Microsoft didn’t dish out many details about Project Scorpio when they announced it E3 2016. Today we have a better idea about the power inside the next Xbox console due Digital Foundry’s in-depth reporting. MS has confirmed the specs
Scorpio’s CPU no longer based on AMD’s Jaguar cores, but instead uses eight custom x86 cores with a 2.3GHz clock speed. They may be based off of AMD’s Ryzen design. Others still think the new custom cores are still based on Jaguar. For GPU power, the console uses 40 custom AMD Radeon compute units clocked to 1,172MHz. It also sports 12GB of GDDR5 memory and a 1TB HDD.
The Scorpio will support 4K Blu-ray discs. Combined with the upgraded CPU, improved GPU power, and increased memory, Microsoft’s next console seems poised to overthrow the PlayStation 4 Pro as the most powerful console when it debuts later this year.
| Console Specs | Project Scorpio | PlayStation 4 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | Eight custom x86 cores (2.3GHz) | Eight x86-64 AMD Jaguar cores (2.1GHz) |
| GPU | 6 Tflops, 40 customized AMD Radeon compute units (1,172MHz) | 4.2 Tflops, 36 improved AMD Radeon GCN compute units (911MHz) |
| RAM | 12GB GDDR5 | 8GB GDDR5 |
| Memory Bandwidth | 326GBps | 218 GBps |
| Storage | 1 TB (2.5″) | 1 TB (2.5″) |
| Optical Drive | 4K UHD Blu-ray | Blu-ray |
The Driving force in gaming right now is 4K gaming. . According to the report, it seems that Microsoft’s plan is to have Xbox One titles, which feature 900p or 1080p resolution, to run on Project Scorpio at native 4K.
