Detailed Specs Comparison

Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R10 Desktop vs. Dell Optiplex 3080 Tower

Here is a side by side comparison between Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R10 Desktop and Dell Optiplex 3080 Tower specs including price, processors, memory, graphics, storage, ports, and more.

BY Evan Forrest February 25, 2022

Specs Comparison

	Compare With Please enter device name or part of it Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R10 Desktop See at Amazon	Compare With Please enter device name or part of it Dell Optiplex 3080 Tower See at Amazon
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.	Intel® Q470 Chipset 10th Generation Intel Comet Lake Processors Up to Intel Core Intel® Core™ i5-10600 (6 cores, 12T, 12MB Cache, up to 4.60 GHz) Up to AMD Radeon RX 640 (4GB GDDR5). Up to 64GB 2666MHz DDR4 memory Up to 2TB of PCIe NVME SSD. Up to 260W with 80 Plus Platinum PSU.

Availability	Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R10 Desktop	Dell Optiplex 3080 Tower
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 September 3, 2020.
Pricing	Starting from $1,079.99 Ryzen 5 5600X Radeon™ RX 5300 8GB 1TB SATA Wi-Fi 5	$1,045.43 i3-10100 4GB 500GB 3.5” HDD 260W PSU DVD+/-RW $1,255.71 i5-10505 8GB 256GB M.2 260W PSU DVD+/-RW
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)
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	2021 Dell Optiplex 3090 Tower Compare 2020 Dell Optiplex 3080 Tower Current 2019 Dell Optiplex 3070 Tower Compare 2018 Dell Optiplex 3060 Tower Compare

Dell Alienware Aurora R10 Gaming Desktop Price
	Alienware Aurora R10 Gaming Desktop - AMD Ryzen 7 5800, 16GB DDR4 RAM, 1TB SSD, AMD Radeon RX 6600XT 8GB GDDR6, Killer Wi-Fi 6, Liquid Cooling, Windows 11 Home - Black By Alienware $1,391.04	See at Amazon
	Dell Alienware Aurora R10 Gaming Desktop, AMD Ryzen 9 3900, 32GB Dual Channel HyperX Fury DDR4 XMP, 1TB SSD, AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT 8GB GDDR6, Lunar Light By Alienware $1,299.00	See at Amazon
	Alienware Aurora R16 Gaming Desktop - Intel Core i7-13700F, 16GB DDR5 RAM, 512GB SSD + 1TB HDD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB GDDR6 Graphics, Windows 11 Home, 1 Year Premium Support - Basalt Black By Alienware $1,950.05	See at Amazon
Dell Optiplex 3080 Tower Price
	Dell OptiPlex 3080 Tower Business Desktop Computer, Intel Hexa-Core i5-10505 (Beat Core i7-8700B), 16GB DDR4 RAM, 512GB PCIe SSD + 1TB HDD, DVDRW, AC WiFi, BT 5.0, Keyboard & Mouse, Windows 11 Pro By Dell $699.00	See at Amazon
	Dell OptiPlex 3000 3080 Business MFF Micro Form Factor Desktop, Intel Core i5-10500T, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD, Display Port, HDMI, Wired Keyboard & Mouse, Wi-Fi, Windows 11 Pro, Black By Dell $399.99 Was: $669.00	See at Amazon
	Dell OptiPlex 3080 SFF Desktop, Intel i9-10900, 64GB RAM 2TB NVMe SSD, DVDRW, USB C, 2-Monitor Support, HDMI, DisplayPort, AC Wi-Fi, BT, Windows 11 Pro By Dell $999.99	See at Amazon

Exterior	Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R10 Desktop	Dell Optiplex 3080 Tower
Size Comparison
Dimensions	17 x 18.9 x 8.771” (431.9 x 481.6 x 222.8 mm)	11.5” x 12.76” x 6.1” (292 x 324 x 155 mm)
Weight	39.2 lb (17.8 kg)	Up to 15.89 lb (7.2 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.	Black
Keyboard and Trackpad	Multi-Media Keyboard (English) Optical Mouse MS116AW	Dell KB216 Wired Keyboard English Dell KB522 Business Multimedia Keyboard (US) Dell KB813 Smart Card Keyboard (US) Dell Pro Wireless Keyboard and Mouse - KM5221W - English No Keyboard
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 4 x USB-A 2 x USB 2.0 (480 Mbps) 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps) 1 x Universal Audio Jack Rear 4 x USB-A 2 x USB 2.0 (480 Mbps) with Smart Power on 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps) 1 x DisplayPort 1.4 Supports 4K@120Hz. 1 x HDMI 1.4 Supports 4K@24Hz or 1080p@120Hz. 1 x RJ-45 Gigabit Ethernet. 1 x Audio port Line-out audio port with re-tasking to Line-in (Rear). 1 x Kensington Lock Slot 1 x Power Connection Optional Ports 1 x Video Port Can be DisplayPort 1.4, HDMI 2.0b, or VGA port. 1 x Serial/PS2 port

