Dell XPS 8950 Desktop vs. Dell Inspiron 3891 Desktop
Here is a side by side comparison between Dell XPS 8950 Desktop and Dell Inspiron 3891 Desktop specs including price, processors, memory, graphics, storage, ports, and more.
7.1 channel audio 6-connector stack of restackable audio ports.
1 x AC Power Connector
Front
3 x USB-A
2 x USB 2.0 (480 Mbps)
1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps)
1 x USB-C
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps)
1 x SD card reader (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 RJ-45
Gigabit Ethernet.
1 x HDMI 1.4b
1 x VGA
1 x Line-out re-tasking Line-in audio port
1 x Power supply unit
1 x Kensington lock slot
Chasis
Dell XPS 8950 Desktop
Dell Inspiron 3891 Desktop
Form Factor
Mini Tower (27.1L)
Mini Tower
Power Supply
460W
80+ Bronze85% Efficiency
750W
80+ Platinum92% Efficiency
260W
80+ Bronze85% Efficiency
360W
80+ Bronze85% Efficiency
Optical Drives
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
Optional Tray load DVD Drive
Reads and Writes to DVD/CD
Internal Specs
Dell XPS 8950 Desktop
Dell Inspiron 3891 Desktop
Chipset
Intel® Z690 Chipset
Intel B560 Chipset
Processor
12th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-12600K
10C/16T, 3.70 → 4.90 GHz, 20MB SmartCache, 125W
12th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-12700K
12C/20T, 3.60 → 5.00 GHz, 25MB SmartCache, 125W
12th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-12900K
16C/24T, 3.20 → 5.20 GHz, 30MB SmartCache, 125W
10th Gen Intel® Celeron® G5905
2C/2T, 3.50 GHz, 4MB SmartCache, 58W
10th Gen Intel® Pentium® Gold G6405
2C/4T, 4.10 GHz, 4MB SmartCache, 58W
10th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-10105
4C/8T, 3.70 → 4.40 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
11th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-11400
6C/12T, 2.60 → 4.40 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 65W
11th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-11400F
6C/12T, 2.60 → 4.40 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 65W
11th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-11700
8C/16T, 2.50 → 4.90 GHz, 16MB SmartCache, 65W
11th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-11700F
8C/16T, 2.50 → 4.90 GHz, 16MB SmartCache, 65W
Integrated Graphics
12th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-12600K
Intel® UHD Graphics 770
32 Execution Units, 300 → 1450 MHz
12th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-12700K
Intel® UHD Graphics 770
32 Execution Units, 300 → 1500 MHz
12th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-12900K
Intel® UHD Graphics 770
32 Execution Units, 300 → 1550 MHz
10th Gen Intel® Celeron® G5905
Intel® UHD Graphics 610
350 → 1050 MHz
10th Gen Intel® Pentium® Gold G6405
Intel® UHD Graphics 610
350 → 1050 MHz
10th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-10105
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
11th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-11400
Intel® UHD Graphics 730
24 Execution Units, 350 → 1300 MHz
11th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-11400F
Not Available
11th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-11700
Intel® UHD Graphics 750
32 Execution Units, 350 → 1300 MHz
11th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-11700F
Not Available
Discrete Graphics
NVIDIA® GeForce®
GTX 1650 SUPER™ - 4GB GDDR6
GTX 1660 SUPER™ - 6GB GDDR6
GTX 1660 Ti - 6GB GDDR6
RTX™ 3060 - 12GB GDDR6
RTX™ 3060 Ti - 8GB GDDR6 LHR
RTX™ 3070 - 8GB GDDR6 LHR
RTX™ 3080 - 10GB GDDR6x LHR
RTX™ 3080 Ti - 12GB GDDR6x
RTX™ 3090 - 24GB GDDR6x
AMD® Radeon™
RX 6700 XT - 12GB GDDR6
RX 6900 XT - 16GB GDDR6
NVIDIA® GeForce®
GT 730 - 2GB GDDR5
GT 1030 - 2GB GDDR5
GTX 1650 SUPER - 4GB GDDR6
GTX 1660 SUPER - 6GB GDDR6
Memory
Memory Slots: 4 DIMM slots
Memory Type: Single or Dual Channel DDR5 Memory
Memory Speed:
3600 MHz4400 MHz
Memory Per Slot:
8GB16GB32GB
Memory Configurations
8GB16GB32GB64GB
4400 MHz Dual-Channel DDR5 memory.
128GB
3600 MHz Dual-Channel DDR5 memory.
4GB8GB16GB32GB64GB
Memory Slots: 2 DIMM slots
Memory Type: Single or Dual Channel DDR4 Memory
Memory Speed:
2666 MHz2933 MHz
Memory Per Slot:
4GB8GB16GB32GB
Storage
256GB512GB1TB2TB
M.2 PCIe NVME SSD
1TB2TB
7200 RPM SATA HDD
256GB512GB1TB2TB
M.2 PCIe NVME SSD
1TB2TB
7200 rpm 3.5" SATA Hard Drive
Slots
Expansion Slots
1 x PCIe x16 slot
PCIe Gen 5, Full-height
2 x PCIe x4 slot
Full-height
SATA
4 x SATA slots
ForHDD/SSD, and slim Optical Drive.
M.2
1 x M.2 2230 slot
For WiFi and Bluetooth combo card
2 x M.2 2230/2280 slot
For SSD/Intel Optane
Expansion Slots
1 x PCIe x16 slot
PCIe Gen 3, Full-height
1 x PCIe x1 slot
PCIe Gen 3, Full-height
SATA
3 x SATA slots
1 x SATA 2.0 for Slim Optical Drive
2 x SATA 3.0 for 3.5-inch, 2.5-inch hard 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
Dell XPS 8950 Desktop
Dell Inspiron 3891 Desktop
Wi-Fi
Intel® Killer™ Wi-Fi 6 AX1675
Dual band 2.4 GHz/5 GHzWiFi-6 (802.11ax)Bluetooth 5.2
Qualcomm QCA9377
Up to 433 MbpsDual band 2.4 GHz/5 GHzWiFi-5 (802.11ac)Bluetooth 5.0
Qualcomm QCA61x4A
Up to 867 MbpsDual band 2.4 GHz/5 GHzWiFi-5 (802.11ac)Bluetooth 5.0
Intel AX201
Up to 2400 MbpsDual band 2.4 GHz/5 GHzWiFi-6 (802.11ax)Bluetooth 5.1
Bluetooth
Bluetooth 5.2
Bluetooth 5.0Bluetooth 5.1
Ethernet
Killer E3100G Ethernet controller
10/100/1000 Mbps.
Realtek RTL8111HSD Gigabit Ethernet controller
10/100/1000 Mbps.
Software
Dell XPS 8950 Desktop
Dell Inspiron 3891 Desktop
OS
Windows 11 Home
Windows 11 Pro
Windows 10 HomeWindows 10 ProWindows 11 HomeWindows 11 Pro
Free Upgrade 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
Camera & Audio
Dell XPS 8950 Desktop
Dell Inspiron 3891 Desktop
Audio
Audio controller
Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio with Waves MaxxAudio® Pro
External Ports
One Headset Port
Front
Six Audio port
Rear, 7.1 channel audio 6-connector stack of restackable audio ports.
Audio controller
C-media CM6548
External Ports
One headset port
One Line-out port
Misc
Dell XPS 8950 Desktop
Dell Inspiron 3891 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 8950 Desktop vs. Dell Inspiron 3891 Desktop
The Dell XPS 8950 Desktop and the Dell Inspiron 3891 Desktop were released in the same year, 2021. 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 8950 Desktop, you have options to configure it with a 125W 12th Generation Intel Alder Lake 10-core Intel Core i5-12600K up to a 125W 16-core Intel Core i9-12900K with a boost speed up to 5.20 GHz.
While Dell Inspiron 3891 Desktop has configurations with a 58W 10th Generation Intel Comet Lake dual-core Intel Celeron G5905 up to a 65W 8-core Intel Core i7-11700F with a boost speed up to 4.90 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 8950 Desktop has four RAM slots that support up to 64GB of 4400MHz or 128GB of 3600MHz dual-channel DDR5 memory. On the other hand, the Dell Inspiron 3891 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 9 USB ports available on the Dell XPS 8950 Desktop, one more than the Dell Inspiron 3891 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 8950 Desktop has seven USB Type-A ports and two USB Type-C ports. It has two ports that support USB 2.0 (480 Mbps), five ports that support USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps), one port that supports USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps), and one port that supports USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 (20 Gbps).
For Dell Inspiron 3891 Desktop, it has seven USB Type-A ports and one USB Type-C port. The PC has four ports that support USB 2.0 (480 Mbps) and four ports that support USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps).