Detailed Specs Comparison

HP OMEN 25L (11th Gen Intel-K) vs. Dell XPS 8950 Desktop

Here is a side by side comparison between HP OMEN 25L (11th Gen Intel-K) and Dell XPS 8950 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	11th Gen Intel Core Processors. Up to Intel Core i9-11900K (8C/16T, Up to 5.30 GHz). Up to NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 3070 (8GB GDDR6). Up to HyperX® 64 GB DDR4-3200 XMP RGB SDRAM. Up to 800W with 80 Plus Gold PSU.	The first XPS Desktop with a liquid cooling option. 12th Generation Intel Alder Lake K-Series Processors. Up to 125W Intel Core i9-12900K (16 Cores, 30MB Cache, Up to 5.2 GHz) Up to 64GB of 4400 MHz Dual-Channel DDR5 Memory Up to 128GB of 3600 MHz Dual-Channel DDR5 Memory Up to NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 3090 (24GB GDDR6x) Up to AMD® Radeon™ RX 6900 XT (16GB GDDR6) Up to 750W Platinum PSU Available in both Night Sky Platinum Silver New 27L chassis with 42% larger than before. Better cooling solutions for better airflow and acoustics.

Availability	HP OMEN 25L (11th Gen Intel-K)	Dell XPS 8950 Desktop
Released	2021	2021
Release Info	Announced on May 20, 2020. Updated in 2021 with newer chipset and processors supports.	Announced on October 27, 2021
Pricing	Starting at $899.99	Starting at $919.00
Generations	2021 HP OMEN 25L (11th Gen Intel-K) Current 2021 HP OMEN 25L (11th Gen Intel) Compare 2020 HP OMEN 25L (10th Gen Intel-K) Compare 2020 HP OMEN 25L (10th Gen Intel) Compare	2021 Dell XPS 8950 Desktop Current 2020 Dell XPS 8940 Desktop Special Edition Compare 2020 Dell XPS 8940 Desktop Compare

HP OMEN 25L 11th Gen Intel K Price
	OMEN 25L Gaming Desktop PC, AMD Radeon RX 5700, AMD Ryzen 7 3700X, HyperX 16 GB DDR4 RAM, 1 TB SATA Hard Drive & 512 GB PCIe NVMe SSD, Windows 10 Home, VR Ready, RGB Lighting (GT12-0050, 2020 Model) By OMEN $999.99	See at Amazon
Dell XPS 8950 Tower Desktop Price
	Dell XPS 8960 Desktop Computer Tower - 14th Gen Intel Core i9-14900 24-Core Processor, 64GB DDR5 RAM, 4TB NVMe SSD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB GDDR6 Graphics, Windows 11 Pro - Graphite Black By Dell $2,739.00	See at Amazon
	Dell XPS 8960 Desktop Computer Tower - 14th Gen Intel Core i9-14900K 24-Core Processor up to 6 GHz, 64GB DDR5 RAM, 4TB NVMe SSD, Intel UHD Graphics 770, Windows 11 Pro - Graphite Black By Dell $2,099.00	See at Amazon
	Dell XPS 8950 Desktop Computer - 12th Gen Intel Core i7-12700K, 16GB DDR5 RAM, 512GB SSD + 1TB HDD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB, Wi-Fi 6, VR Ready, Air Cooled, Bluetooth, Windows 11 Home - Black By Dell $1,245.00	See at Amazon

Exterior	HP OMEN 25L (11th Gen Intel-K)	Dell XPS 8950 Desktop
Size Comparison
Dimensions	15.53” x 17.05” x 6.5” (433.1 x 369 x 165.1 mm)	16.8 x 14.8 x 6.81” (426.7 x 372.9 x 173 mm) Without feed 16.8 x 15.39 x 6.81” (426.7 x 391 x 173 mm) With feed
Weight	Up to 25.26 lb (11.46 kg)	Starting weight: 16.36lbs (7.42kg) Night Sky Starting weight: 16.79lbs (7.62kg) Platinum Silver
Colors	Black	Night Sky Platinum Silver
Keyboard and Trackpad	Optional Keyboard and Mouse HP USB wired keyboard with volume control HP USB wired optical mouse	Dell KB216 Multimedia Keyboard Black or White Dell MS116Optical Mouse Black or White
Ports	Top 2 x USB-A USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps). 1 x Audio Jack Headphone and microphone combo jack. 1 x Microphone Jack. Rear 2 x USB-A USB 2.0 (480 Mbps). 1 x USB-A USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps). 1 x USB-A USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps). 1 x USB-C USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps). 1 x USB-C USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps). 1 x RJ-45 Gigabit Ethernet. 1 x Line-in 3.5mm audio jack. 1 x Line-out 3.5mm audio jack. 1 x Microphone 3.5mm audio jack. 1 x Power Connection	Front 3 x USB-A USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5Gbps) 1 x USB-C USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10Gbps) 1 x Headset jack 1 x SD Card Slot Optional Rear 4 x USB-A 2 x USB 2.0 (480Mbps) 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5Gbps) 1 x USB-C USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 (20Gbps) 1 x DisplayPort 1.4 Works on processors with integrated graphics. 1 x Gigabit Ethernet 6 x Audio port 7.1 channel audio 6-connector stack of restackable audio ports. 1 x AC Power Connector

