Alienware Aurora R12 Desktop vs. Dell XPS 8950 Desktop

Specs Comparison

Alienware Aurora R12 Desktop Price
	Alienware Aurora R12 Gaming Desktop - Intel Core i7 11700F, 16GB DDR4 RAM, 512GB SDD + 1TB HDD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8GB GDDR6, Windows 11 Home - Dark Side of The Moon By Alienware $1,699.99 Was: $1,799.99	See at Amazon
	Dell Alienware Aurora R12 Gaming Desktop (2021) | Core i7-1TB HDD + 512GB SSD - 16GB RAM - RTX 3080 | 8 Cores @ 4.9 GHz - 11th Gen CPU - 10GB GDDR6X Win 10 Pro By Dell $2,975.72	See at Amazon
	2021 Newest Alienware Aurora R12 Gaming Desktop, Intel Core i7-11700F(Liquid Cool, Up to 4.9GHz), NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080, 32GB 3200MHz DDR4, 1TB PCIe SSD + 1TB HDD, WiFi 5, Bluetooth 5.0, Win10 By Dell $2,299.99	See at Amazon
Dell XPS 8950 Tower Desktop Price
	Dell XPS 8950 Gaming Desktop Computer 12th Gen Intel Core i7-12700K 12-Core up to 5.00 GHz CPU, 32GB DDR5 RAM, 2TB SSD + 2TB HDD, GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GPU, Killer Wi-Fi 6, DVD Burner, Windows 11 Home By Dell $1,781.60	See at Amazon
	Dell 2023 XPS 8950 Business Tower Desktop Computer, 12th Gen Intel 12-Core i7-12700, 32GB RAM, 1TB PCIe SSD + 1TB HDD, DVDRW, GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8GB GDDR6, WiFi 6, Bluetooth 5.2, Windows 11 Pro By Dell $1,679.00	See at Amazon
	Dell XPS 8950 Desktop Computer - 12th Gen Intel Core i7-12700K up to 5.0 GHz CPU, 32GB DDR5 RAM, 2TB NVMe SSD + 2TB HDD, Intel UHD Graphics 770, Killer Wi-Fi 6, DVD Burner, Windows 11 Pro By Dell $1,469.99	See at Amazon

Alienware Aurora R12 Desktop vs. Dell XPS 8950 Desktop

The Alienware Aurora R12 Desktop and the Dell XPS 8950 Desktop were released in the same year, 2021. The Alienware Aurora R12 Desktop has a full-tower form factor that can accommodate a large motherboard, multiple graphics cards, extra storage, and better cooling solution. The Dell XPS 8950 Desktop has a mini tower form factor that can fit a micro ATX and Mini ITX motherboard, a few hard disk drives, and a single full-height graphics card.

Processor

The Central Processing Unit (CPU) is like the brains of your desktop computer. Its performance determines how fast and responsive your PC is. Generally, a processor with newer architecture, more CPU cores, higher TDP (measured in W), and faster clock speed (measured in GHz) tends to be more expensive and run faster than others with older architecture, fewer CPU cores, lower TDP, and lower clock speed.

For Alienware Aurora R12 Desktop, you have options to configure it with a 65W 11th Generation Intel Rocket Lake 6-core Intel Core i5-11400 up to a 125W 8-core Intel Core i9-11900KF with a boost speed up to 5.30 GHz.

While Dell XPS 8950 Desktop has configurations with a 125W 12th Generation Intel Alder Lake 10-core Intel Core i5-12600K up to a 125W 16-core Intel Core i9-12900K with a boost speed up to 5.20 GHz.

Memory

The Random Access Memory or RAM is the super-fast and temporary storage used to handle all active tasks, apps, and games that will go away when your PC turns off. The more memory your PC has, the better multitasking your PC can handle without having to reload data from slower permanent storage that includes the hard disk drive or solid-state drive.

Both PCs have the same amount of four RAM slots meaning that you upgrade later if you are unsatisfied with the amount of memory on your PC. You can upgrade memory on Alienware Aurora R12 Desktop up to 64GB of 3400MHz dual-channel DDR4 memory. For Dell XPS 8950 Desktop, it supports up to 64GB of 4400MHz or 128GB of 3600MHz dual-channel DDR5 memory.

Ports

Computer ports are the interface for connecting your PC to its peripheral devices or other PCs. The most common peripherals are keyboard, mouse, monitor, flash drive, speaker, and printer. Most of them use Universal Serial Bus (USB) as their connection to your computer. So the PC with more USB ports can connect to more peripherals at the same time.

There is a total number of 15 USB ports available on the Alienware Aurora R12 Desktop, six more than the Dell XPS 8950 Desktop that has only 9 USB ports. On top of the number of USB ports, the type and version of each USB port are also necessary for determining how fast it is.

The Alienware Aurora R12 Desktop has thirteen USB Type-A ports and two USB Type-C ports. It has six ports that support USB 2.0 (480 Mbps), seven ports that support USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps), and two ports that support USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps).

For Dell XPS 8950 Desktop, it has seven USB Type-A ports and two USB Type-C ports. The PC has two ports that support USB 2.0 (480 Mbps), five ports that support USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps), one port that supports USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps), and one port that supports USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 (20 Gbps).

Pricing

Alienware Aurora R12 Desktop Price
	Alienware Aurora R12 Gaming Desktop - Intel Core i7 11700F, 16GB DDR4 RAM, 512GB SDD + 1TB HDD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8GB GDDR6, Windows 11 Home - Dark Side of The Moon By Alienware $1,699.99 Was: $1,799.99	See at Amazon
	Dell Alienware Aurora R12 Gaming Desktop (2021) | Core i7-1TB HDD + 512GB SSD - 16GB RAM - RTX 3080 | 8 Cores @ 4.9 GHz - 11th Gen CPU - 10GB GDDR6X Win 10 Pro By Dell $2,975.72	See at Amazon
	2021 Newest Alienware Aurora R12 Gaming Desktop, Intel Core i7-11700F(Liquid Cool, Up to 4.9GHz), NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080, 32GB 3200MHz DDR4, 1TB PCIe SSD + 1TB HDD, WiFi 5, Bluetooth 5.0, Win10 By Dell $2,299.99	See at Amazon
Dell XPS 8950 Tower Desktop Price
	Dell XPS 8950 Gaming Desktop Computer 12th Gen Intel Core i7-12700K 12-Core up to 5.00 GHz CPU, 32GB DDR5 RAM, 2TB SSD + 2TB HDD, GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GPU, Killer Wi-Fi 6, DVD Burner, Windows 11 Home By Dell $1,781.60	See at Amazon
	Dell 2023 XPS 8950 Business Tower Desktop Computer, 12th Gen Intel 12-Core i7-12700, 32GB RAM, 1TB PCIe SSD + 1TB HDD, DVDRW, GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8GB GDDR6, WiFi 6, Bluetooth 5.2, Windows 11 Pro By Dell $1,679.00	See at Amazon
	Dell XPS 8950 Desktop Computer - 12th Gen Intel Core i7-12700K up to 5.0 GHz CPU, 32GB DDR5 RAM, 2TB NVMe SSD + 2TB HDD, Intel UHD Graphics 770, Killer Wi-Fi 6, DVD Burner, Windows 11 Pro By Dell $1,469.99	See at Amazon

Motherboard

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