Finally, after a long wait, the Microsoft Xbox Series X will be premiering on May 7th. Xbox took to its official Weibo handle to announce there will be an online event at 11 pm on May 7th for “the first Xbox Series X real show”. Actually, the event of for Microsoft to showcase what the Xbox Series X is offering. The company will showcase many third-party games. However, if you want to see what Microsoft’s first-party games will look like on the Xbox Series X, then you may have to wait.
In March, Microsoft announced the complete specifications of the Xbox Series X. The new host comes with an AMD 8-core CPU and the graphics card is 52 sets of CU, that is, 3328 stream processor. There is already a battle to the finish line between the Xbox Series X and Sony’s PlayStation 5. As of now, we know more about the Xbox Series X than the PlayStation 5. Presently, it seems as though the new Xbox will take the crown but it is certainly too early to judge.
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Sony PlayStation 5 VS Microsoft Xbox Series X – Official 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 |
