PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X Specifications Showdown - Which console is fastest?

It's time to compare the hardware specs of the Xbox Series X and the PlayStation 5. Which console is faster, and how?

[0rbital71]

ps5 will be faster, due to the memory bandwidth speed and also the ssd speed , although i will be buying both.

[darthv72]

Actually the only thing faster on PS5 is the SSD throughput. Memory speed, cpu and gpu performance are in the SX corner. And it isnt like that SX SSD is slacking. It too is rather speedy than what PC users are familiar with.

[Profchaos]

The interesting thing is the ability to load as the player turns which means that the game world doesn't have to be rendered behind the player this will be a game changer in savings for the GPU.

But ultimately I think its more niche and won't be adopted outside of first party devs

[Babadook7]

True Darth. But the advantages in XSX are minor. 18% at best and overall much lower. The SSD speed on the other hand is a massive 120% advantage for PS5 and that advantage is far more important than just load times. The game developers are already calling it a game changer. So PS5 can rightly be said to be the faster machine overall.

[dcbronco]

@Babadook

The difference between ssd's is big but not as big as the difference in RAM. The SX has a 112gbs advantage on ten gbs.

[Babadook7]

@above. Ha! It’s a 120% increase for ps5 SSD speed. Regarding RAM bandwidth; how much of an advantage for the whole 16 GB? 6% faster? Right. So not a big deal.

[Zeref]

@profchaos xbox demonstrated something similar, I'm actually pretty sure it's the same thing so
Its not unique to the ps5. Its called mesh shading.

It's definitely a huge deal for nextgen.

https://youtu.be/VatBO3CknG...

[ElementX]

Memory bandwidth is actually better for 10GB of the Series X RAM. The SSD difference will be negligible at best, possibly a few seconds faster game loads. Most people probably won't see a difference in game. If you are traveling for instance, the world loads as you move around, you won't move fast enough to require that much speed. Even the Spiderman demo would be possible with less speed than the PS5 SSD uses. If you enter a building in a RPG, they are so small that it would be practically instantaneous on both consoles. You may save a couple seconds if you use fast travel on a world map, big deal.

The loading speed on the Series X was demoed with State of Decay 2, which wasn't designed for the advanced tech that next gen games are being developed for. Even the roughly 8 second load is great.

[CaptainHenry916]

PS5 will also be cheaper. 10.28 teraflops with PS5 exclusives at $399 to $450. Count me in. That's the price console and budget gamers are looking for. I feel like the series X is made for hardcore gamers.

[darthv72]

I'm thinking it will be $499. That is a fair assessment for the PS5 while the SX would more than likely be $599 for a premium experience.

And if rumors of a cheaper series S then expect to see something half the performance be at $399

[fathertime4464]

Budget games are looking for game pass and services like it, not a 100 difference on the front end. With game pass its 100+ cheaper on the back end

[CaptainHenry916]

@fathertime4464

I got windows gamepass and it's definitely worth the price. I'm paying like around $4.99 a month but Microsoft first party exclusives are not that good except for Ori and maybe the old Halo games other than that it's a little stale on there maybe because I played all the games that interest me only

[CrimsonWing69]

C'mon, I loved the PS4 this gen and hated Xbone, but even I can't deny that Xsex is the better console when it comes to performance. Let's not kid ourselves here.

[mairons57]

It's like American brute force vs Japanese technique.

[ZeroX9876]

I was expecting the Xbox to be more powerful and I was right. I'm still buying a PS5, because the games that I want to play are on that system, but in terms of raw power for consoles, it's the Xbox that wins the crown.

[Donnie81]

You need to look at the specs again dude

[iplay1up2]

You read that and that is what you come up with?😂😂

[Xb1ps4]

Sony needs a ps5 pro lol

[babadivad]

PS5 CPU, GPU(weaker), and memory bandwidth is slower than XSX.

The PS5 has a faster SSD but it has less storage.

When have we been so scared to call a spade a spade. The XSX CLEARLY has the superior hardware. Why are we pretending like it's had to discern which console has the superior hardware?

[KillBill]

Nope, will have to see which option of access to speedy data is better. For sure Sony is paying for a direct hardware route of speed while MS has gone tech and spent the extra money on other important areas.
https://arstechnica.com/gam...

[Zeref]

nope. it's just the SSD and even that is offset by Microsoft's Velocity Architecture.

[timotim]

PS5 has it on the SSD in terms of brute force, but SX takes it in every other category.

[0rbital71]

bear in mind, they did not say this was a ps5 pro

[timotim]

Oh...PS5 Pro huh...OK.

And no total bandwidth goes to SX with 560GBs/s
https://pbs.twimg.com/media...

[Krangs_Uncle]

There won't be a Pro.

