Comparison of PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X

On Wednesday, Mark Cerny, the lead system architect of Playstation 5, gave a whole lecture about what is inside the upcoming PS5. Unfortunately, the console itself wasn’t revealed but now we can compare the two future giants of next generation gaming. Here are the specs for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X

| Playstation 5 | Xbox Series X
CPU | 8 Zen 2 Cores @ 3.5GHz (v/f) | 8x Cores @ 3.8GHz

GPU

10.28 teraflops
36 CUs @ 2.23GHz (v/f)
Custom RDNA 2

12 teraflops
52 CUs @ 1.825 GHz
Custom RDNA 2

Memory | 16GB GDDR6 | 16 GB GDDR6

Memory Bandwidth

448GB/s

10GB @ 560 GB/s
6GB @ 336 GB/s

Internal Storage | 825GB Custom SSD | 1TB Custom NVME SSD

IO Throughput

Raw: 5.5GB per-second
Compressed: Typical 8-9GB per-second

Raw: 2.4 GB/s
Compressed: 4.8 GB/s

Expandable Storage

NVMe SSD Slot

1 TB Expansion Card
Identical performance to internal storage

External Storage | USB HDD Support | USB 3.2 External HDD
Optical Drive | 4K UHD Blu-ray Drive | 4K UHD Blu-ray Drive

So, both PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X look quite equal. Additionally, Cerny told us more about interoperability with PS 4: “almost all” games from the top 100 most popular games for PS4 will be available at the start.

What will be your choice?