Chasis	HP OMEN 25L (11th Gen Intel-K)	Dell XPS 8950 Desktop
Form Factor	Tower (25L)	Mini Tower (27.1L)
Power Supply	600W 80+ Gold Efficiency 750W 80+ Platinum Efficiency 800W 80+ Gold Efficiency	460W 80+ Bronze 85% Efficiency 750W 80+ Platinum 92% 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
Chasis Information	Front Bezel Shadow Black Glass, Dark Chrome Logo, and Side Cover Glass.

Internal Specs	HP OMEN 25L (11th Gen Intel-K)	Dell XPS 8950 Desktop
Chipset	Intel® Z590 Chipset	Intel® Z690 Chipset
Processor	11th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-11600K 6C/12T, 3.90 → 4.90 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 125W 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-11600KF 6C/12T, 3.90 → 4.90 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 125W 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-11700K 8C/16T, 3.60 → 5.00 GHz, 16MB SmartCache, 125W 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-11700KF 8C/16T, 3.60 → 5.00 GHz, 16MB SmartCache, 125W 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-11900K 8C/16T, 3.50 → 5.30 GHz, 16MB SmartCache, 125W 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-11900KF 8C/16T, 3.50 → 5.30 GHz, 16MB SmartCache, 125W	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
Integrated Graphics	11th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-11600K Intel® UHD Graphics 750 32 Execution Units, 350 → 1300 MHz 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-11600KF Not Available 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-11700K Intel® UHD Graphics 750 32 Execution Units, 350 → 1300 MHz 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-11700KF Not Available 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-11900K Intel® UHD Graphics 750 32 Execution Units, 350 → 1300 MHz 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-11900KF Not Available	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
Discrete Graphics	NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX™️ 3060 - 12GB GDDR6 RTX™️ 3060 Ti - 8GB GDDR6 RTX™️ 3060 Ti with LHR - 8GB GDDR6 RTX™️ 3070 - 8GB GDDR6 RTX™️ 3070 with LHR - 8GB GDDR6	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
Memory	Memory Slots: 4 DIMM slots Memory Type: Single or Dual Channel DDR4 Memory Memory Speed: 3200MHz Memory per Slot: 4GB 8GB 16GB Memory Configurations 4GB 8GB 16GB 32GB 64GB HyperX® XMP SDRAM with optional RGB	Memory Slots: 4 DIMM slots Memory Type: Single or Dual Channel DDR5 Memory Memory Speed: 3600 MHz 4400 MHz Memory Per Slot: 8GB 16GB 32GB Memory Configurations 8GB 16GB 32GB 64GB 4400 MHz Dual-Channel DDR5 memory. 128GB 3600 MHz Dual-Channel DDR5 memory.
Storage	256GB 512GB 1TB 2TB M.2 PCIe Gen 3 x4 NVME SSD 500GB 1TB 2TB 5400 rpm or 7200 rpm SATA Hard Drive	256GB 512GB 1TB 2TB M.2 PCIe NVME SSD 1TB 2TB 7200 RPM SATA HDD
Slots	Expansion Slots 1 x PCIe x16 slot PCIe Gen 4.0 x16 lanes, for discrete graphics card. 1 x PCIe x1 slot PCIe Gen 3.0 x1 lanes. SATA 2 x SATA slots For SATA HDD/SSD. M.2 1 x M.2 2230 slot For WiFi and Bluetooth combo card 2 x M.2 2230/2280 slot For PCIe x4 Gen 3 SSD/Intel Optane.	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

Connectivity	HP OMEN 25L (11th Gen Intel-K)	Dell XPS 8950 Desktop
Wi-Fi	Realtek Wi-Fi 5 Dual band 2.4 GHz/5 GHz WiFi-5 (802.11ac) Bluetooth 5.0 Intel AX201 Wi-Fi 6 Up to 2400 Mbps Dual band 2.4 GHz/5 GHz WiFi-6 (802.11ax) Bluetooth 5.1	Intel® Killer™ Wi-Fi 6 AX1675 Dual band 2.4 GHz/5 GHz WiFi-6 (802.11ax) Bluetooth 5.2
Bluetooth	Bluetooth 5.0 Bluetooth 5.1	Bluetooth 5.2
Ethernet	Realtek RTL8118 ASH-CG Ethernet controller Speed: 10/100/1000 Mbps.	Killer E3100G Ethernet controller 10/100/1000 Mbps.

