Last week, both Microsoft and Sony disclosed the hardware specifications of the Xbox Series X and PS5. From a paper perspective (especially CPU / GPU), many analysts agree that Microsoft has a slight edge on performance. In fact, since the infrastructure platforms of the two sets of hosts are completely the same, simply comparing the frequency and the single-precision floating-point of the GPU can accurately obtain the performance data. Obviously, the Sony PS5 is behind this time. However, Kotaku’s veteran, Jason Schreier, pointed out that Sony PS5 is simply just underrated and its bad marketing is not helping either. His words
I shouldn’t have to be the one saying this, but the PS5’s SSD is a *huge deal* and could actually change the way games are designed. Meanwhile, gamers will just look at the side-by-side specs and believe the Xbox is superior – Sony’s marketing couldn’t have handled this any worse
If Sony PS5 is willing to lower its price a bit and distribute some exclusive works, the advantages of the Xbox Series X will disappear as quickly as it came. Furthermore, the PS5 has some heavy improvements in terms of 3D sound effects and DS5 controllers. Also, the 9GB / s SSD seems to be underestimated.
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MICROSOFT XBOX SERIES X VS SONY PS5 – SPECS COMPARISON
| | PlayStation 5 | Xbox Series X |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | 8x Zen 2 Cores at 3.5GHz (variable frequency, with SMT) | 8x Zen 2 Cores at 3.8GHz (3.6GHz with SMT) |
| GPU | 10.28 TFLOPs, 36 CUs at 2.23GHz (variable frequency) | 12.16 TFLOPs, 52 CUs at 1.825GHz |
| GPU Architecture | Custom RDNA 2 w/ hardware RT support | Custom RDNA 2 w/ hardware RT support |
| Memory | 16GB GDDR6 | 16GB GDDR6 |
| Memory Bandwidth | 448GB/s | 10GB at 560GB/s, 6GB at 336GB/s |
| Internal Storage | Custom 825GB NVMe SSD | 1TB Custom NVMe SSD |
| IO Throughput | 5.5GB/s (Raw), 8-9GB/s (Compressed) | 2.4GB/s (Raw), 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) |
| Backward compatibility | PlayStation 4 | Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One |
| Price | TBA | TBA |