On Monday, Microsoft released all the parameters of the Xbox Series X, which opened the curtain of the next generation console war. At the time I wrote an article to explore what’s new in the Xbox Series X. As soon as the article was finished, Sony responded to Microsoft’s actions and announced the detailed parameters of the PS5 a few days later.
After Sony announced the detailed parameters (the appearance has not been announced yet), the opinions of friends around him were divided into several types.
The first one shouted, “Sony temporarily holds its feet and pushes the graphics card to 2.23GHz. The performance is still not as good as the Xbox, it is very passive. “.
The second one says” Sony SSDs are fast, and graphics performance is not an issue. ”
The third kind says “Sony has exclusive games, XBox has less monopoly, play monopoly or see Sony” < / p>
The fourth type says “the graphics card is over 2.23 GHz, which means that AMD RDNA2 graphics card will be very strong. AMD Yes!”
In fact, these four statements all make sense. Let us analyze the similarities and differences between PS5 and Xbox Series X through parameters.
Theoretical performance: Xbox dominates
Like the eighth generation, Sony and Microsoft both use AMD ’s custom processors for the gaming console market. The previous-generation AMD Jaguar processor is based on the Bulldozer (bulldozer) micro-architecture streamlined, and this generation of processor uses the Zen 2 architecture to help AMD salted fish turn over, the performance of the same frequency has a huge improvementstep.
Both PS5 and Xbox Series X are 8-core Zen 2 CPUs, Microsoft is slightly higher in frequency, compared to PS5, it is also With the support of SMT hyper-threading technology, if the game is optimized, running on the Xbox Series X should have obvious advantages.
▲ PS5 vs Xbox Series X Picture from: Weibo @ 叉 小包
PS5 is a design that uses a dynamic frequency (depending on the load, the CPU frequency can fluctuate within a certain range), in some scenarios You can reduce CPU power consumption and allocate power to the graphics card.
On the GPU side, PS5 is more passive. Remember when the PS4 and Xbox One were released in 2013, the XBox lost to the PS4 in the GPU performance comparison, and had to overclock the processor before it was sold to minimize the gap. Nevertheless, the previousThe Xbox One still seems to be inadequate when running 1080P games. You can only set the resolution to 900P to be comparable to the PS4.
When Microsoft released the Xbox One X in 2017, it increased the GPU CU from 12 to 40 in one breath. The floating point reached 6TFLOPS, which ranked first in host performance.
The performance-oriented style also has obvious marks on the Xbox Series X. The GPU unit of the Xbox Series X 52CU is better than the PS5 36CU. That’s 16 more, bringing a theoretical 16% performance advantage.
In addition to the difference in the number of CUs, we can also see that the GPU frequency of PS5 has reached 2.23GHz, which is higher than the 1.825 of the Xbox GHz is a lot higher.
Higher frequencies will inevitably bring higher power consumption and heat dissipation pressure. Fortunately, the PS5 supports floating frequencies in the CPU. In some scenarios, the heat dissipation pressure caused by high frequency can be reduced. Sony dares to increase the GPU frequency to 2.23GHz, which shows that they are confident in the thermal design of the PS5 (of course, the possibility of PS5 cooling overturning is not ruled out).
On the other hand, PS5 also allows us to see the potential of the RDNA2 architecture, which can surpass such a high frequency, I believe The upcoming RX 6000 series graphics cards will also perform well.
In addition, the RDNA2 architecture also supports ray tracing, which means that this generation of game consoles will popularize light chasing, and future light Chase will become the standard effect of the 3A masterpiece.
IO performance: PS5 is far ahead
In addition to the difference in APU performance, there is another difference between the Xbox Series X and PS5, which is the SSD.
After so many years of development, SSD has become a standard storage device in PCs. In the PS4 era, the first thing many players get when they get a game console is to replace the SSD. After all, the IO bottleneck of HDD hard drives is too serious. In order to reduce the impact of disk reading on the gaming experience, many games will put a thin corridor in two large scenes, and when the player passes through the gap, read the next one. Scenes.
