Detailed Specs Comparison

Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R10 Desktop vs. Alienware Aurora R11 Desktop

Here is a side by side comparison between Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R10 Desktop and Alienware Aurora R11 Desktop specs including price, processors, memory, graphics, storage, ports, and more.

BY Evan Forrest February 25, 2022

Specs Comparison

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Key Features
What's new	Up to AMD Ryzen™ 9 5950X (16 cores/ 32 threads). Up to NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX™ 3090 - 24GB GDDR6X. Up to 128GB DDR4 3400MHz memory.	New 10th Gen Intel Core Processors. Up to Intel Core i9-10980KF (10 cores/ 20 threads). Up to Dual NVIDIA® GeForce® with NVIDIA NVLink SLI® Enabled. Up to 128GB DDR4 3400MHz memory. First Alienware Aurora with PCI-e liquid cooling graphics. First Alienware Aurora with up to 1000W power supply. High-Speed HyperX FURY XMP DDR4 memory. New AlienFX RGB Lightning.

Availability	Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R10 Desktop	Alienware Aurora R11 Desktop
Released	2020	2020
Release Info	Announced and available on January 13, 2020. Updated in January 2021 AMD Ryzen 5000-series CPUs and the Radeon RX 6800 XT GPU	Announced on May 13, 2020.
Pricing	Starting from $1,079.99 Ryzen 5 5600X Radeon™ RX 5300 8GB 1TB SATA Wi-Fi 5	Starting from $1,109.99 i5-10400F GTX 1650 SUPER 8GB 1TB 3.5” HDD Wi-Fi 5
Applicable Models	Alienware Aurora R10 Desktop Alienware Aurora R10 Desktop (AMD) 2020 Alienware Aurora R10 Desktop (AMD) Alienware Aurora R10 Desktop 2020 Alienware Aurora R10 Desktop (AMD AM4 B550A Chipset) Alienware Aurora R10 (AMD Ryzen 5) Alienware Aurora R10 (AMD Ryzen 7) Alienware Aurora R10 (AMD Ryzen 9)	Alienware Aurora R11 Desktop Alienware Aurora R11 Desktop (Intel) 2020 Alienware Aurora R11 Desktop (Intel) Alienware Aurora R11 Desktop 2020 Alienware Aurora R11 Desktop (Intel Z490 Chipset) Alienware Aurora R11 (10th Gen Intel Core i5) Alienware Aurora R11 (10th Gen Intel Core i7) Alienware Aurora R11 (10th Gen Intel Core i9K)
Generations	Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R14 Desktop Compare Alienware Aurora R13 Desktop Compare Alienware Aurora R12 Desktop Compare Alienware Aurora R11 Desktop Compare Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R10 Desktop Current	Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R14 Desktop Compare Alienware Aurora R13 Desktop Compare Alienware Aurora R12 Desktop Compare Alienware Aurora R11 Desktop Current Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R10 Desktop Compare

Exterior	Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R10 Desktop	Alienware Aurora R11 Desktop
Size Comparison
Dimensions	17 x 18.9 x 8.771” (431.9 x 481.6 x 222.8 mm)	17 x 18.9 x 8.771” (431.9 x 481.6 x 222.8 mm)
Weight	39.2 lb (17.8 kg)	30.42 - 39.2 lb (13.80 - 17.8 kg)
Colors	Dark Side of the Moon 2 unique programmable zones with up to 16.8 million distinct colors. Lunar Light 4 unique programmable zones with up to 16.8 million distinct colors.	Dark Side of the Moon 2 unique programmable zones with up to 16.8 million distinct colors. Lunar Light 4 unique programmable zones with up to 16.8 million distinct colors.
Keyboard and Trackpad	Multi-Media Keyboard (English) Optical Mouse MS116AW	Multi-Media Keyboard (English) Optical Mouse MS116AW
Ports	Front 1 x Type-C USB 3.2 Gen 1 with Powershare technology 1 x Type-A USB 3.2 Gen 1 with Powershare technology 2 x Type-A USB 3.2 Gen 1 1 x Microphone/Line In 1 x Headphone/Line Out Rear 1 x SPDIF Digital Output (Coaxial) 1 x SPDIF Digital Output (TOSLINK) 1 x Type-C USB 3.2 Gen 2 With PowerShare techonolgy (up to 15W). 1 x Type-A USB 3.2 Gen 2 3 x Type-A USB 3.2 Gen 1 6 x Type-A USB 2.0 1 x RJ-45 Killer™ E2600 Gigabit Ethernet 1 x Microphone In 1 x Line In 1 x Line Out 1 x Center/Subwoofer Output 1 x Rear Surround Output Center/Subwoofer Output 1 x Side Surround Output	Front 2 x Type-A USB 3.2 Gen 1 1 x Type-A USB 3.2 Gen 1 with Powershare technology 1 x Type-C USB 3.2 Gen 1 with Powershare technology 1 x Microphone/Line In 1 x Headphone/Line Out Rear 1 x SPDIF Digital Output (Coaxial) 1 x SPDIF Digital Output (TOSLINK) 1 x RJ-45 Killer™ E3000 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet 6 x Type-A USB 2.0 1 x Type-C USB 3.2 Gen 2 1 x Type-A USB 3.2 Gen 2 1 x Side Surround Output 1 x Microphone In 1 x Line Out 3 x Type-A USB 3.2 Gen 1 1 x Rear Surround Output Center/Subwoofer Output 1 x Center/Subwoofer Output 1 x Line In

Chasis	Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R10 Desktop	Alienware Aurora R11 Desktop
Form Factor	Mid Tower	Mid Tower
Power Supply	550W 1000W	550W 1000W
Optical Drives	Not Available	Not Available
Chasis Information	Micro ATX motherboard CPU Cooling Options Alienware™ High-Performance Liquid Cooling Alienware™ Low-Profile Smart Cooling Heatsink Solution	Micro ATX motherboard CPU Cooling Options Alienware™ High-Performance Liquid Cooling Alienware™ Low-Profile Smart Cooling Heatsink Solution

Internal Specs	Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R10 Desktop	Alienware Aurora R11 Desktop
Chipset	AMD AM4 B550A Chipset	Intel® Z490 Chipset
Processor	AMD Ryzen™ 5 3500 6C/6T, 3.60 → 4.10 GHz, 16MB Cache, 65W AMD Ryzen™ 5 3600 6C/12T, 3.60 → 4.20 GHz, 32MB Cache, 65W AMD Ryzen™ 5 3600X 6C/12T, 3.80 → 4.40 GHz, 32MB Cache, 95W AMD Ryzen™ 5 3600XT 6C/12T, 3.80 → 4.40 GHz, 32MB Cache, 95W AMD Ryzen™ 7 3700X 8C/16T, 3.60 → 4.40 GHz, 32MB Cache, 65W AMD Ryzen™ 7 3800X 8C/16T, 3.90 → 4.50 GHz, 32MB Cache, 105W AMD Ryzen™ 7 3800XT 8C/16T, 3.90 → 4.50 GHz, 32MB Cache, 105W AMD Ryzen™ 9 PRO 3900 12C/24T, 3.10 → 4.30 GHz, 64MB Cache, 65W AMD Ryzen™ 9 3900X 12C/24T, 3.80 → 4.60 GHz, 64MB Cache, 105W AMD Ryzen™ 9 3900XT 12C/24T, 3.80 → 4.60 GHz, 64MB Cache, 105W AMD Ryzen™ 9 3950X 16C/32T, 3.50 → 4.70 GHz, 64MB Cache, 105W AMD Ryzen™ 5 5600X 6C/12T, 3.70 → 4.50 GHz, 32MB Cache, 65W AMD Ryzen™ 5 5800 8C/16T, 3.40 → 4.60 GHz, 32MB Cache, 65W AMD Ryzen™ 7 5800X 8C/16T, 3.80 → 4.70 GHz, 32MB Cache, 105W AMD Ryzen™ 9 5900 12C/24T, 3.00 → 4.70 GHz, 64MB Cache, 65W AMD Ryzen™ 9 5900X 12C/24T, 3.70 → 4.80 GHz, 64MB Cache, 105W AMD Ryzen™ 9 5950X 16C/32T, 3.40 → 4.90 GHz, 64MB Cache, 105W	10th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-10100 4C/8T, 3.60 → 4.30 GHz, 6MB SmartCache, 65W 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-10100F 4C/8T, 3.60 → 4.30 GHz, 6MB SmartCache, 65W 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-10400 6C/12T, 2.90 → 4.30 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 65W 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-10400F 6C/12T, 2.90 → 4.30 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 65W 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-10600K 6C/12T, 4.10 → 4.80 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 125W 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-10600KF 6C/12T, 4.10 → 4.80 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 125W 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-10700 8C/16T, 2.90 → 4.80 GHz, 16MB SmartCache, 65W 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-10700F 8C/16T, 2.90 → 4.80 GHz, 16MB SmartCache, 65W 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-10700K 8C/16T, 3.80 → 5.10 GHz, 16MB SmartCache, 125W 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-10700KF 8C/16T, 3.80 → 5.10 GHz, 16MB SmartCache, 125W 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-10900 10C/20T, 2.80 → 5.20 GHz, 20MB SmartCache, 65W 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-10900F 10C/20T, 2.80 → 5.20 GHz, 20MB SmartCache, 65W 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-10900K 10C/20T, 3.70 → 5.30 GHz, 20MB SmartCache, 125W 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-10900KF 10C/20T, 3.70 → 5.30 GHz, 20MB SmartCache, 125W
