Detailed Specs Comparison

Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R10 Desktop vs. Dell XPS 8940 Desktop

Here is a side by side comparison between Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R10 Desktop and Dell XPS 8940 Desktop 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 XPS 8940 Desktop 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.

Availability	Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R10 Desktop	Dell XPS 8940 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 July 9, 2020 Available from July 9, 2020
Pricing	Starting from $1,079.99 Ryzen 5 5600X Radeon™ RX 5300 8GB 1TB SATA Wi-Fi 5	Starting from $649.99 i3-10100 iGPU No ODD 360W PSU 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)
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 XPS 8950 Desktop Compare 2020 Dell XPS 8940 Desktop Special Edition Compare 2020 Dell XPS 8940 Desktop Current

Dell Alienware Aurora R10 Gaming Desktop Price
	Alienware Aurora R10 Gaming Desktop, AMD Ryzen 7 5800, AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT 16GB GDDR6, 32GB DDR4 RAM, 1TB SSD + 1TB HDD, VR Ready, Killer Wi-Fi 6, Liquid Cooling, Windows 11 Home - Black By Dell $1,499.99	See at Amazon
	Dell Alienware Aurora R10 Gaming Desktop Computer Tower (2019) \| Core Ryzen 7-1TB SSD Hard Drive + 1TB Hard Drive - 64GB RAM \| 8 Cores @ 4.5 GHz Win 10 Pro (Renewed) By Dell $1,202.72	See at Amazon
	Alienware Aurora R16 Gaming Desktop - Intel Core i7-14700F Processor, 16GB DDR5 RAM, 512GB SSD + 1TB HDD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB GDDR6, Windows 11 Home, Onsite Service - Black By Alienware $1,449.99	See at Amazon
Dell XPS 8940 Tower Desktop Price
	Dell XPS 8940 Tower Desktop Computer - 10th Gen Intel Core i5-10400 (6-Core up to 4.3 GHz) CPU, 8GB DDR4 RAM, 256 SSD, GeForce GTX 1660 Super 6GB GDDR6 Graphics, Windows 10, Black By Dell $799.00	See at Amazon
	Dell XPS 8960 Desktop - 14th Generation Intel Core i7-14700 Processor, 32GB DDR5 RAM, 1TB SSD, Intel UHD 770 Graphics, Windows 11 Home, Onsite & Migrate Service - Black By Dell $1,297.42	See at Amazon
	Dell XPS 8940 Desktop Computer Tower - Intel Core i7-11700, 32GB DDR4 RAM, 512GB SSD + 1TB HDD, Wired Keyboard and Mouse Combo, Intel UHD Graphics 750, Wi-Fi 6, USB, Bluetooth, Windows 11 Pro – Black By Dell $499.99 Was: $1,059.00	See at Amazon

Exterior	Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R10 Desktop	Dell XPS 8940 Desktop
Size Comparison
Dimensions	17 x 18.9 x 8.771” (431.9 x 481.6 x 222.8 mm)	12.1 x 14.4 x 6.7” (308 x 367 x 169 mm) Without feed 12.1 x 15.5 x 6.7” (308 x 393 x 169 mm) With feed
Weight	39.2 lb (17.8 kg)	Starting Weight: 13.89 lb (6.3 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.	Night Sky
Keyboard and Trackpad	Multi-Media Keyboard (English) Optical Mouse MS116AW	Dell Multimedia Keyboard-KB216 Black (English) Dell Wired Mouse Black
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 1 x USB 3.1 Type-C Gen 1, 3 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 Ports, 1 x Headset jack Rear 4 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 ports 2 x USB 2.0 ports 1 x HDMI 1.4 (UMA graphics only) 1 x Display Port 1.2 (UMA only) 1 x Gigabit Ethernet 1 x Audio port (5.1 channel 3 Jack)

