Detailed Specs Comparison

Dell Vostro 3681 Small Desktop vs. Dell XPS 8940 Desktop

Here is a side by side comparison between Dell Vostro 3681 Small 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 Dell Vostro 3681 Small Desktop See at Amazon	Compare With Please enter device name or part of it Dell XPS 8940 Desktop See at Amazon
Availability
Released	2020	2020
Release Info		Announced on July 9, 2020 Available from July 9, 2020
Pricing	Starting from $499.00 i3-10100 iGPU ODD 4GB 1TB HDD Wi-Fi 5 200W PSU	Starting from $649.99 i3-10100 iGPU No ODD 360W PSU 8GB 1TB 3.5” HDD Wi-Fi 5
Generations		2021 Dell XPS 8950 Desktop Compare 2020 Dell XPS 8940 Desktop Special Edition Compare 2020 Dell XPS 8940 Desktop Current

Dell Vostro 3681 Small Desktop Price
	Dell Vostro 3000 3681 Small Desktop Computer 10th Gen Intel Hexa-Core i5-10400 (Beat i7-8700T) 8GB RAM 256GB SSD Intel UHD Graphics 630 VGA DVD-RW Win10 Pro By Dell $769.00	See at Amazon
	Dell Vostro 3030s Small Desktop Computer, Intel Core i5-14400 Processor, 16GB DDR5 RAM, 512GB PCIe SSD, WiFi 6, Bluetooth, Type-C, DisplayPort, HDMI, KB and Mouse, Windows 11 Pro SFF Small Form Factor By Dell $749.00	See at Amazon
	Dell Vostro 3910 Desktop Computer \| 12th Gen Intel 4-Core Processor \| 16GB DDR4 RAM \| 256GB SSD + 1TB HDD \| Intel UHD Graphics 730 \| WiFi 6 \| DVD-RW \| Display Port \| HDMI \| Windows 11 Pro By Dell $499.99	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 8940 Gaming Tower PC- Intel i7-11700 - 32GB RAM, 512GB NVMe SSD + 1TB HDD - Nvidia Geforce RTX 3060 Ti 8GB 4K, DisplayPort, HDMI, DVD, AX Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, SD Card - Windows 10 Pro (Renewed) By Dell $1,514.08	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 $1,134.99 Was: $1,249.99	See at Amazon

Exterior	Dell Vostro 3681 Small Desktop	Dell XPS 8940 Desktop
Size Comparison
Dimensions	11.53 x 11.32 x 3.65” (292.8 x 290 x 92.6 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	7.76 - 10.28 lb (3.52 - 4.66 kg)	Starting Weight: 13.89 lb (6.3 kg)
Colors	Black	Night Sky
Keyboard and Trackpad	Dell KB216 Wired Keyboard English Black Dell MS116 Wired Mouse Black	Dell Multimedia Keyboard-KB216 Black (English) Dell Wired Mouse Black
Ports	Front 2 x USB 2.0 port 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 (Type-A) port 1 x SD 4.0 media card reader (Optional) 1 x Universal Audio Jack Rear 1 x RJ-45 port 10/100/1000 Mbps 2 x USB 2.0 ports with Smart Power On 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 (Type-A) ports 1 x Line-out re-tasking Line-in audio port 1 x HDMI 1.4b 1 x VGA port 1 x Power supply unit	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	Dell Vostro 3681 Small Desktop	Dell XPS 8940 Desktop
Form Factor	Small Form Factor (SFF)	Mini Tower
Power Supply	200W Bronze	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	Tray load DVD Drive Reads and Writes to DVD/CD	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