[THC CELL]

They will be a pro mark never said anything to indicate that is the only ps5 coming

[Nick_515]

I see there being only 1 PS5, but 2 Xbox models. The one we've seen is the "pro" model. The cheaper one will be as cheap as possible, letting them have a higher price tag on the pro. 400-450 for ps5, 450-550 for xbox.

[AnubisG]

And they said there will be a PS5 Pro at launch?

[Rude-ro]

Where are you “correctly” getting this information?

How did Microsoft lag out their counter bottleneck build?

I see the ol Pr soon police.. no true breakdown from a company that has not made a new game engine in ten years...

I see the fake likes in full force to drum up support/hype... but exactly, lay down the full effects of how every inch of hardware is going to work on the xxxxxxssssxxx

[Starman69]

Exclusives? 😂

[timotim]

Microsoft has 15 studios at current all making games for SX and exclusives for their other platforms and ecosystem. These are studios that's been hiring (often pulling talent from Sony studios) talent and expanding to multiple teams. The games they have produced recently and there track records speak for themselves.

Gears 5 - 84

Halo 5: Guardians - 84

Forza Horizon 3 - 91

Forza Horizon 4 - 92

Sea of Thieves - 69

The Outer Worlds - 86

Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire - 88

Wasteland 2: Director's Cut - 87

The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut - 84

Forza Motorsport 7 - 86

Forza Motorsport 6 - 87

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice - 88

DmC: Devil May Cry - 86

Ori and the Will of the Wisps - 91

[rpvenom]

i don't care which ones faster. just give me good exclusives.. if i cared mainly about power then I'd get a PC

[0rbital71]

expect to pay a lot for a pc which matches these 2 in power, i have a pc with a 1080ti 32gig ram at 3600hmz and an oc 8700k, i still will buy both of these for prime gaming

[Shalawsorchi]

Very true! I think the difference will be very little when it’s coming to graphics. Just like this season.

[Xb1ps4]

So when it was ps4and xb1 that little extra power was made to be worlds apart and now 2tflops of extra raw power will be very little?

[King_Noctis]

That was not what happened when the base PS4/Xbox One were released.

[Fishy Fingers]

From a purely hardware perspective Microsoft must be feeling pretty happy right now.

[0rbital71]

it was a truly bullish reveal and the hardware teardown was great, but theres secret sauce in both of these consoles thatl put PC games to shame for at least a yr, the ray tracing amd chips aint even out yet. best not upgrade ya pc just yet folks

[Fishy Fingers]

They stack up well against current high end PCs for sure but with Nvidia and AMD in on verge of new GPUs it'll be for 12 months at best (against enthusiast PC)

But its win win, better consoles mean better utilisation of PC hardware (especially CPU and not 5400rpm HDD). These consoles are a blessing for PC gamers. Weak consoles keep the bar low

[ElementX]

I'm curious how the SSD tech and other optimizations will compare to a PC. You can slap any drive into a rig, but PC games aren't optimized the same way. The consoles have tech for reading compressed data and offloading processes from the CPU, so it'll be interesting to see what happens.

[Shalawsorchi]

What is they announce a PS5 pro?

[Atom666]

Then they would have led with it. If a Pro is coming, it won't be at launch.

[Fishy Fingers]

Let's be Frank, if people are already talking about a Pro it's because they feel they didnt deliver.

[RazzerRedux]

I think that rumor can finally be put to rest. Pro will be here in 3-4 years just like the XSX err X

@Fishy

" if people are already talking about a Pro"

There were rumors of a launch PS5 Pro long before today.

[CaptainCook]

Phil Spencer is probably celebrating with his employees drinking Corona Extra

[PGRfox]

They will both be faster in certain situations. It'll be up to the developers to maximize both systems. I also am wondering how MS weird memory setup will work. It could be a hinderance in some ways. That being said, Sony has some weird throttling with their CPU, so again, developers will need to figure out the pros and cons of each.

[Kubark]

Question for the Sony fanboys: how does it feel to be a part of the loser's club? It must be incredibly sad.

[0rbital71]

wow didnt realise fanboys like this still existed, get a job son then you can experience true gaming and have the best of both worlds.

[Kubark]

Of course the fanboys exist. Don't be stupid. Unless this is your first time on N4G, you should've noticed N4G is a hot bed of Sony fanboyism.

[0rbital71]

i guess im an older gamer who can afford both consoles, never been a fanboy tbf

[babadivad]

This site is FLOODED with fanboys. Even the Mods are fanboys. Where have you been?

[snoopgg]

Unless this is your first time kubark, xbots exsisted during the ps3/360 era rampantly. They were the worst.

[UnSelf]

as a sony fan im glad MS got a victory. Sony fanboys talk too fkn much

[tay8701]

Loser club? Not likely. With the wizards ps studio have, im not the least bit worried. Xbox has no studios that can rival naughty dog or sony santa monica. Sony has many, many other studios that consistantly put out great games. Sony japan, guerilla, sucker punch, media molecule and insomniac to name just a few.

