Microsoft offers more Xbox One-to-PlayStation 4 hardware comparisons

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On paper, Sony's PlayStation 4 looks like it has more powerful hardware compared to Microsoft's Xbox One. The point has also been made that games developed for both next-generation game consoles will likely look the same in terms of graphics for at least the first few years of each console's lifespan.

This week, Microsoft Xbox marketing head Albert Penello, who has defended the Xbox One's hardware specs in the past, posted a message on the NeoGAF forums with what he claims are more even-handed comparisons between Microsoft's console and the PS4.

Penello said the idea that just because the PS4 has 18 control units to the Xbox One's 12 CUs, doesn't make the PS4 more powerful. He wrote, "Multi-core processors have inherent inefficiency with more CU's, so it's simply incorrect to say 50% more GPU." He also said that each of Microsoft's CUs runs six percent faster than the CUs in the PS4.

Additionally, Penello claims that the Xbox One, with its DDR3 memory, has more bandwidth than the PS4, which has GDDR5 memory. He wrote, "176gb/sec is peak on paper for GDDR5. Our peak on paper is 272gb/sec. (68gb/sec DDR3 + 204gb/sec on ESRAM). ESRAM can do read/write cycles simultaneously so I see this number mis-quoted."

The Xbox One also has 10 percent more CPU than the PS4, according to Penello, adding, "Not only a faster processor, but a better audio chip also offloading CPU cycles." Finally, he stated Microsoft has "3X the coherent bandwidth for GPGPU at 30gb/sec which significantly improves our ability for the CPU to efficiently read data generated by the GPU."

Penello did say that while he was not trying to disparage the PS4's hardware specs, he did feel that some people who have tried to compare the two systems were using inaccurate methods. He also said Microsoft's senior graphics and hardware engineers will offer even more information on the Xbox One's hardware features.

"They will be more credible then I am, and can talk in detail about some of the benchmarking we've done and how we balanced our system," Penello wrote.

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Source: http://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-exec-offers-up-some-more-xbox-one-vs-ps4-hardware-comparisons

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PlusnetPosted:

I still feel the PS4 will be better(for me).

-InsanelyAwesome-Posted:

It is only Microsoft that is speaking about specs and defending their specs. That to me tells me Microsoft is worried. Now am not taking sides but the more Microsoft keep going on about specs etc the more likely it is to seem that they are worried.

ConvergePosted:

We can stop defending low-end computers now...

ODSTPosted:

I love that it's only Microsoft feeling like they need to defend their console instead of trying to advertise it and such like Sony. All these post about specs yet only mentioning them from a one sided vision. There are both positives and negatives to the DDR3 and the GDDR5. Every part of this has positives and negatives, but on the bottom line, they're almost too similar for basic comparison to any normal person that doesn't want to go in-depth.

gmlukensPosted:

I don't feel like reading all of this, but all i should know is that they will be fairly even when it comes to software

TehHamburgerPosted:

irMoon
Dragify
irMoon How are they going to say that the Xbone's cpu is more powerful than the ps4's? if sony hasn't even released the speed of their cpu.


Sony has a 1.6ghz Cpu and Microsoft has a 1.75ghz Cpu. This post also states that each core in Microsofts Cpu is higher than Sonys. You need to look up more facts lol.


No it is just a rumor that the cpu is 1.6ghz on the ps4. Other sites have rumored it to be 2.00ghz or higher. Not a fanboy, just stating facts.

If xbox one cup is 6% faster at 1.75ghz then that does equal out to around 1.6. And ps4 I can assure u will not have 2ghz

ThlackPosted:

Ill buy a 360 when I come up with $500 I want to piss away. ALL of my friends got the PS4 and that extra $100 can make or break a decision around the holidays so I expect that the PS4 will do better and continue to do so as long as its $100 cheaper.

TwiiitchyPosted:

I like the xbox one a lot and I don't go around saying it's better than ps4. Keep it to your self xbox/play station fanboys.

monkey210Posted:

Dr-J
mxzd lets use our brains here. microsoft has some of the smartest programmers in the world, do you really think they would just let sony win the "console war" graphically that easy?


lol, this is right. MS knows what they are doing and do it for a reason. That's why they are worth over 230billion while sony is still at about 70billion


Its not the smartest programmers in the world they can't even ban hackers plus the smartest ones to this date are anon and the C.I.A. Learn to look up real facts

WoobiePosted:

Could honestly care less about the specs, the difference some of them make aren't even noticeable.


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