In the lead-up to the unveiling of the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X, there was intense speculation about the hardware powering each machine. How many teraflops would each next-gen console have? Which would have the highest CPU speeds? Would they both use NVMe storage and what would external storage be like? Now, both Microsoft and Sony have revealed their key specifications and we finally have a good idea of what each machine looks like on the inside.
The table below compiles the most important specifications for each machine, incorporating CPU and GPU architecture and performance, storage solutions, backward compatibility, and more. These specs aren’t the whole story by any means, but they’re still a fascinating point of comparison and an important backdrop to the broader discussions about the Xbox Series X and Sony PlayStation 5 reveals.
| PlayStation 5 | Xbox Series | |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | 8x Zen 2 Cores at 3.5GHz (variable frequency, with SMT) | 8x Zen 2 cores at 3.8 GHz (3.6 GHz with SMT) |
| GPU | 10.28 TFLOP, 36 CU at 2.23 GHz (variable frequency) | 12.16 TFLOP, 52 CU @ 1.825 GHz |
| GPU architecture | Custom support for RDNA 2w/RT hardware | Custom support for RDNA 2w/RT hardware |
| Memory | 16GB GDDR6 | 16GB GDDR6 |
| memory bandwidth | 448GB/s | 10 GB at 560 GB/s, 6 GB at 336 GB/s |
| Internal storage | Custom 825GB NVMe SSD | 1TB Custom NVMe SSD |
| I/O performance | 5.5 GB/s (raw), 8-9 GB/s (compressed) | 2.4 GB/s (raw), 4.8 GB/s (compressed) |
| Expandable storage | NVMe SSD slot | 1TB expansion card |
| External storage | USB hard drive support | USB hard drive support |
| Optical unit | 4K UHD Blu-ray Drive | 4K UHD Blu-ray Drive |
| hdmi | 2.1 (4K/120Hz, 8K, VRR) | 2.1 (4K/120Hz, 8K, VRR) |
| Backwards Compatibility | Playstation 4 | |
| Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One | Price | to confirm |
to confirm
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