[slayernz]

have fun playing TLOU, GOW, HZD on your XB lol

[Kavorklestein]

I already Played them on my PS4.
Not ever playing them again. I've experienced all I want from those franchises.

[slayernz]

lol ok buddy because theres never going to be new additions to any of those series....oh well enjoy your gears of war i guess!

[Tetsujin]

I'll be enjoying the exclusives while the Xbox will be 2~ years into no console exclusives to show the power of the console.

I'll be buying a PS5 at launch because there's already some games announced I want to play. As far as Xbox, show something where my gamer needs are sated. So far the one game I do want on Xbox is also on Steam, so no point in spending $400 on a $20 game.

[bumbleforce]

Overall performance is xbox. Ponies are just mad they have a weak console.

[0rbital71]

is there gonna be an xbox series xx ? theres prob gonna be a ps5 pro tho

[babadivad]

It's not weak, but it's unquestionably the lesser console (hardware wise at least) compared to the XSX.

[snoopgg]

Us ponies aren't mad, we love Sony and the exclusives they put out. Delusional

[blackblades]

The thing about the comparing these is that the series x is the high end while the ps5 isnt. If they show the lockhart or whatever then yes compare ps5 with that. Overall a small advantage doesnt mean much, games means everything.

[babadivad]

K

[Atticus_finch]

You are mistaking if you think ps5 is not high-end.

[Father__Merrin]

We won't know untill the games are shown. The xbox approach is different to Ps5 its going to be interesting which performs best in games

[ossyc]

With both consoles locked at 60fps; 120 on graphically less intensive games. you most likely will never see the Series X power gain. You will however see a difference in the SSD load times of the PS5, which is very significant. Plus PS5 has superior exclusives.

[Sitdown]

What exclusives have been named for the PS5?

[ossyc]

I should have said 'will have', let's be honest that's a given as Microsoft don't have any good ones - no offence by the way

[Sitdown]

Microsoft doesn't have any good ones or are they just not appealing to you? And yes, going based off history, Sony will be more than fine.

[tay8701]

Just because they havent been announced yet doesnt mean they wont once again trounce microsoft exclusives. Every generation sony has bested them.

[snoopgg]

What you don't think ps5 will have any exclusives to ask such a question? You should be asking this about Microsoft and the history they have with exclusives.

[Atticus_finch]

That's a good way of putting it. Haters are missing the big picture. Ps5 will still have the best looking games.

[DiRtY]

There is no way you can honestly say that the PS5 is the more powerful machine, because of a faster SSD.
They are losing in every other category. CPU, Memory Bandwith, GPU, Storage...

Just accept it.

[0rbital71]

oh yes u can the ssd speed will be massive and im sure sony first party exclusives will show you why

[Atticus_finch]

I can honestly say with confidence that Ps5 is a beast and will deliver the best looking games ever made.

[Larrysweet]

Theres really no need for war here lol although some cant help it hahahah....the difference in games for both consoles will be negligible once again with Sony first party putting out games looking better then anything competition will offer as that's just how it goes

[moriarty1889]

ssd is twice the speed in the PS5.

[NeoGamer232]

No, the I/O for the SSD is twice the speed.

[RosweeSon]

Power and stats are great depending on what you do with them. Sounds like Xbox winning on raw power but we all saw where that raw power got them eventually, uh nowhere. Look forward to seeing them in action and the actual games not the teraflops.

[AnubisG]

As a Playstation fan, I'm very dissapointed with the presentation and the PS5 itself.

[0rbital71]

yeah right lol

[AnubisG]

What yeah right?

[Atticus_finch]

You're not a developer.

[AnubisG]

No, I'm not. I'm a playstation gamer since 1997.

[quenomamen]

Well a wise console maker who has the letters MS in its name and a lot if its fanbase once said its not about the power of the hardware, but about the quality and quantity of the games.

And we know who has the games.

[windblowsagain]

Your all missing the point lmao. So funny.

Cerny Dropped the CU'S in PS5 because he knows the higher it goes the efficiency drops and stops being worthwhile.

Watch the conference.

So to keep the system fed completely at 10.3tflops. The custom ssd will feed the gpu with no bottlenecks.

Look we can argue this point all day long.

Sony helped AMD Design the chip. I think they know what it does.lol.

[Atticus_finch]

The conference is going over most people's heads and with good reason. It was aimed at developers. The little I was able to understand sounds insanely clever. I'm hyped.

