Specs Comparison: Project Scorpio vs the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 Pro

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The main specs of Project Scorpio have been revealed today. As expected, the console is going to be a 4K powerhouse. Project Scorpio will sport 8 CPU cores, clocked at 2.3GHz. The console will also come with 12GB of DDR5 RAM with a 326 GB/s memory bandwidth, a 2.5-inch 1TB hard drive and a 4K UHD Blu-ray drive.

Here is a comparison of Scorpio’s specs with the Xbox One and Sony’s PlayStation 4 Pro:

Component Project Scorpio Xbox One PS4 Pro
CPU Eight custom x86 cores clocked at 2.3GHz Eight custom Jaguar cores clocked at 1.75GHz Eight Jaguar cores clocked at 2.1GHz
GPU 40 customised compute units at 1172MHz 12 GCN compute units at 853MHz (Xbox One S: 914MHz) 36 improved GCN compute units at 911MHz
GPU Output 6 Teraflops 1.31 Teraflops (Xbox One S: 1.4 Teraflops) 4.2 Teraflops
Memory 12GB GDDR5 8GB DDR3/32MB ESRAM 8GB GDDR5
Memory Bandwidth 326GB/s DDR3: 68GB/s, ESRAM at max 204GB/s (Xbox One S: 219GB/s) 218GB/s
Hard Drive 1TB 2.5-inch 500GB/1TB/2TB 2.5-inch 1TB 2.5-inch
Optical Drive 4K UHD Blu-ray Blu-ray (Xbox One S: 4K UHD) Blu-ray

And here’s a quick comparison of the GPU output between the Xbox One, One S, Project Scorpio and PS4 Pro:

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