{"id":95113,"date":"2016-06-14T11:13:08","date_gmt":"2016-06-14T09:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=95113"},"modified":"2016-06-14T11:30:14","modified_gmt":"2016-06-14T09:30:14","slug":"game-changer-xboxs-project-scorpio-details-and-comparisons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/xbox\/95113-game-changer-xboxs-project-scorpio-details-and-comparisons","title":{"rendered":"Game changer: Xbox’s Project Scorpio details and comparisons"},"content":{"rendered":"

Microsoft announced its next console at its E3 2016 press conference, Project Scorpio.<\/p>\n

Set to be released during holiday 2017, the console will feature a modular (upgradeable) design and full backwards compatibility with the current Xbox One.<\/p>\n

Microsoft states that the Project Scorpio SoC will have eight cores, up to 320 GB\/s of memory bandwidth, and over 6 TeraFLOPs of power.<\/p>\n

This is more processing power than the recently announced AMD RX 480 GPU using a GCN 4 based architecture, set to be launched later this month, reports Anandtech.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

With those specs in mind, this is how the console stacks up against Microsoft’s previous consoles:<\/p>\n

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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/th>\nXbox 360<\/th>\nXbox One<\/th>\nProject Scorpio<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
CPU Cores\/Threads<\/td>\n3\/6<\/td>\n8\/8<\/td>\n8 \/ ?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CPU Frequency<\/td>\n3.2GHz<\/td>\n1.6GHz (est)<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CPU \u00b5Arch<\/td>\nIBM PowerPC<\/td>\nAMD Jaguar<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shared L2 Cache<\/td>\n1MB<\/td>\n2 x 2MB<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GPU Cores<\/td>\n<\/td>\n768<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Peak Shader Throughput<\/td>\n0.24 TFLOPS<\/td>\n1.23 TFLOPS<\/td>\n>6 TFLOPs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Embedded Memory<\/td>\n10MB eDRAM<\/td>\n32MB eSRAM<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Embedded Memory Bandwidth<\/td>\n32GB\/s<\/td>\n102GB\/s<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
System Memory<\/td>\n512MB 1400MHz GDDR3<\/td>\n8GB 2133MHz DDR3<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
System Memory Bus<\/td>\n128-bits<\/td>\n256-bits<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
System Memory Bandwidth<\/td>\n22.4 GB\/s<\/td>\n68.3 GB\/s<\/td>\n320 GB\/s<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Manufacturing Process<\/td>\n<\/td>\n28nm<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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As we know Project Scorpio will feature AMD tech, further comparisons can be made with AMD’s upcoming cards and just how much weaker they are compared to Scorpio’s (assumedly) custom-built chip.<\/p>\n

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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/th>\nAMD Radeon RX 480<\/th>\nAMD Radeon R9 390X<\/th>\nAMD Radeon R9 390<\/th>\nAMD Radeon R9 380<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Stream Processors<\/strong><\/td>\n2304
\n(36 CUs)<\/td>\n		2816
\n(44 CUs)<\/td>\n		2560
\n(40 CUs)<\/td>\n		1792
\n(28 CUs)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Texture Units<\/strong><\/td>\n(Many)<\/td>\n176<\/td>\n160<\/td>\n112<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ROPs<\/strong><\/td>\n(A Positive Integer)<\/td>\n64<\/td>\n64<\/td>\n32<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TFLOPs (FMA)<\/strong><\/td>\n>5 TFLOPs<\/td>\n5.9 TFLOPs<\/td>\n5.1 TFLOPs<\/td>\n3.5 TFLOPs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Boost Clock<\/strong><\/td>\n>1.08GHz<\/td>\n1050MHz<\/td>\n1000MHz<\/td>\n970MHz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Memory Clock<\/strong><\/td>\n8Gbps GDDR5<\/td>\n5Gbps GDDR5<\/td>\n5Gbps GDDR5<\/td>\n5.5Gbps GDDR5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Memory Bus Width<\/strong><\/td>\n256-bit<\/td>\n512-bit<\/td>\n512-bit<\/td>\n256-bit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
VRAM<\/strong><\/td>\n4GB\/8GB<\/td>\n8GB<\/td>\n8GB<\/td>\n2GB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Transistor Count<\/strong><\/td>\n?<\/td>\n6.2B<\/td>\n6.2B<\/td>\n5.0B<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Typical Board Power<\/strong><\/td>\n150W<\/td>\n275W<\/td>\n275W<\/td>\n190W<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Manufacturing Process<\/strong><\/td>\nGloFo 14nm FinFET<\/td>\nTSMC 28nm<\/td>\nTSMC 28nm<\/td>\nTSMC 28nm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Architecture<\/strong><\/td>\nGCN 4<\/td>\nGCN 1.1<\/td>\nGCN 1.1<\/td>\nGCN 1.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GPU<\/strong><\/td>\nPolaris 10?<\/td>\nHawaii<\/td>\nHawaii<\/td>\nTonga<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Launch Date<\/strong><\/td>\n06\/29\/16<\/td>\n06\/18\/15<\/td>\n06\/18\/15<\/td>\n06\/18\/15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Launch Price<\/strong><\/td>\n$199<\/td>\n$429<\/td>\n$329<\/td>\n$199<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

How do you feel about Project Scorpio’s announcement? Will you be getting one on launch? Let us know in the comments below and in our forums.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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