[SaveFerris]

On paper the Xbox Series X appears to offer more in terms of power and features over the PS5. At the moment, Sony may only be able to compete on games and price. If Sony was intending to make the console more affordable, then the price will need to be at least $100 - $150 less than the Xbox.
I'm not intending to get a PS5 at launch, but as a Sony only console owner I'm invested in the ecosystem so for now I'll work on clearing my PS4 backlog. However, I do feel some disappointment that Sony has not included BC for all PS4 games, and we don't know if they ever will. I'm not too fussed at the difference in specs between the next-gen consoles, but features such as HDR for older games and smart delivery are things that would have been nice to have on the PS5.

[tay8701]

I dont understand why people need full backjward compatibility. Why the hell are you buying a console to play old games? I could see games that just released such as tlou2 or g.o.t. or blockbusters such as spiderman or horizon. As much as i loved infamous second son, i could care less if it is compatible with ps5.

[SaveFerris]

You are correct in that no one buys a console solely to play last gen games. I can't speak for other people but I have a lot of current gen games that I haven't played and it would be a bonus to not only play them on the PS5, but to have it enhanced as well. I only have the base Ps4 and if the new console can 'boost' these games, then is that not a good thing for gamers?

[Thundercat77]

My bet is that PS5 will be faster, more efficient, better price and will dominate the market as the PS4 did.

PS4 first party games look better than any game on the current most powerful console the Xbox one X.

X1X 6 TF - PS4Pro 4.2 TF DIFF = 42,86%
XSX 12.1 TF - PS5 10.3 TF DIFF = 17.48 %.

[timotim]

Your bet would be wrong. SX outclasses PS5 in every respect but the SSD...however, Microsoft is using virtual memory and VRS to provided devs with the same end result.

[Atticus_finch]

You don't know how wrong you are. The capabilities of Ps5 are really going to bother you.

[timotim]

Aren't you the same guy that said this yesterday...

"Better have that Jaw reinforced for tomorrow."

Well...after that statement...lets just say you were a little off on that one haha. Actually my jaw did need some reinforcement...but it was because of how utterly terrible that presentation was. I was just starting at the screen with my mouth wide open in disbelief. Get'em next time solider.

[isarai]

Ssh! You cant use math here, it's too much truth for people.

[Atticus_finch]

My bet is that they will continue to deliver the best playing, looking and running games. Ps5 is a beast.

[343_Guilty_Spark]

Microsoft needs to go with some seriously aggressive pricing...mobile pricing model.

[Atticus_finch]

$1 a month could work.

[343_Guilty_Spark]

Forgot they have Xbox All access

[Npugz7]

Xbox has the better system PS has the games end of story!

[Atticus_finch]

Xbox has the PR, PS has the better system.

[NeoGamer232]

I don't get how you can say either of those things with absolutely no facts to back it up.

We will find out how well both systems actually perform closer to launch and really there has not been a lot of game announcements yet.

[AK91]

PS5 will be faster but the XSX beats it in terms of raw power.

[Yosemite]

Specs really don't matter I look at it like this if they mattered Nintendo wouldn't be beating both Xbox and Playstation every month with its sales. Nintendo Switch is underpowered but its beating Xbox One in sales if they mattered Nintendo wouldn't have passed Xbox.

[NeoGamer232]

True.

Actually if you go back thru history the most powerful console rarely wins the generation.

[xTheMercenary_]

Everybody has got to relax, xbox comes out on top in terms of raw graphical power. Ps5 will still be a hell of a machine. No need for anybody to stress, we go through the same shit every generation. It all comes down to taste, if you like xbox games you buy an xbox likewise for playstation. Lets just all come together as gamers for once.

[dnAWE]

Obviously after the beatings Microsoft has taken over the last 8 or so years they have finally decided to go the PS4 route. "A monster of a console. For gamers!" - they want easily digestible marketing materials.

This will of course raise the costs of manufacturing which should also raise the price of the console itself, but knowing that if Sony undercut them on the price point again they'll lose a lot of Day 1 customers. Chances are they will keep their price roughly the same as Sony regardless of the upfront profit loss (50-100$ at most).

Microsoft have certainly adopted a lot of Sony's playbook from this gen. Cheap, gaming-focused, with a strong first party single player game focus!

Good for them. Now all they need to do is adapt the relationship that Sony and their developers have cultivated as it can not be understated what an impact this support network has on game development

[battlegrog]

People are delusional. Smoking mirrors

[Father__Merrin]

We won't know untill game demos start flooding out

[Whitey2k]

I think series x nearly as fast as an rtx 2080 ti and since ps5 is faster then an rtx 2080 In terms of raw specs, the Nvidia GeForceRTX 2080 comes with 8GB of GDDR6 VRAM with a speed of 14Gbps on a 256-bit bus. Ithas a base clock of 1,515MHz and a boost of 1,710MHz and 2,944 CUDA cores. The RTX 2080 Ti, on the other hand, has a whopping 11GB of GDDR6 VRAM at the same 14Gbps, but on a 352-bit bus.

[super_bruno]

Its a tie.