Key Differences
In short — Dell XPS 8960 Tower 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.
Advantages of Dell XPS 8960 Tower Desktop PC
- Performs up to 16% better in Cities: Skylines II than Alienware Aurora R16 - 22 vs 19 FPS
Advantages of Alienware Aurora R16 Gaming Desktop PC
- Up to 27% cheaper than Dell XPS 8960 Tower - $1409.99 vs $1930.0
- Up to 15% better value when playing Cities: Skylines II than Dell XPS 8960 Tower - $74.21 vs $87.73 per FPS
Cities: Skylines II
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
2nd Variation
FPS
22
100%
Value, $/FPS
$87.73/FPS
84.58908013222386%
Price, $
$1930
73%
FPS Winner
Buy for $1,930 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 432618 minutes ago
Aug 3rd, 2023 • 2nd Variation
FPS
19
86.36363636363636%
Value, $/FPS
$74.21/FPS
100%
Price, $
$1409.99
100%
Value Winner
Buy for $1,409.99 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 432614 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
2nd Variation
Aug 3rd, 2023 • 2nd Variation
GPU Comparison
Compared by selected game FPS and theoretical performance
2nd Variation
GeForce RTX 3050
8 GB GDDR6 | 128-bit
Pixel Fillrate
56.86 GPixel/s
48.14563928873836%
Texel Fillrate
142.2 GTexel/s
60.20321761219305%
Aug 3rd, 2023 • 2nd Variation
GeForce RTX 4060
8 GB GDDR6 | 128-bit
Pixel Fillrate
118.1 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
236.2 GTexel/s
100%
GPU Winner
CPU Comparison
Compared by selected game FPS and Geekbench 5 benchmark scores
2nd Variation
Core i9-13900K
3.0 GHz | 24-core
Single-Core
2974
100%
Multi-Core
20148
100%
CPU Winner
Aug 3rd, 2023 • 2nd Variation
Core i7-13700
2.1 GHz | 16-core
Single-Core
2632
88.50033624747815%
Multi-Core
14759
73.25292833035537%
Dell XPS 8960 Tower Desktop PC | vs | Alienware Aurora R16 Gaming Desktop PC |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Release Date | Aug 3rd, 2023 |
| Core i9-13900K | CPU | Core i7-13700 |
| GeForce RTX 3050 | GPU | GeForce RTX 4060 |
64 GB | RAM | 16 GB |
| 1 TB SSD | Storage | 512 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD |
