Xbox Series X System Specifications Revealed
By Nathan Fusco
The Xbox Series X system specifications were revealed Monday. Fans will have over half the year to decide whether the system will be worth the purchase before the anticipated 2020 holiday release.
Microsoft is saying the Xbox Series X is the most powerful console in its history. And while they are focusing on bringing a clearer and more polished product, they know the future of gaming isn't just graphics.
Are you ready for the fastest, most powerful Xbox console ever? ?
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Take a closer look at the next-gen tech inside Xbox Series X.
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“While the Xbox Series X will deliver a massive increase in GPU performance and continue to redefine and advance the state of art in graphics with new capabilities such as hardware accelerated raytracing,” said Jason Ronald, Director of Product Management on Xbox Series X, “we don’t believe this generation will be defined by graphics or resolution alone.”
Xbox Series X System Specifications
Here is the full list of 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