Internal Specs	Dell Vostro 3681 Small Desktop	Dell XPS 8940 Desktop
Chipset	Intel B460 Chipset	Intel® H470 Chipset
Processor	10th Gen Intel® Celeron® G5900 2C/2T, 3.40 GHz, 2MB SmartCache, 58W 10th Gen Intel® Pentium® Gold G6400 2C/4T, 4.00 GHz, 4MB SmartCache, 58W 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™ i5-10400F 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™ i7-10700F 8C/16T, 2.90 → 4.80 GHz, 16MB SmartCache, 65W	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	10th Gen Intel® Celeron® G5900 Intel® UHD Graphics 610 350 → 1050 MHz 10th Gen Intel® Pentium® Gold G6400 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™ i5-10400 Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1100 MHz 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-10400F 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™ 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® GT 730 - 2GB GDDR5	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	4GB 8GB 16GB 32GB 64GB Single or dual-channel DDR4 2666 MHz or 2933 MHz. 2 x UDIMM slots	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	1 x half-height PCIe x16 2 x half-height PCIe x1 1 x M.2 2230 slot for WiFi and Bluetooth combo card 1 x M.2 2230/2280 slot for PCIe solid-state drive 2 x SATA slots for 3.5-inch HDD, 2.5-inch HDD/SSD/ODD	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	Dell Vostro 3681 Small Desktop	Dell XPS 8940 Desktop
Wi-Fi	Realtek RTL8723DE Up to 150 Mbps 2.4 GHz WiFi-4 (802.11n) Bluetooth 4.2 Intel 3165 Up to 433 Mbps Dual band 2.4 GHz/5 GHz WiFi-5 (802.11ac) Bluetooth 4.2 Intel 9260 Up to 1.73 Gbps Dual band 2.4 GHz/5 GHz WiFi-5 (802.11ac) Bluetooth 5.0	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 4.2 Bluetooth 5.0	Bluetooth 5.0 Bluetooth 5.1
Ethernet	Realtek 8111HS Gigabit Ethernet controller 10/100/1000 Mbps.	Rivet Networks E2600 PCIe Gigabit Ethernet controller 10/100/1000 Mbps.

Software	Dell Vostro 3681 Small Desktop	Dell XPS 8940 Desktop
OS	Windows 10 Pro	Windows 10 Home Windows 10 Pro
Built-in Apps	Microsoft Office 30-day trial McAfee LiveSafe 12 Month Subscription Cyberlink Media Suite Essentials without Media	Microsoft Office 30-day trial McAfee LiveSafe 12 Month Subscription

Camera & Audio	Dell Vostro 3681 Small Desktop	Dell XPS 8940 Desktop
Audio	Audio controller Realtek ALC3246 External Ports 1 x Universal audio jack (front) 1 x Line-out re-tasking Line-in audio jack (rear)	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	Dell Vostro 3681 Small Desktop	Dell XPS 8940 Desktop
Warranty	1 Year Hardware Service with Onsite/In-Home Service After Remote Diagnosis	1 Year Hardware Service with Onsite/In-Home Service After Remote Diagnosis

Dell Vostro 3681 Small Desktop vs. Dell XPS 8940 Desktop

The Dell Vostro 3681 Small Desktop and the Dell XPS 8940 Desktop were released in the same year, 2020. Both systems share the same 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 Dell Vostro 3681 Small Desktop, you have options to configure it with a 58W 10th Generation Intel Comet Lake dual-core Intel Celeron G5900 up to a 65W 8-core Intel Core i7-10700F with a boost speed up to 4.80 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.

Fortunately, both PC allows you to upgrade later if you are unsatisfied with the amount of memory on your PC. The Dell Vostro 3681 Small Desktop has two RAM slots that support up to 64GB of 2933MHz dual-channel DDR4 memory. On the other hand, the Dell XPS 8940 Desktop has four RAM slots that you can upgrade 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 8 USB ports available on the Dell Vostro 3681 Small Desktop, two less than the Dell XPS 8940 Desktop that has 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 Dell Vostro 3681 Small Desktop has eight USB ports USB ports that all of them are Type-A port. It has four ports that support USB 2.0 (480 Mbps) and four ports that support USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 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 Vostro 3681 Small Desktop Price
	Dell Vostro 3000 3681 Small Desktop Computer 10th Gen Intel Hexa-Core i5-10400 (Beat i7-8700T) 8GB RAM 256GB SSD Intel UHD Graphics 630 VGA DVD-RW Win10 Pro By Dell $769.00	See at Amazon
	Dell Vostro 3030s Small Desktop Computer, Intel Core i5-14400 Processor, 16GB DDR5 RAM, 512GB PCIe SSD, WiFi 6, Bluetooth, Type-C, DisplayPort, HDMI, KB and Mouse, Windows 11 Pro SFF Small Form Factor By Dell $749.00	See at Amazon
	Dell Vostro 3910 Desktop Computer \| 12th Gen Intel 4-Core Processor \| 16GB DDR4 RAM \| 256GB SSD + 1TB HDD \| Intel UHD Graphics 730 \| WiFi 6 \| DVD-RW \| Display Port \| HDMI \| Windows 11 Pro By Dell $499.99	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 8940 Gaming Tower PC- Intel i7-11700 - 32GB RAM, 512GB NVMe SSD + 1TB HDD - Nvidia Geforce RTX 3060 Ti 8GB 4K, DisplayPort, HDMI, DVD, AX Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, SD Card - Windows 10 Pro (Renewed) By Dell $1,514.08	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 $1,134.99 Was: $1,249.99	See at Amazon