Integrated Graphics	AMD Ryzen™ 5 3500 Not Available AMD Ryzen™ 5 3600 Not Available AMD Ryzen™ 5 3600X Not Available AMD Ryzen™ 5 3600XT Not Available AMD Ryzen™ 7 3700X Not Available AMD Ryzen™ 7 3800X Not Available AMD Ryzen™ 7 3800XT Not Available AMD Ryzen™ 9 PRO 3900 Not Available AMD Ryzen™ 9 3900X Not Available AMD Ryzen™ 9 3900XT Not Available AMD Ryzen™ 9 3950X Not Available AMD Ryzen™ 5 5600X Not Available AMD Ryzen™ 5 5800 Not Available AMD Ryzen™ 7 5800X Not Available AMD Ryzen™ 9 5900 Not Available AMD Ryzen™ 9 5900X Not Available AMD Ryzen™ 9 5950X Not Available	10th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-10100 Intel® UHD Graphics 630 23 Execution Units, 350 → 1100 MHz 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-10100F Not Available 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-10400 Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1100 MHz 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-10400F Not Available 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-10600K Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1100 MHz 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-10600KF Not Available 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-10700 Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1200 MHz 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-10700F Not Available 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-10700K Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1200 MHz 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-10700KF Not Available 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-10900 Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1200 MHz 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-10900F Not Available 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-10900K Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1200 MHz 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-10900KF Not Available
Discrete Graphics	NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1650 SUPER™ - 4GB GDDR6 GTX 1660 SUPER™ - 6GB GDDR6 GTX 1660 Ti - 6GB GDDR6 RTX 2060 SUPER™ - 8GB GDDR6 (OC Ready) RTX 2070 SUPER™ - 8GB GDDR6 (OC Ready) RTX 2080 SUPER™ - 8GB GDDR6 (OC Ready) RTX™ 2080 Ti - 11GB GDDR6 (OC Ready) RTX™ 3060 Ti - 8GB GDDR6 RTX™ 3070 - 8GB GDDR6 RTX™ 3080 - 10GB GDDR6X RTX™ 3090 - 24GB GDDR6X AMD® Radeon™ RX 5300 - 3GB GDDR6 RX 5600 - 6GB GDDR6 (OC Ready) RX 5700 - 8GB GDDR6 (OC Ready) RX 5700 XT - 8GB GDDR6 (OC Ready) RX 6800 XT - 16GB GDDR6 (OC Ready)	NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1650 SUPER™ - 4GB GDDR6 GTX 1660 SUPER™ - 6GB GDDR6 GTX 1660 Ti - 6GB GDDR6 RTX™ 2060 - 6GB GDDR6 (OC Ready) RTX 2060 SUPER™ - 8GB GDDR6 (OC Ready) RTX 2070 SUPER™ - 8GB GDDR6 (OC Ready) RTX 2080 SUPER™ - 8GB GDDR6 (OC Ready) RTX 2080 SUPER™ - 8GB GDDR6 (OC Ready, Liquid Cooled) RTX™ 2080 Ti - 11GB GDDR6 (OC Ready) RTX™ 3060 Ti - 8GB GDDR6 RTX™ 3090 - 24GB GDDR6X Dual NVIDIA® GeForce® with NVIDIA NVLink SLI® Enabled RTX 2070 SUPER™ - 8GB GDDR6 (OC Ready) RTX 2080 SUPER™ - 8GB GDDR6 (OC Ready) RTX™ 2080 Ti - 11GB GDDR6 (OC Ready) AMD® Radeon™ RX 5300 - 3GB GDDR6 RX 5600 - 6GB GDDR6 RX 5700 - 8GB GDDR6 RX 5700 XT - 8GB GDDR6 RX 6800 XT - 16GB GDDR6
Memory	8GB 16GB 32GB 64GB 128GB Dual-channel DDR4 3200 MHz or 3400 MHz. 4 x UDIMM slots with up to 32GB per slot.	8GB 16GB 32GB 64GB 128GB Dual-channel DDR4 2933 MHz, 3200 MHz, or 3400 MHz. 4 x UDIMM slots with up to 32GB per slot.
Storage	256GB 512GB 1TB 2TB M.2 PCIe NVME SSD 1TB 2TB 7200 rpm 3.5" SATA Hard Drive	256GB 512GB 1TB 2TB M.2 PCIe NVME SSD 1TB 2TB 7200 rpm 3.5" SATA Hard Drive
Slots	2 x PCIe x16 slots 2 x PCIe x4 slots 4 x SATA slots 1 x M.2 2230/2280 slot For solid-state drive/Intel Optane memory 1 x M.2 2230 slot For WiFi and Bluetooth combo card	2 x PCIe x16 slots 2 x PCIe x4 slots 4 x SATA slots 1 x M.2 2242/2260/2280 slot For solid-state drive/Intel Optane memory 1 x M.2 2230 slot For WiFi and Bluetooth combo card