SSD should have become the standard configuration of the ninth generation game console, but in the choice of SSD, Microsoft And Sony have different opinions.
Xbox Series X uses 1TB SSD, IO throughput is 2.4GB / s (raw), 4.8GB / s ( compression). Compared to this, the PS5’s SSD IO throughput has almost doubled, 5.5GB / s (raw), 8-9GB / s (compressed). Obviously, this will give Sony a clear advantage, especially in terms of game loading and scene switching.
Such a high IO throughput can both maximize the release of the processor’s potential and reduce the memory capacity requirements, after all IO is sufficient, so there is no need to load all scenes into memory in advance.
But from the PC side, the IO of SSD is important, but it only reduces the memory preload and reduces the scene switching The problem of reading the bar does not make the frame rate of the game improve qualitatively. Whether Sony can make good use of powerful IO performance and make up for the shortcomings of processor performance depends on subsequent game optimization.
Memory and other: no obvious gap between the two sides
Sony has won a big victory in IO performance, and the expansion of external hard disks is also stronger. Compared to the Xbox, which only supports Seagate ’s custom-made external SSD expansion cards, Sony has reserved an NVMe slot. However, since the built-in hard disk is a PCI-E 4.0 protocol, if you do n’t want an external hard disk to drag the hind legs of IO, at least you have A PCI-E 4.0 NVMe SSD is now more expensive.
In addition to NVMe, PS5 also supports USB HDD. For games that are not often played, you can use HDD as a warehouse disk. Xbox is more conscience.
In terms of memory, both sides are 16GB GDDR6, but the 10GB memory bandwidth in the Xbox reaches 560GB / s, and the remaining 6GB is Lower than PS5, only 336GB / s. As for the actual game effect, we still have to wait until the two sides are listed before comparing.
In terms of optical drives, both sides have adopted 4K UHD Blu-ray drives. The specific reading speed is not widely distributed, but the optical drive is obviously not Focus.
Compatibility: Xbox Series X is better than PS5
Xbox has supported compatibility with the first generation since the previous generation. If you buy Xbox Series X, you can enjoy four generations of Xbox platform games, with higher resolution and frame rate, and some games have better visual effects.
PS5 is also backward compatible, but only for PS4 Pro. To play PS3 and PS2 games, you must use some special methods, such as PlayStation Now for cloud streaming games, but it is not easy to use in China.
Write at the end
If you are an old game enthusiast, and the game you want to play is not exclusive to Sony, choosing the Xbox Series X is indeed Is a better choice. If the game you want to play is PS exclusive, then you have no choice but to buy a PS5 or buy an old console on salted fish (someone said abroad).
From the perspective of exposure parameters, the Xbox Series X is advantageous in terms of performance. If players prefer cross-platform masterpieces (Such as gun car ball games that can also be played on the PC platform), the Xbox is a good choice.
But the console market is not a performance-only market. More players choose consoles because there are certain Exclusive game. If Sony can continue to produce a lot of excellent exclusive works in the PS5 generation, it is not impossible to continue to dominate the market.
It is still more than half a year before these two consoles log on to the market. You may wish to wait for the news of the game. This year ’s good There are still many shows.
▲ PS5 vs Xbox Series X Picture from: Weibo @ 叉 小包
PS5 is a design that uses a dynamic frequency (depending on the load, the CPU frequency can fluctuate within a certain range), in some scenarios You can reduce CPU power consumption and allocate power to the graphics card.
On the GPU side, PS5 is more passive. Remember when the PS4 and Xbox One were released in 2013, the XBox lost to the PS4 in the GPU performance comparison, and had to overclock the processor before it was sold to minimize the gap. Nevertheless, the previousThe Xbox One still seems to be inadequate when running 1080P games. You can only set the resolution to 900P to be comparable to the PS4.
