Xbox vs PlayStation
- from duke dillion
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- Northern High School
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This is a big debate: which gaming console is better? People have their opinions, but I want to actually see which is better according to each system's specs.
First, Play Station 2 vs original Xbox
PS2:
March 4, 2000 - 2012
CPU - 64-bit 'Emotion Engine' (299mhz),
GPU - 'Graphics Synthesizer' (147mhz),
System RAM - 32mb, Video RAM - 4mb, Resolution - 720x480 (SD), 1280x720 (HD - certain games only),
Media - 4.7gb DVD, 9gb dual-layer DVD
Now original Xbox:
November 15, 2001 - November 22, 2005
CPU - 733 MHz 32-bit
RAM - 64 MB DDR SDRAM Resolution - 1920 x 1080 Graphics Controller - NVIDIA Xbox GPU Media Type - CD Rom, DVD Rom.
As you can see PlayStation2 wins this battle.
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What about PlayStation 3 vs Xbox 360
PS3:
November 11, 2006 - November 2016
CPU - 'Cell' with 6-core equivalent architecture (3.2ghz),
GPU - 'Reality Synthesizer' (500mhz),
System RAM - 256mb XDR (3.2ghz),
Video RAM - 256mb GDDR3 (700mhz),
Resolution - 720x480 (SD), 1280x720 (HD), 1920x1080 (Full HD - certain titles only),
Media - 25gb BD, 50gb dual-layer BD
Now Xbox 360:
November 22, 2005 -November 22, 2013
CPU: 3.2-GHz PowerPC Tri-Core Xenon,
GPU: 500 MHz ATI Xenos
1080p, 1080i, 720p, 480p,
Video RAM 10 MB
As you can see, PlayStation 3 wins again.
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What about Xbox S vs PlayStation 4
PS4:
November 15, 2013 - still kicking
CPU - Quad-core 'Steamroller' (3ghz)
GPU - AMD HD 7670 (1ghz) - assisted by A10 APU (CPU/GPU companion processor)
System RAM - 8gb
Video RAM - 1gb
Resolution - 1080p/3D/60fps, 4K
Media - 50gb BD
Xbox S:
August 2, 2016 - Still is popular
RAM 8GB DDR3
CPU 1.75GHz 8-core AMD custom “Jaguar”
GPU Integrated AMD graphics clocked at 914MHz
Resolution 4K
Whoa... PlayStation 4 won.
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Next up, Xbox X vs PlayStation 4 Pro
PS4 Pro:
November 10 2016 - still kicking
CPU: x86-64 AMD “Jaguar”, 8 cores
GPU: 4.20 TFLOPS, AMD Radeon™ based graphics engine
Resolution - 4K
Xbox X:
November 7, 2017 - Still is popular
CPU 2.3GHz 8-core AMD Jaguar
GPU 6.0 TFLOP AMD Radeon (40CU, 1.172GHz)
Resolution 4K
RAM 12GB GDDR5
Xbox X wins again.
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As you can see, Playstation wins most categories from the past, but recent editions of the gaming console fall short. They may have to "up their game" in the near future if they want to continue to be competitive.
~Dyllan and Dustin