Software	HP OMEN 25L (11th Gen Intel-K)	Dell XPS 8950 Desktop
OS	Windows 10 Home Windows 10 Pro Upgradable to Windows 11	Windows 11 Home Windows 11 Pro
Built-in Apps	HP OMEN Gaming Hub Microsoft Office 30 Day Trial McAfee LiveSafe™ 30-day trial More DTS Headphone:X HP Audio Switch ExpressVPN (30-day trial) LastPass (30-day trial) Dropbox myHP HP QuickDrop HP Documentation HP PC Hardware Diagnostics UEFI HP Support Assistant	Microsoft Office 30-day trial McAfee LiveSafe 12 Month Subscription

Camera & Audio	HP OMEN 25L (11th Gen Intel-K)	Dell XPS 8950 Desktop
Audio	Audio Codec: ALC3866-CG. Omen Audio Control Support DTS:X Ultra. High Definition (Azalia) 5.1 channel audio support. HP Audio Switch	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.

Misc	HP OMEN 25L (11th Gen Intel-K)	Dell XPS 8950 Desktop
Warranty	1 year limited hardware warranty 90-day phone support Complimentary chat support within the warranty period	1 Year Hardware Service with Onsite/In-Home Service After Remote Diagnosis

HP OMEN 25L (11th Gen Intel-K) vs. Dell XPS 8950 Desktop

The HP OMEN 25L (11th Gen Intel-K) and the Dell XPS 8950 Desktop were released in the same year, 2021. The HP OMEN 25L (11th Gen Intel-K) has a . The Dell XPS 8950 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 HP OMEN 25L (11th Gen Intel-K), you have options to configure it with a 125W 11th Generation Intel Rocket Lake 6-core Intel Core i5-11600K up to a 125W 8-core Intel Core i9-11900KF with a boost speed up to 5.30 GHz.

While Dell XPS 8950 Desktop has configurations 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.

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 HP OMEN 25L (11th Gen Intel-K) up to 64GB of 3200MHz dual-channel DDR4 memory. For Dell XPS 8950 Desktop, it supports up to 64GB of 4400MHz or 128GB of 3600MHz dual-channel DDR5 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 HP OMEN 25L (11th Gen Intel-K), one less than the Dell XPS 8950 Desktop that has 9 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 HP OMEN 25L (11th Gen Intel-K) has six USB Type-A ports and two USB Type-C ports. It has two ports that support USB 2.0 (480 Mbps), four 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 8950 Desktop, it has seven USB Type-A ports and two USB Type-C ports. The PC 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).

Pricing

HP OMEN 25L 11th Gen Intel K Price
	OMEN 25L Gaming Desktop PC, AMD Radeon RX 5700, AMD Ryzen 7 3700X, HyperX 16 GB DDR4 RAM, 1 TB SATA Hard Drive & 512 GB PCIe NVMe SSD, Windows 10 Home, VR Ready, RGB Lighting (GT12-0050, 2020 Model) By OMEN $999.99	See at Amazon
Dell XPS 8950 Tower Desktop Price
	Dell XPS 8960 Desktop Computer Tower - 14th Gen Intel Core i9-14900 24-Core Processor, 64GB DDR5 RAM, 4TB NVMe SSD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB GDDR6 Graphics, Windows 11 Pro - Graphite Black By Dell $2,739.00	See at Amazon
	Dell XPS 8960 Desktop Computer Tower - 14th Gen Intel Core i9-14900K 24-Core Processor up to 6 GHz, 64GB DDR5 RAM, 4TB NVMe SSD, Intel UHD Graphics 770, Windows 11 Pro - Graphite Black By Dell $2,099.00	See at Amazon
	Dell XPS 8950 Desktop Computer - 12th Gen Intel Core i7-12700K, 16GB DDR5 RAM, 512GB SSD + 1TB HDD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB, Wi-Fi 6, VR Ready, Air Cooled, Bluetooth, Windows 11 Home - Black By Dell $1,245.00	See at Amazon