When Microsoft released the Xbox One X in 2017, it increased the GPU CU from 12 to 40 in one breath. The floating point reached 6TFLOPS, which ranked first in host performance.
The performance-oriented style also has obvious marks on the Xbox Series X. The GPU unit of the Xbox Series X 52CU is better than the PS5 36CU. That’s 16 more, bringing a theoretical 16% performance advantage.
In addition to the difference in the number of CUs, we can also see that the GPU frequency of PS5 has reached 2.23GHz, which is higher than the 1.825 of the Xbox GHz is a lot higher.
Higher frequencies will inevitably bring higher power consumption and heat dissipation pressure. Fortunately, the PS5 supports floating frequencies in the CPU. In some scenarios, the heat dissipation pressure caused by high frequency can be reduced. Sony dares to increase the GPU frequency to 2.23GHz, which shows that they are confident in the thermal design of the PS5 (of course, the possibility of PS5 cooling overturning is not ruled out).
On the other hand, PS5 also allows us to see the potential of the RDNA2 architecture, which can surpass such a high frequency, I believe The upcoming RX 6000 series graphics cards will also perform well.
In addition, the RDNA2 architecture also supports ray tracing, which means that this generation of game consoles will popularize light chasing, and future light Chase will become the standard effect of the 3A masterpiece.
IO performance: PS5 is far ahead
In addition to the difference in APU performance, there is another difference between the Xbox Series X and PS5, which is the SSD.
After so many years of development, SSD has become a standard storage device in PCs. In the PS4 era, the first thing many players get when they get a game console is to replace the SSD. After all, the IO bottleneck of HDD hard drives is too serious. In order to reduce the impact of disk reading on the gaming experience, many games will put a thin corridor in two large scenes, and when the player passes through the gap, read the next one. Scenes.
SSD should have become the standard configuration of the ninth generation game console, but in the choice of SSD, Microsoft And Sony have different opinions.
Xbox Series X uses 1TB SSD, IO throughput is 2.4GB / s (raw), 4.8GB / s ( compression). Compared to this, the PS5’s SSD IO throughput has almost doubled, 5.5GB / s (raw), 8-9GB / s (compressed). Obviously, this will give Sony a clear advantage, especially in terms of game loading and scene switching.
Such a high IO throughput can both maximize the release of the processor’s potential and reduce the memory capacity requirements, after all IO is sufficient, so there is no need to load all scenes into memory in advance.
But from the PC side, the IO of SSD is important, but it only reduces the memory preload and reduces the scene switching The problem of reading the bar does not make the frame rate of the game improve qualitatively. Whether Sony can make good use of powerful IO performance and make up for the shortcomings of processor performance depends on subsequent game optimization.
Memory and other: no obvious gap between the two sides
Sony has won a big victory in IO performance, and the expansion of external hard disks is also stronger. Compared to the Xbox, which only supports Seagate ’s custom-made external SSD expansion cards, Sony has reserved an NVMe slot. However, since the built-in hard disk is a PCI-E 4.0 protocol, if you do n’t want an external hard disk to drag the hind legs of IO, at least you have A PCI-E 4.0 NVMe SSD is now more expensive.
In addition to NVMe, PS5 also supports USB HDD. For games that are not often played, you can use HDD as a warehouse disk. Xbox is more conscience.
In terms of memory, both sides are 16GB GDDR6, but the 10GB memory bandwidth in the Xbox reaches 560GB / s, and the remaining 6GB is Lower than PS5, only 336GB / s. As for the actual game effect, we still have to wait until the two sides are listed before comparing.
In terms of optical drives, both sides have adopted 4K UHD Blu-ray drives. The specific reading speed is not widely distributed, but the optical drive is obviously not Focus.
Compatibility: Xbox Series X is better than PS5
Xbox has supported compatibility with the first generation since the previous generation. If you buy Xbox Series X, you can enjoy four generations of Xbox platform games, with higher resolution and frame rate, and some games have better visual effects.
