40 PCWorld MAY 2020NEWS XBOX SERIES X
SMT) Custom Zen 2 CPU
GPU: 12 TFLOPS, 52 CUs @ 1.825 GHz
Custom RDNA 2 GPU
Die Size: 360.45 mm^2
Process: 7nm Enhanced
Memory: 16 GB GDDR6 w/ 320mb bus
Memory Bandwidth: 10GB @ 560
GB/s, 6GB @ 336 GB/s
Internal Storage: 1 TB Custom NVME
SSD
I/O Throughput: 2.4 GB/s (Raw), 4.8
GB/s (Compressed, with custom hardware
decompression block)
Expandable Storage: 1 TB Expansion
Card (matches internal storage exactly)
External Storage: USB 3.2 External
HDD Support
Optical Drive: 4K UHD Blu-Ray Drive
Performance Target: 4K @ 60 FPS, Up
to 120 FPSnew console generation, the Xbox Series X
outpaces the vast majority of gaming PCs
being used today. Most people’s rigs aren’t
rocking eight cores, lightning-quick NVMe
drives, and a high-end Nvidia graphics card
capable of ray tracing. And if you do have a
rig that meets those specs, you spent an arm
and a leg to get it. Which brings us to the
biggest question remaining for the Xbox
Series X: How much will it cost?
Time will tell, but don’t expect it to come
cheap. In the meantime, be sure to check out
the extensive Xbox (go.pcworld.com/xblg)
and Digital Foundry (go.pcworld.com/dgfn)
posts for much, much more info if you want a
deeper peek behind the curtain. If you’re
more interested in the straight specs, here
they are:
CPU: 8x Cores @ 3.8 GHz (3.66 GHz w/External storage in the Xbox Series X.