QLaT: Xbox Series X Specs Revealed

written by JoseQ

March 15,2020

Xbox Series X Specs Revealed

Microsoft has elaborated on the kickassery the Xbox Series X promises to be. Despite news of their release date potentially slide into 2021, Microsoft still stands by their originally planned release date of this coming Holiday season.

So what was announced today? A full set of specs. Check these out:

CPU	8x Cores @ 3.8 GHz (3.66 GHz w/ SMT) Custom Zen 2 CPU
GPU	12 TFLOPS, 52 CUs @ 1.825 GHz Custom RDNA 2 GPU
Die Size	360.45 mm²
Process	7nm Enhanced
Memory	16 GB GDDR6 w/ 320mb bus
Memory Bandwidth	10GB @ 560 GB/s, 6GB @ 336 GB/s
Internal Storage	1 TB Custom NVME SSD
I/O Throughput	2.4 GB/s (Raw), 4.8 GB/s (Compressed, with custom hardware decompression block)
Expandable Storage	1 TB Expansion Card (matches internal storage exactly)
External Storage	USB 3.2 External HDD Support
Optical Drive	4K UHD Blu-Ray Drive
Performance Target	4K @ 60 FPS, Up to 120 FPS

They also posted a side by side comparison of loading times, pitting the already very powerful Xbox One X against the Xbox Series X. Check this out:

Simply put, that cut loading times by 80%! That's impressive to say the least. Click on this link for a closer look at the Xbox Series X.

JoseQ's Look at this Thing

Any way you slice it, the Xbox Series X is a powerful beast. Let's face it, SSDs brought with them the fastest perceived performance jump in computers since they stopped doubling MHz speed years ago. NVMe brought with it yet another jump, so you're essentially going from (computer) technology from the 90s, to current time in just one console generation. The Xbox Series X certainly looks like a winner already.

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