 28th, 2023 • 2nd Variation
FPS
54
32.142857142857146%
Value, $/FPS
$24.37/FPS
74.59991793188347%
Price, $
$1315.99
100%
Buy for $1,315.99 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 432495 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Nov 10th, 2022 • 1st Variation
Feb 28th, 2023 • 2nd Variation
GPU Comparison
Compared by selected game FPS and theoretical performance
Nov 10th, 2022 • 1st Variation
GeForce RTX 4080
16 GB GDDR6X | 256-bit
Pixel Fillrate
280.6 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
761.5 GTexel/s
100%
GPU Winner
Feb 28th, 2023 • 2nd Variation
GeForce RTX 3050
8 GB GDDR6 | 128-bit
Pixel Fillrate
56.86 GPixel/s
20.263720598717033%
Texel Fillrate
142.2 GTexel/s
18.6736703873933%
CPU Comparison
Compared by selected game FPS and Geekbench 5 benchmark scores
Nov 10th, 2022 • 1st 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 10th, 2022 | Release Date | Feb 28th, 2023 |
| Ryzen 9 7900X | CPU | Core i7-13700 |
| GeForce RTX 4080 | GPU | GeForce RTX 3050 |
32 GB | RAM | 16 GB |
| 1 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD | Storage | 512 GB SSD + 2 TB HDD |
