Xbox Series X is way more powerful than PS5 — here's how much more

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What you lot need to know

Xbox Series Ten is more powerful than the PlayStation 5.
Microsoft's panel has a minimum one.875 teraflops advantage over Sony's automobile.
Sony decided to go with a faster solid-state bulldoze and forgo a rapid-switch external storage solution.
The processors of both consoles are roughly the same.

Information technology'south official. The Xbox Serial X is more powerful than the PlayStation 5 (PS5). Today, Sony hosted a "Road to PS5" event in which designer Mark Cerny revealed the capabilities of the console. However, it seems like Eurogamer was able to get the specifications ahead and time and revealed them simply every bit the event started.

The biggest takeaway from the event was the fact that the Xbox Serial X is considerably more powerful than the PS5. The Xbox Series Ten features a faster processor, clocked in at three.8 GHz, and a better graphic processing unit (GPU) that'southward a minimum i.875 teraflops (TFLOPs) more than powerful than the chip found inside the PS5, when it'southward running at its maximum speed. For reference, that's the ability of a standalone PlayStation 4, just since this is AMD'due south next-generation architecture, the deviation is fifty-fifty greater, maybe even double the real-world performance due to better efficiency. It as well seems like the PS5 doesn't feature variable-rate shading, and then real-world graphics may have a noticeable hit on the panel.

The ane swell feature Cerny discussed about the PS5 — and where it beats the Xbox Series X — is the solid-state drive (SSD) speed. You tin have a look at the complete breakdown below.

Category	Xbox Serial X	PlayStation 5
Processor	8x Cores @ three.8 GHz Custom Zen 2 CPU	8x Cores @ 3.5 GHz Custom Zen 2 CPU (variable)
Graphics	12.155 TFLOPS, 52 CUs @ 1.825 GHz Custom RDNA 2	ten.28 TFLOPS, 36 CUs @ two.23 GHz Custom RDNA 2 (variable)
Retentiveness	16 GB GDDR6, 320 mb passenger vehicle	16 GB GDDR6, 256-bit
Memory Bandwidth	x GB @ 560 GB/s, 6GB @ 336 GB/southward	448GB/s
Internal Storage	one TB Custom NVME SSD	825 GB Custom NVME SSD
I/O Throughput	2.4 GB/s (Raw), 4.viii GB/southward (Compressed)	5.five GB/due south (Raw), 8-9GB/south (Compressed)
Expandable Storage	one TB Custom SSD expansion card	NVMe SSD slot
External Storage	USB external HDD support	USB external HDD support
Optical Drive	4K UHD Blu-Ray drive	4K UHD Blu-Ray drive
Size	301mm x 151mm x 151mm	-
Release date	Holiday 2022	Holiday 2022

The SSD on the PS5 is considerably faster than the ane found in the Xbox Series X. However, Microsoft implemented other unique features that should mitigate the departure. However, only fourth dimension volition tell. At the terminate of the day, the GPU is mainly responsible for providing the all-time visuals, and Microsoft knocked information technology out of the park.

I expected Xbox Series 10 multiplatform games to expect ameliorate than their PS5 counterparts because developers will likely implement better effects. It'll probably be like to what you run across between the Xbox One X and PlayStation 4 Pro nowadays.

With that said, Sony has a much better library of games at the moment. Microsoft needs to show us that its recent acquisitions are working on stellar experiences that rival those produced by Nintendo and Sony. Power matters towards the start of a generation, only games win the war. Right now, prospective buyers should exist glad that Microsoft learned for its mistakes and didn't lose out on power once more.

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