PS5 is also backward compatible, but only for PS4 Pro. To play PS3 and PS2 games, you must use some special methods, such as PlayStation Now for cloud streaming games, but it is not easy to use in China.
Write at the end
If you are an old game enthusiast, and the game you want to play is not exclusive to Sony, choosing the Xbox Series X is indeed Is a better choice. If the game you want to play is PS exclusive, then you have no choice but to buy a PS5 or buy an old console on salted fish (someone said abroad).
From the perspective of exposure parameters, the Xbox Series X is advantageous in terms of performance. If players prefer cross-platform masterpieces (Such as gun car ball games that can also be played on the PC platform), the Xbox is a good choice.
But the console market is not a performance-only market. More players choose consoles because there are certain Exclusive game. If Sony can continue to produce a lot of excellent exclusive works in the PS5 generation, it is not impossible to continue to dominate the market.
It is still more than half a year before these two consoles log on to the market. You may wish to wait for the news of the game. This year ’s good There are still many shows.
Sony has won a big victory in IO performance, and the expansion of external hard disks is also stronger. Compared to the Xbox, which only supports Seagate ’s custom-made external SSD expansion cards, Sony has reserved an NVMe slot. However, since the built-in hard disk is a PCI-E 4.0 protocol, if you do n’t want an external hard disk to drag the hind legs of IO, at least you have A PCI-E 4.0 NVMe SSD is now more expensive.
In addition to NVMe, PS5 also supports USB HDD. For games that are not often played, you can use HDD as a warehouse disk. Xbox is more conscience.
In terms of memory, both sides are 16GB GDDR6, but the 10GB memory bandwidth in the Xbox reaches 560GB / s, and the remaining 6GB is Lower than PS5, only 336GB / s. As for the actual game effect, we still have to wait until the two sides are listed before comparing.
In terms of optical drives, both sides have adopted 4K UHD Blu-ray drives. The specific reading speed is not widely distributed, but the optical drive is obviously not Focus.
Compatibility: Xbox Series X is better than PS5
Xbox has supported compatibility with the first generation since the previous generation. If you buy Xbox Series X, you can enjoy four generations of Xbox platform games, with higher resolution and frame rate, and some games have better visual effects.
PS5 is also backward compatible, but only for PS4 Pro. To play PS3 and PS2 games, you must use some special methods, such as PlayStation Now for cloud streaming games, but it is not easy to use in China.
Write at the end
If you are an old game enthusiast, and the game you want to play is not exclusive to Sony, choosing the Xbox Series X is indeed Is a better choice. If the game you want to play is PS exclusive, then you have no choice but to buy a PS5 or buy an old console on salted fish (someone said abroad).
From the perspective of exposure parameters, the Xbox Series X is advantageous in terms of performance. If players prefer cross-platform masterpieces (Such as gun car ball games that can also be played on the PC platform), the Xbox is a good choice.
But the console market is not a performance-only market. More players choose consoles because there are certain Exclusive game. If Sony can continue to produce a lot of excellent exclusive works in the PS5 generation, it is not impossible to continue to dominate the market.
It is still more than half a year before these two consoles log on to the market. You may wish to wait for the news of the game. This year ’s good There are still many shows.
If you are an old game enthusiast, and the game you want to play is not exclusive to Sony, choosing the Xbox Series X is indeed Is a better choice. If the game you want to play is PS exclusive, then you have no choice but to buy a PS5 or buy an old console on salted fish (someone said abroad).
From the perspective of exposure parameters, the Xbox Series X is advantageous in terms of performance. If players prefer cross-platform masterpieces (Such as gun car ball games that can also be played on the PC platform), the Xbox is a good choice.
But the console market is not a performance-only market. More players choose consoles because there are certain Exclusive game. If Sony can continue to produce a lot of excellent exclusive works in the PS5 generation, it is not impossible to continue to dominate the market.
It is still more than half a year before these two consoles log on to the market. You may wish to wait for the news of the game. This year ’s good There are still many shows.