Microsoft New XBox One & Sony PS 4 – Console Specfications

specsSony and Microsoft have confirmed launch of new gaming consoles in 2013. Each console will have a stronger CPU and GPU compared to their respective predecessors, as well as a host of new Online features, console-specific peripherals, and a rich set of Media capabilities.

Console Specifications of XBox One / Sony PS 4

Chipset – Sony and Microsoft have each based their consoles on AMD’s newest Jaguar chipset and both feature an 8 core x86 CPU. Development engines for each console are Windows based and the xBox One will have dedicated operating systems for console, online, and combined operations.

Graphics and Memory – The PS4 and the next xBox One have graphics cards based on the latest AMD Radeon series, however, we think the PS4 GPU is 50% faster with 50% more computing clusters. The PS4 and the xBox One each have 8GB of virtual memory, but the DDR5 ram in the PS4 is more powerful than the DDR3 in the xBox One.

Optical Disc Drive – The press speculated that Sony and Microsoft may eliminate the optical disc drive and that games would stream from the cloud, but both consoles feature a 6x Blu-ray disc drive (vs. 2x for the PS3).

Hard Drive – Both consoles have hard disk drives and each is offering virtual cloud-based storage. xBox One will have a 500GB HDD, but it was not clear if larger sizes will be available. Sony has not confirmed the size of the PS4 HDD,
but did say that it is “very large” and we think 1TB is possible.

In the next Article, we’ll see the Accessories & Peripherals for PS4 / Xbox One.