Impressive Full Specs Revealed for the Xbox Series X
Microsft has already hyped what their new Xbox Series X console is capable of, but they’ve recently shared new details revealing the console’s hardware and how they are pulling off the greatness they’ve promised. That includes a custom eight-core AMD Zen 2 CPU running at 3.8 GHz and its powerful RDNA 2 GPU.
There’s a lot of technical jargon to go through, but Microsoft has also put together a great glossary to help readers understand the various acronyms being thrown around. Regardless of that, the bottom line is that the hardware inside the console is seriously impressive! It’s so impressive that it rivals the most powerful gaming PC’s today.
Here’s the full spec list that Microsoft shared:
Xbox Series X System Specs
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
Translation… The Xbox Series X is going to be super freakin’ fast! Microsoft also shared a video comparing load times on the Xbox One X to the Xbox Series X, and the difference is night and day. It’s kinda crazy. Check it out:
Here’s another video that Microsoft posted that demonstrates the Xbox Series X’s quick resume feature and how it works:
Yep, I’m definitely going to be buying an Xbox Series X. I was already interested in buying it, but knowing these details on the power that it will have has pretty much sealed the deal.