Connectivity	Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R10 Desktop	Alienware Aurora R11 Desktop
Wi-Fi	Qualcomm DW1810 Up to 433 Mbps Dual band 2.4 GHz/5 GHz WiFi-5 (802.11ac) Bluetooth 5.0 Qualcomm DW1820 Up to 867 Mbps Dual band 2.4 GHz/5 GHz WiFi-5 (802.11ac) Bluetooth 5.0 Killer AX1650 Up to 2400 Mbps Dual band 2.4 GHz/5 GHz WiFi-6 (802.11ax) Bluetooth 5.1	Qualcomm QCA9377 (DW1810) Up to 433 Mbps Dual band 2.4 GHz/5 GHz WiFi-5 (802.11ac) Bluetooth 5.0 Intel AX201 Up to 2400 Mbps Dual band 2.4 GHz/5 GHz WiFi-6 (802.11ax) Bluetooth 5.1 Killer AX1650i Up to 2400 Mbps Dual band 2.4 GHz/5 GHz WiFi-6 (802.11ax) Bluetooth 5.1
Bluetooth	Bluetooth 5.0 Bluetooth 5.1	Bluetooth 5.0 Bluetooth 5.1
Ethernet	Killer E2600 PCIe Gigabit Ethernet controller 10/100/1000 Mbps.	Killer E3000 PCIe Gigabit Ethernet controller 10/100/1000/2500 Mbps.

Software	Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R10 Desktop	Alienware Aurora R11 Desktop
OS	Windows 10 Home Windows 10 Pro	Windows 10 Home Windows 10 Pro
Built-in Apps	Alienware Command Center Dell Digital Delivery Dell Mobile Connect Dell Recovery Environment DropBox Microsoft® Office 30 Day Trial	Alienware Command Center Dell Digital Delivery Dell Mobile Connect Dell Recovery Environment DropBox Microsoft® Office 30 Day Trial

Camera & Audio	Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R10 Desktop	Alienware Aurora R11 Desktop
Audio	No Speakers Audio controller Realtek ALC3861 External Ports 7.1 channel output Microphone-in Stereo headphones Headset combo connector	No Speakers Audio controller Realtek ALC3861 External Ports 7.1 channel output Microphone-in Stereo headphones Headset combo connector

Misc	Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R10 Desktop	Alienware Aurora R11 Desktop
Warranty	1 Year Hardware Warranty with Onsite/In-Home Service After Remote Diagnosis	1 Year Hardware Warranty with Onsite/In-Home Service After Remote Diagnosis

Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R10 Desktop vs. Alienware Aurora R11 Desktop

The Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R10 Desktop and the Alienware Aurora R11 Desktop were released in the same year, 2020. Both systems share the same full-tower form factor that can accommodate a large motherboard, multiple graphics cards, extra storage, and better cooling solution.

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 Ryzen Edition R10 Desktop, you have options to configure it with a 65W AMD Zen 2 6-core AMD Ryzen 5 3500 up to a 105W 16-core AMD Ryzen 9 5950X with a boost speed up to 4.90 GHz.

While Alienware Aurora R11 Desktop has configurations with a 65W 10th Generation Intel Comet Lake quad-core Intel Core i3-10100 up to a 125W 10-core Intel Core i9-10900KF with a boost speed up to 5.30 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 both systems up to 128GB of 3400MHz dual-channel DDR4 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 both PCs. 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 Ryzen Edition R10 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 Alienware Aurora R11 Desktop, it has thirteen USB Type-A ports and two USB Type-C ports. The PC 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).