Chasis	Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R10 Desktop	Dell XPS 8940 Desktop
Form Factor	Mid Tower	Mini Tower
Power Supply	550W 1000W	360W 500W
Bays		2 x SATA slots for 2.5-inch HDD 1 x SATA slot for 3.5 inch HDD 1 x Optional Optical Disk Drive
Optical Drives	Not Available	No Optical Drive Tray load DVD Drive Reads and Writes to DVD/CD Tray-load Blu-Ray Drive Reads and Writes to BD/DVD/CD
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 XPS 8940 Desktop
Chipset	AMD AM4 B550A Chipset	Intel® H470 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™ i5-10400 6C/12T, 2.90 → 4.30 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 65W 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-10700 8C/16T, 2.90 → 4.80 GHz, 16MB SmartCache, 65W 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-10900 10C/20T, 2.80 → 5.20 GHz, 20MB 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® Core™ i3-10100 Intel® UHD Graphics 630 23 Execution Units, 350 → 1100 MHz 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-10400 Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1100 MHz 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-10700 Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1200 MHz 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-10900 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® GTX 1030 - 2GB GDDR5 GTX 1650 SUPER™ - 4GB GDDR6 GTX 1660 SUPER™ - 6GB GDDR6 GTX 1660 Ti - 6GB GDDR6 RTX 2060 - 6GB GDDR6 RTX 2060 SUPER™ - 8GB GDDR6 RTX 2070 SUPER™ - 8GB GDDR6 AMD® Radeon™ RX 5300 - 3GB GDDR6 RX 5600 - 6GB GDDR6 RX 5700 - 8GB GDDR6 RX 5700 XT - 8GB 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 2666 MHz or 2933 MHz. 4 x UDIMM slots
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 4TB 5400 rpm 2.5" 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	1 x PCIe x16 slot 1 x PCIe x1 slot 1 x PCIe x4 slot 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

Connectivity	Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R10 Desktop	Dell XPS 8940 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 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.	Rivet Networks E2600 PCIe Gigabit Ethernet controller 10/100/1000 Mbps.

Software	Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R10 Desktop	Dell XPS 8940 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	Microsoft Office 30-day trial McAfee LiveSafe 12 Month Subscription

Camera & Audio	Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R10 Desktop	Dell XPS 8940 Desktop
Audio	No Speakers Audio controller Realtek ALC3861 External Ports 7.1 channel output Microphone-in Stereo headphones Headset combo connector	Audio controller Realtek ALC3861 External Ports One headset port One audio line-out port One rear L/R-surround audio-out port One center/subwoofer LFE surround audio-out port

Misc	Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R10 Desktop	Dell XPS 8940 Desktop
Warranty	1 Year Hardware Warranty with Onsite/In-Home Service After Remote Diagnosis	1 Year Hardware Service with Onsite/In-Home Service After Remote Diagnosis

Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R10 Desktop vs. Dell XPS 8940 Desktop

The Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R10 Desktop and the Dell XPS 8940 Desktop 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 XPS 8940 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 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 XPS 8940 Desktop has configurations with a 65W 10th Generation Intel Comet Lake quad-core Intel Core i3-10100 up to a 65W 10-core Intel Core i9-10900 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 Ryzen Edition R10 Desktop up to 128GB of 3400MHz dual-channel DDR4 memory. For Dell XPS 8940 Desktop, it supports up to 128GB of 2933MHz 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, five more than the Dell XPS 8940 Desktop that has only 10 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 XPS 8940 Desktop, it has nine USB Type-A ports and one USB Type-C port. The PC has two ports that support USB 2.0 (480 Mbps) and eight 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, AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT 16GB GDDR6, 32GB DDR4 RAM, 1TB SSD + 1TB HDD, VR Ready, Killer Wi-Fi 6, Liquid Cooling, Windows 11 Home - Black By Dell $1,499.99	See at Amazon
	Dell Alienware Aurora R10 Gaming Desktop Computer Tower (2019) \| Core Ryzen 7-1TB SSD Hard Drive + 1TB Hard Drive - 64GB RAM \| 8 Cores @ 4.5 GHz Win 10 Pro (Renewed) By Dell $1,202.72	See at Amazon
	Alienware Aurora R16 Gaming Desktop - Intel Core i7-14700F Processor, 16GB DDR5 RAM, 512GB SSD + 1TB HDD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB GDDR6, Windows 11 Home, Onsite Service - Black By Alienware $1,449.99	See at Amazon
Dell XPS 8940 Tower Desktop Price
	Dell XPS 8940 Tower Desktop Computer - 10th Gen Intel Core i5-10400 (6-Core up to 4.3 GHz) CPU, 8GB DDR4 RAM, 256 SSD, GeForce GTX 1660 Super 6GB GDDR6 Graphics, Windows 10, Black By Dell $799.00	See at Amazon
	Dell XPS 8960 Desktop - 14th Generation Intel Core i7-14700 Processor, 32GB DDR5 RAM, 1TB SSD, Intel UHD 770 Graphics, Windows 11 Home, Onsite & Migrate Service - Black By Dell $1,297.42	See at Amazon
	Dell XPS 8940 Desktop Computer Tower - Intel Core i7-11700, 32GB DDR4 RAM, 512GB SSD + 1TB HDD, Wired Keyboard and Mouse Combo, Intel UHD Graphics 750, Wi-Fi 6, USB, Bluetooth, Windows 11 Pro – Black By Dell $499.99 Was: $1,059.00	See at Amazon