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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)
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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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#5746556 Posted on: 12/31/2019 02:57 PM
What makes you think that? Semi-customs, be it monolithic or chiplet which remains to be seen, have nothing to do with AMDs discrete graphics chips. They share the same IP blocks, but that's it, no matter if there's 56 CU, 100 CU or 10 CU it doesn't tell absolutely anything about any discrete chip AMD might release in future.
5800xt incoming. 
i have the same feeling 
What makes you think that? Semi-customs, be it monolithic or chiplet which remains to be seen, have nothing to do with AMDs discrete graphics chips. They share the same IP blocks, but that's it, no matter if there's 56 CU, 100 CU or 10 CU it doesn't tell absolutely anything about any discrete chip AMD might release in future.
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#5746560 Posted on: 12/31/2019 03:02 PM
Why? Are games for the new consoles going to run worse on those cards?
Considering 5700XT has 36 RDNA1 CUs at 1750 and Anacoda 56 RDNA2 at 1700, while having Jensen talking down the new consoles it will be funny to see the faces of all those splashed £1200 for their RTX2080Tis and 3080Tis.
Why? Are games for the new consoles going to run worse on those cards?
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#5746562 Posted on: 12/31/2019 03:07 PM
A 56 CU Navi sounds impressive as 5700XT is 40 CU. We're looking at a 40% jump in CU, if the performance jump is linear that means it would be better than 2080S and trade blows with 2080Ti. On a console. What hardware will I need to run a game in 2021? F*ck!
A 56 CU Navi sounds impressive as 5700XT is 40 CU. We're looking at a 40% jump in CU, if the performance jump is linear that means it would be better than 2080S and trade blows with 2080Ti. On a console. What hardware will I need to run a game in 2021? F*ck!
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#5746570 Posted on: 12/31/2019 03:34 PM
its not linear.
A 56 CU Navi sounds impressive as 5700XT is 40 CU. We're looking at a 40% jump in CU, if the performance jump is linear that means it would be better than 2080S and trade blows with 2080Ti. On a console. What hardware will I need to run a game in 2021? F*ck!
its not linear.
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The launch date is one year ahead, it's too early to be sure and some specs can easily change (like GPU CUs). Let's see.
I'm expecting both hardware to be very close spec wise, much like xone e ps4.
Finally, even if hardware difference is like the article says, the games are what matters most as always (or it should be).