Chasis	Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R10 Desktop	Dell Optiplex 3080 Tower
Form Factor	Mid Tower	Mini Tower
Power Supply	550W 1000W	260W 80+ Bronze 85% Efficiency 260W 80+ Platinum 92% Efficiency
Optical Drives	Not Available	8x DVD+/-RW 9.5mm ODD Optional.
Chasis Information	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	Dell Optiplex 3080 Tower
Chipset	AMD AM4 B550A Chipset	Intel® Q470 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® Celeron® G5900 2C/2T, 3.40 GHz, 2MB SmartCache, 58W 10th Gen Intel® Celeron® G5905 2C/2T, 3.50 GHz, 4MB SmartCache, 58W 10th Gen Intel® Pentium® Gold G6400 2C/4T, 4.00 GHz, 4MB SmartCache, 58W 10th Gen Intel® Pentium® Gold G6405 2C/4T, 4.10 GHz, 4MB SmartCache, 58W 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-10100 4C/8T, 3.60 → 4.30 GHz, 6MB SmartCache, 65W 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-10105 4C/8T, 3.70 → 4.40 GHz, 6MB SmartCache, 65W 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-10300 4C/8T, 3.70 → 4.40 GHz, 8MB SmartCache, 65W 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-10305 4C/8T, 3.80 → 4.50 GHz, 8MB SmartCache, 65W 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-10400 6C/12T, 2.90 → 4.30 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 65W 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-10500 6C/12T, 3.10 → 4.50 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 65W 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-10505 6C/12T, 3.20 → 4.60 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 65W 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-10600 6C/12T, 3.30 → 4.80 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 65W
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® Celeron® G5900 Intel® UHD Graphics 610 350 → 1050 MHz 10th Gen Intel® Celeron® G5905 Intel® UHD Graphics 610 350 → 1050 MHz 10th Gen Intel® Pentium® Gold G6400 Intel® UHD Graphics 610 350 → 1050 MHz 10th Gen Intel® Pentium® Gold G6405 Intel® UHD Graphics 610 350 → 1050 MHz 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-10100 Intel® UHD Graphics 630 23 Execution Units, 350 → 1100 MHz 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-10105 Intel® UHD Graphics 630 23 Execution Units, 350 → 1100 MHz 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-10300 Intel® UHD Graphics 630 23 Execution Units, 350 → 1150 MHz 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-10305 Intel® UHD Graphics 630 23 Execution Units, 350 → 1150 MHz 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-10400 Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1100 MHz 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-10500 Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1150 MHz 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-10505 Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1200 MHz 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-10600 Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1200 MHz
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® GT 730 - 2GB GDDR5 2 x DisplayPort 1.4 AMD® Radeon™ R5 430 - 2GB GDDR5 50W 2 x DisplayPort 1.4 RX 640 - 4GB GDDR5 50W 1 x DisplayPort 1.4 2 x mini DisplayPort ports
Memory	8GB 16GB 32GB 64GB 128GB Dual-channel DDR4 3200 MHz or 3400 MHz. 4 x UDIMM slots with up to 32GB per slot.	Memory Slots: 2 DIMM slots Memory Type: Single or Dual Channel DDR4 Memory Memory Speed: 2666MHz 2933MHz Memory Per Slot: 4GB 8GB 16GB 32GB Memory Configurations 4GB 8GB 16GB 32GB 64GB 2666 MHz for Intel Core i3/i5 CPU 2933 MHz for Intel Core i7/i9 CPU
Storage	256GB 512GB 1TB 2TB M.2 PCIe NVME SSD 1TB 2TB 7200 rpm 3.5" SATA Hard Drive	256GB 512GB 1TB M.2 PCIe Gen 3 x4 NVME SSD 500GB 1TB 2TB 5400 rpm or 7200 rpm 2.5" SATA Hard Drive 1TB 2TB 4TB 5400 rpm or 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	Expansion Slots 1 x PCIe x16 slot PCIe Gen 3, Full-height 2 x PCIe x1 slot Full-height SATA 3 x SATA slots For 2.5-inch HDD/SSD, and slim Optical Drive. M.2 1 x M.2 2230 slot For WiFi and Bluetooth combo card 1 x M.2 2230/2280 slot For SSD/Intel Optane

Connectivity	Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R10 Desktop	Dell Optiplex 3080 Tower
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	No Wireless LAN Card Intel 3165 Up to 867 Mbps Dual band 2.4 GHz/5 GHz WiFi-5 (802.11ac) Bluetooth 4.2 Qualcomm QCA61x4a Up to 867 Mbps Dual band 2.4 GHz/5 GHz WiFi-5 (802.11ac) Bluetooth 5.0 Intel AX200 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 4.2 Bluetooth 5.0 Bluetooth 5.1 Optional
Ethernet	Killer E2600 PCIe Gigabit Ethernet controller 10/100/1000 Mbps.	Intel Realtek RTL8111HSD-CG Gigabit Ethernet controller Speed: 10/100/1000 Mbps.

