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AMD based Xbox Series X could have 3584 shader processors
Xbox Series X is coming later next year and it is powered by an AMD SoC. The specs in relation to the GPU however have been scarce. That might have changed as some information appeared on AMDs Github page, listing the SoC at 3584 shaders processors.
At the end of last week, several users discovered a Github repository, which was apparently maintained by AMD and contains all sorts of information about the systems-on-a-chip of Playstation 5 and Xbox Series X. In the meantime it has been taken offline and associated tweets have also been deleted - probably under pressure from Microsoft and Sony or directly through AMD.
The dataset was quite big, but the gents from DigitalFoundry have deciphered it. The new Xbox would get a GPU with 56 compute units at 1.675 GHz. So at 64 Shaders per CU that is 3584 Shaders. To compare a bit, the Radeon RX 5700 XT has 40 compute units. So that is a mighty heap of graphics power for a console.
| Xbox Series X (Anaconda) | Xbox One X | Xbox One/ Xbox One S | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Eight Zen 2 Cores with SMT - clocks undisclosed | Eight Jaguar cores clocked at 2.3GHz | Eight Jaguar cores clocked at 1.75GHz |
| GPU | 56 custom Navi compute units at approx 1700MHz | 40 custom GCN compute units at 1172MHz | 12 GCN compute units at 853MHz/914MHz (S) |
| Memory | GDDR6 at 560GB/s - capacity undisclosed | 12GB GDDR5 at 326GB/s |
8GB DDR3 at 68GB/s (Plus ESRAM)
|
The Playstation 5 would get 36 compute units and 2304 shaders at 2 GHz. Both consoles are rumored to get GDDR6 for a proper memory bandwidth of let's say 448 GB/s. Both consoles aim to be available for the holidays of 2020.
| PlayStation 5 (Unconfirmed) | PlayStation 4 Pro | PlayStation 4 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Eight Zen 2 Cores with SMT - clocks undisclosed | Eight Jaguar cores clocked at 2.1GHz | Eight Jaguar cores clocked at 1.6GHz |
| GPU | 36 custom Navi compute units at 2000MHz | 36 custom GCN compute units at 911MHz | 18 GCN compute units at 800MHz |
| Memory | GDDR6 at 448GB/s (Possibly 512GB/s) - capacity undisclosed | 8GB GDDR5 at 218GB/s | 8GB GDDR5 at 176GB/s |
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#5746729 Posted on: 12/31/2019 11:48 PM
I don't buy it, simply because of the price. 8/16 Ryzen Zen2 CPU, (estimation) 2080 Super levels of performance, GDDR6, NVMe SSD...
... all for 500-600$?
Nah, sorry, this ain't it.
I don't buy it, simply because of the price. 8/16 Ryzen Zen2 CPU, (estimation) 2080 Super levels of performance, GDDR6, NVMe SSD...
... all for 500-600$?
Nah, sorry, this ain't it.
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#5746736 Posted on: 01/01/2020 12:38 AM
I don't buy it, simply because of the price. 8/16 Ryzen Zen2 CPU, (estimation) 2080 Super levels of performance, GDDR6, NVMe SSD...
... all for 500-600$?
Nah, sorry, this ain't it.
With them selling at a loss plus mass producing these parts so manufacturing costs won't be as bad as if they were just parts bought and put together, this won't be too bad for pricing. But also remember, that there is most likely a lower costing Series S or something coming as well to fill and price gap.
Let's remember where Microsoft and Sony really makes their money though, subscriptions.
I don't buy it, simply because of the price. 8/16 Ryzen Zen2 CPU, (estimation) 2080 Super levels of performance, GDDR6, NVMe SSD...
... all for 500-600$?
Nah, sorry, this ain't it.
With them selling at a loss plus mass producing these parts so manufacturing costs won't be as bad as if they were just parts bought and put together, this won't be too bad for pricing. But also remember, that there is most likely a lower costing Series S or something coming as well to fill and price gap.
Let's remember where Microsoft and Sony really makes their money though, subscriptions.
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#5746760 Posted on: 01/01/2020 02:05 AM
Like others have said before, it seems to good to be true although MS needs something special to compete with Sony but then again, do console gamers care that much about graphics??? I think MS should concentrate more on having more and better exclusives than on having a better console.
Like others have said before, it seems to good to be true although MS needs something special to compete with Sony but then again, do console gamers care that much about graphics??? I think MS should concentrate more on having more and better exclusives than on having a better console.
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#5746972 Posted on: 01/01/2020 10:16 PM
Well, I think there is every chance they know the numbers this time.
Some accountant whizz has crunched the numbers and saw that for MS to 'eat' the cost of producing an úber console, leaving no question about it's power versus all other consoles.
Versus:
The money that will be earnt from charging whatever they can get away with on their subscription model.
Because:
You can argue you have the best console...
That's the balancing act they are faced with after totally losing this round.
Like others have said before, it seems to good to be true although MS needs something special to compete with Sony but then again, do console gamers care that much about graphics??? I think MS should concentrate more on having more and better exclusives than on having a better console.
Well, I think there is every chance they know the numbers this time.
Some accountant whizz has crunched the numbers and saw that for MS to 'eat' the cost of producing an úber console, leaving no question about it's power versus all other consoles.
Versus:
The money that will be earnt from charging whatever they can get away with on their subscription model.
Because:
You can argue you have the best console...
That's the balancing act they are faced with after totally losing this round.
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If this is true, it's for the first time ever that a console is on-par with high-end PCs in computing power.
What a moment to be alive ! (and a gamer...)
It already happen 2 or 3 times...
On other hand the XBox is still a PC on a tuned Windows...