These clues are not full news – but they are still an interesting point of comparison.
In the continuation of the reveal of the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X, there was considerable speculation about the hardware that powers each machine. How many teraflops per person will be a member of each cone? Which would have higher CPU clocks? Have they both used NVMe storage, and what does external storage look like? Now, both Microsoft and Sony have revealed their key details, and we finally have a good idea of what each machine looks like inside.
The table below gathers the most important details of each machine, including the CPU and GPU performance, storage solutions, backwards compatibility and more. These clues are not full news by any means, but they are at an interesting point of comparison – and the backdrop to the big discussions made for the unveiling of the Xbox Series X and Sony PlayStation 5.
| PlayStation 5 | Xbox Series X | |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | 8x Zen 2 Cores at 3.5GHz (various frequency) |
8x Zen 2 Cores at 3.8GHz (3.6GHz per SMT) |
| GPU | 10.28 TFLOPs, 36 CUs at 2.23GHz (variable frequency) |
12.16 TFLOPs, 52 CUs at 1.825GHz |
| GPU architecture | Customizing for rDNA 2 | Customizing for rDNA 2 |
| Memory | 16GB GDDR6 | 16GB GDDR6 |
| Memory Bandwidth | 448GB / s | 10GB at 560GB / s, 6GB at 336GB / s |
| Internal Storage | Customize the 825GB NVMe SSD | 1TB custom NVMe SSD |
| IO Input | 5.5GB / s (obviously), 8-9GB / s (Compressed) |
2.4GB / s (obviously), 4.8GB / s (Compressed) |
| Expandable Storage | NVMe SSD Slot | 1TB Expansion Card |
| External Storage | USB HDD support | USB HDD support |
| Optical Drive | 4K UHD Blu-ray Drive | 4K UHD Blu-ray Drive |
| HDMI | 2.1 (4K / 120Hz, 8K, VRR) | 2.1 (4K / 120Hz, 8K, VRR) |
| Back agreement | PlayStation 4 | Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One |
| Price | TBA | TBA |
If you are hungry to learn more, our full coverage read is important. There, you will find the complete article on each console, including its best features, the reasoning behind its design and everything else you need to know.
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