Software	Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R10 Desktop	Dell Optiplex 3080 Tower
OS	Windows 10 Home Windows 10 Pro	Windows 10 Home Windows 10 Pro Upgradable to Windows 11 Ubuntu Linux 20.04 LTS NeoKylin 7.0 (China only)
Built-in Apps	Alienware Command Center Dell Digital Delivery Dell Mobile Connect Dell Recovery Environment DropBox Microsoft® Office 30 Day Trial	Microsoft Office 30 Day Trial

Camera & Audio	Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R10 Desktop	Dell Optiplex 3080 Tower
Audio	No Speakers Audio controller Realtek ALC3861 External Ports 7.1 channel output Microphone-in Stereo headphones Headset combo connector	One 2W Speaker (optional) Audio controller Realtek ALC3246 4 Channel High Definition Audio Intel HDA (high-definition audio) External Ports 1 x Universal Audio Jack Front 1 x Audio port Line-out audio port with re-tasking to Line-in (Rear).

Misc	Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R10 Desktop	Dell Optiplex 3080 Tower
Warranty	1 Year Hardware Warranty with Onsite/In-Home Service After Remote Diagnosis	3 Years Hardware Service with Onsite/In-Home Service After Remote Diagnosis

Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R10 Desktop vs. Dell Optiplex 3080 Tower

The Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R10 Desktop and the Dell Optiplex 3080 Tower were released in the same year, 2020. The Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R10 Desktop has a full-tower form factor that can accommodate a large motherboard, multiple graphics cards, extra storage, and better cooling solution. The Dell Optiplex 3080 Tower 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 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 Dell Optiplex 3080 Tower has configurations with a 58W 10th Generation Intel Comet Lake dual-core Intel Celeron G5900 up to a 65W 6-core Intel Core i5-10600 with a boost speed up to 4.80 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.

Fortunately, both PC allows you to upgrade later if you are unsatisfied with the amount of memory on your PC. The Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R10 Desktop has four RAM slots that support up to 128GB of 3400MHz dual-channel DDR4 memory. On the other hand, the Dell Optiplex 3080 Tower has two RAM slots that you can upgrade up to 64GB of 2666MHz 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 the Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R10 Desktop, seven more than the Dell Optiplex 3080 Tower that has only 8 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 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 Dell Optiplex 3080 Tower, it has eight USB ports that all of which are USB Type-A. The PC has four ports that support USB 2.0 (480 Mbps) and four ports that support USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps).

Pricing

Dell Alienware Aurora R10 Gaming Desktop Price
	Alienware Aurora R10 Gaming Desktop - AMD Ryzen 7 5800, 16GB DDR4 RAM, 1TB SSD, AMD Radeon RX 6600XT 8GB GDDR6, Killer Wi-Fi 6, Liquid Cooling, Windows 11 Home - Black By Alienware $1,391.04	See at Amazon
	Dell Alienware Aurora R10 Gaming Desktop, AMD Ryzen 9 3900, 32GB Dual Channel HyperX Fury DDR4 XMP, 1TB SSD, AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT 8GB GDDR6, Lunar Light By Alienware $1,299.00	See at Amazon
	Alienware Aurora R16 Gaming Desktop - Intel Core i7-13700F, 16GB DDR5 RAM, 512GB SSD + 1TB HDD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB GDDR6 Graphics, Windows 11 Home, 1 Year Premium Support - Basalt Black By Alienware $1,950.05	See at Amazon
Dell Optiplex 3080 Tower Price
	Dell OptiPlex 3080 Tower Business Desktop Computer, Intel Hexa-Core i5-10505 (Beat Core i7-8700B), 16GB DDR4 RAM, 512GB PCIe SSD + 1TB HDD, DVDRW, AC WiFi, BT 5.0, Keyboard & Mouse, Windows 11 Pro By Dell $699.00	See at Amazon
	Dell OptiPlex 3000 3080 Business MFF Micro Form Factor Desktop, Intel Core i5-10500T, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD, Display Port, HDMI, Wired Keyboard & Mouse, Wi-Fi, Windows 11 Pro, Black By Dell $399.99 Was: $669.00	See at Amazon
	Dell OptiPlex 3080 SFF Desktop, Intel i9-10900, 64GB RAM 2TB NVMe SSD, DVDRW, USB C, 2-Monitor Support, HDMI, DisplayPort, AC Wi-Fi, BT, Windows 11 Pro By Dell $999.99	See at Amazon