Xbox One X VS Playstation 4 pro!
Microsoft has finally revealed the Xbox One X — formerly known as Scorpio — and the company isn't shy about calling its new game machine
“the world’s most powerful console.”
The One X is packing some serious firepower, with a custom eight-core AMD processor clocked at 2.3GHz, 12GB of GDDR5 RAM, and a 6-teraflop GPU with 40 compute units.
Microsoft is proudly pointing out how the One X can support 4K HDR gameplay.
So how does Xbox One X compare to its biggest competition: Sony’s PlayStation 4 Pro, which will be a year old by the time One X hits shelves?
When it comes to hardware specifications, Microsoft trumps Sony here. The Xbox One X has a faster processor, a more powerful GPU, and more memory than even the PlayStation 4 Pro. Specifically, the Xbox One X has 6 teraflops, compared to 4.2 teraflops on the PlayStation 4 Pro. And the extra boost in RAM — 12GB vs. 8GB — is also pretty significant, at least on paper.
It’s hard to say how much the extra speed and power will really translate to meaningful improvement in performance. At the end of the day, both consoles claim to be able to offer 4K HDR gaming. Based on that criterion, Sony has a $100 price advantage over the One X with the $399 Pro, which isn’t exactly spare change.
Additionally, it’s worth considering a final piece of the equation: games...
Microsoft showed off variety of new Xbox One exclusives at E3 this year, including
- Crackdown 3
- PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds
- Forza Motorsport 7
and a passel of smaller indie titles.
But compared to Sony’s upcoming slate of
- God of War 4
- The Last of Us II
- Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
- Death Stranding, Detroit: Become Human
- Days Gone
- Insomniac’s Spider-Man game
there’s still a long way to go before there’s a compelling lineup of games that you’ll need an Xbox to play.
To help you make your decision, here’s how Microsoft and Sony’s latest hardware fare when put head-to-head, along with the how powerful they are relative to the original hardware. (Just for fun, the Nintendo Switch is also thrown into the mix, and it’s unsurprisingly almost comically underpowered in comparison.)