Detailed Specs Comparison

Dell XPS 8940 Desktop Special Edition vs. Dell Vostro 3888 Compact Desktop

Here is a side by side comparison between Dell XPS 8940 Desktop Special Edition and Dell Vostro 3888 Compact 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		10th Generation Intel Comet Lake Processors Up to Intel Core Intel® Core™ i7-10700 (8 cores, 16T, 16MB Cache, up to 4.80 GHz) Up to NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 1030 (2GB GDDR5). Up to 64GB of 2933MHz DDR4 memory. Up to 2TB of PCIe NVME SSD. Up to 260W with 80 Plus Bronze PSU.

Availability	Dell XPS 8940 Desktop Special Edition	Dell Vostro 3888 Compact Desktop
Released	2020	2020
Release Info	Announced on July 9, 2020 Available from July 9, 2020	Announced on May 29, 2020
Pricing	Starting from $999.99 i5-10400 RX 5300 3GB DVD-RW 360W PSU 8GB 256GB SSD 1TB 3.5” HDD Wi-Fi 5	Starting from $399.00 i3-10100 iGPU ODD 4GB 1TB HDD Wi-Fi 5 260W PSU
Generations	2021 Dell XPS 8950 Desktop Compare 2020 Dell XPS 8940 Desktop Special Edition Current 2020 Dell XPS 8940 Desktop Compare

Dell_XPS 8940 Special Edition Desktop Price
	Dell XPS 8940 Special Edition Desktop - 11th Gen Intel Core i9-11900K 8-Core up to 5.30GHz CPU, 64GB RAM, 1TB SSD, Intel UHD Graphics 750, Killer Wi-Fi 6, 500W PSU, DVD Burner, Windows 11 Pro, White By Dell $1,488.00	See at Amazon
	Dell XPS 8960 Tower Desktop Computer - 14th Gen Intel Core i9-14900K 24-Core up to 6.00 GHz CPU, 32GB DDR5 RAM, 2TB NVMe SSD, GeForce RTX 3050 8GB GDDR6, Killer Wi-Fi 6E, Windows 11 Home. By Dell $2,619.00	See at Amazon
	Dell XPS 8960 Tower Desktop Computer - 14th Gen Intel Core i7-14700K 20-Core up to 5.60 GHz CPU, 32GB DDR5 RAM, 4TB NVMe SSD, GeForce RTX 3070 8GB GDDR6, Killer Wi-Fi 6E, Windows 11 Pro By Dell $2,779.00	See at Amazon
Dell Vostro 3888 Compact Desktop Price
	Dell Vostro 3888 Full Size Tower Business Desktop Computer, Intel Octa-Core i7-10700, 32GB DDR4 RAM, 1TB PCIe SSD + 1TB HDD, DVDRW, 802.11AC WiFi, Bluetooth, Keyboard and Mouse, Windows 11 Pro By Dell $789.00	See at Amazon
	Dell Vostro 3888 3000 Tower Business Desktop Computer, Intel Octa-Core i7-10700 up to 4.8GHz, 64GB DDR4 RAM, 1TB PCIe SSD + 1TB HDD, DVDRW, 802.11AC WiFi, Bluetooth, Keyboard & Mouse, Windows 11 Pro By Dell $859.00	See at Amazon
	Dell Vostro 3910 Desktop Computer \| 12th Gen Intel 4-Core Processor \| 32GB DDR4 RAM \| 256GB SSD + 1TB HDD \| Intel UHD Graphics 730 \| WiFi 6 \| DVD-RW \| Display Port \| HDMI \| Windows 11 Pro By Dell $569.99	See at Amazon

Exterior	Dell XPS 8940 Desktop Special Edition	Dell Vostro 3888 Compact Desktop
Size Comparison
Dimensions	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	11.54 x 12.77 x 6.06” (293 x 324.30 x 154 mm)
Weight	Starting Weight: 13.89 lb (6.3 kg)	10.87 - 13.28 lb (4.93 - 6.03 kg)
Colors	Mineral White	Black
Keyboard and Trackpad	Dell Multimedia Keyboard-KB216 Black (English) Dell Wired Mouse Black	Dell KB216 Wired Keyboard English Black Dell MS116 Wired Mouse Black
Ports	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)	Front 4 x USB-A 2 x USB 2.0 (480 Mbps) 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps) 1 x SD card reader Version 3.0, Optional 1 x Universal Audio Jack Rear 4 x USB-A 2 x USB 2.0 (480 Mbps) 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps) 1 x HDMI 1.4b 1 x VGA port 1 x RJ-45 Gigabit Ethernet. 1 x Audio port Line-out re-tasking Line-in audio port 1 x Power supply unit

Chasis	Dell XPS 8940 Desktop Special Edition	Dell Vostro 3888 Compact Desktop
Form Factor	Mini Tower	Mini Tower
Power Supply	360W 500W	260W 80+ Bronze 85% Efficiency
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 Tray-load Blu-Ray Drive Reads and Writes to BD/DVD/CD	Tray load DVD Drive Reads and Writes to DVD/CD

Internal Specs	Dell XPS 8940 Desktop Special Edition	Dell Vostro 3888 Compact Desktop
Chipset	Intel® H470 Chipset	Intel B460 Chipset
Processor	10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-10400 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™ i7-10700 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™ i9-10900 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® 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
Integrated Graphics	10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-10400 Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1100 MHz 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-10600K 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™ i7-10700K 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 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-10900K Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1200 MHz	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
Discrete Graphics	NVIDIA® GeForce® 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 RTX 3060 Ti ™ - 8GB GDDR6 RTX 3070™ - 8GB GDDR6 AMD® Radeon™ RX 5300 - 3GB GDDR6 RX 5600 - 6GB GDDR6 RX 5700 - 8GB GDDR6 RX 5700 XT - 8GB GDDR6	NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 730 - 2GB GDDR5 GT 1030 - 2GB GDDR5
Memory	8GB 16GB 32GB 64GB 128GB Dual-channel DDR4 2666 MHz or 2933 MHz. 4 x UDIMM slots	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 4TB 5400 rpm 2.5" SATA Hard Drive	256GB 512GB 1TB 2TB M.2 PCIe NVME SSD 1TB 2TB 7200 rpm 3.5" SATA Hard Drive
Slots	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	Expansion Slots 1 x PCIe x16 slot PCIe Gen 3, Full-height 2 x PCIe x1 slot Full-height 1 x PCI-32 slot Full-height SATA 2 x SATA slots For 3.5-inch HDD, 2.5-inch HDD/SSD/ODD. 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	Dell XPS 8940 Desktop Special Edition	Dell Vostro 3888 Compact Desktop
Wi-Fi	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	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
Bluetooth	Bluetooth 5.0 Bluetooth 5.1	Bluetooth 4.2 Bluetooth 5.0
Ethernet	Rivet Networks E2600 PCIe Gigabit Ethernet controller 10/100/1000 Mbps.	Realtek 8111HSD Gigabit Ethernet controller 10/100/1000 Mbps.

Software	Dell XPS 8940 Desktop Special Edition	Dell Vostro 3888 Compact Desktop
OS	Windows 10 Home Windows 10 Pro	Windows 10 Home Windows 10 Pro Upgradable to Windows 11
Built-in Apps	Microsoft Office 30-day trial McAfee LiveSafe 12 Month Subscription	Microsoft Office 30-day trial McAfee LiveSafe 12 Month Subscription Cyberlink Media Suite Essentials without Media

Camera & Audio	Dell XPS 8940 Desktop Special Edition	Dell Vostro 3888 Compact Desktop
Audio	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	Audio controller Realtek ALC3246 External Ports 1 x Universal audio jack (front) 1 x Line-out re-tasking Line-in audio jack (rear)

Misc	Dell XPS 8940 Desktop Special Edition	Dell Vostro 3888 Compact 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 XPS 8940 Desktop Special Edition vs. Dell Vostro 3888 Compact Desktop

The Dell XPS 8940 Desktop Special Edition and the Dell Vostro 3888 Compact 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 XPS 8940 Desktop Special Edition, you have options to configure it with a 65W 10th Generation Intel Comet Lake 6-core Intel Core i5-10400 up to a 125W 10-core Intel Core i9-10900K with a boost speed up to 5.30 GHz.

While Dell Vostro 3888 Compact Desktop has configurations 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.

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 XPS 8940 Desktop Special Edition has four RAM slots that support up to 128GB of 2933MHz dual-channel DDR4 memory. On the other hand, the Dell Vostro 3888 Compact Desktop has two RAM slots that you can upgrade up to 64GB 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 10 USB ports available on the Dell XPS 8940 Desktop Special Edition, two more than the Dell Vostro 3888 Compact Desktop 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 Dell XPS 8940 Desktop Special Edition has nine USB Type-A ports and one USB Type-C port. It has two ports that support USB 2.0 (480 Mbps) and eight ports that support USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps).

For Dell Vostro 3888 Compact Desktop, 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_XPS 8940 Special Edition Desktop Price
	Dell XPS 8940 Special Edition Desktop - 11th Gen Intel Core i9-11900K 8-Core up to 5.30GHz CPU, 64GB RAM, 1TB SSD, Intel UHD Graphics 750, Killer Wi-Fi 6, 500W PSU, DVD Burner, Windows 11 Pro, White By Dell $1,488.00	See at Amazon
	Dell XPS 8960 Tower Desktop Computer - 14th Gen Intel Core i9-14900K 24-Core up to 6.00 GHz CPU, 32GB DDR5 RAM, 2TB NVMe SSD, GeForce RTX 3050 8GB GDDR6, Killer Wi-Fi 6E, Windows 11 Home. By Dell $2,619.00	See at Amazon
	Dell XPS 8960 Tower Desktop Computer - 14th Gen Intel Core i7-14700K 20-Core up to 5.60 GHz CPU, 32GB DDR5 RAM, 4TB NVMe SSD, GeForce RTX 3070 8GB GDDR6, Killer Wi-Fi 6E, Windows 11 Pro By Dell $2,779.00	See at Amazon
Dell Vostro 3888 Compact Desktop Price
	Dell Vostro 3888 Full Size Tower Business Desktop Computer, Intel Octa-Core i7-10700, 32GB DDR4 RAM, 1TB PCIe SSD + 1TB HDD, DVDRW, 802.11AC WiFi, Bluetooth, Keyboard and Mouse, Windows 11 Pro By Dell $789.00	See at Amazon
	Dell Vostro 3888 3000 Tower Business Desktop Computer, Intel Octa-Core i7-10700 up to 4.8GHz, 64GB DDR4 RAM, 1TB PCIe SSD + 1TB HDD, DVDRW, 802.11AC WiFi, Bluetooth, Keyboard & Mouse, Windows 11 Pro By Dell $859.00	See at Amazon
	Dell Vostro 3910 Desktop Computer \| 12th Gen Intel 4-Core Processor \| 32GB DDR4 RAM \| 256GB SSD + 1TB HDD \| Intel UHD Graphics 730 \| WiFi 6 \| DVD-RW \| Display Port \| HDMI \| Windows 11 Pro By Dell $569.99	See at Amazon