PS3 VS XBOX360

CPU

Cell Processor

• PowerPC-base Core @3.2GHz
• 1 VMX vector unit per core
• 512KB L2 cache
• 7 x SPE @3.2GHz
• 7 x 128b 128 SIMD GPRs
• 7 x 256KB SRAM for SPE
• *1 of 8 SPEs reserved for redundancy total floating point performance : 218 GFLOPS

GPU

RSX @550MHz

• 1.8 TFLOPS floating point performance
• Full HD (up to 1080p) x 2 Channels
• Multi-way programmable parallel floating point shader pipelines

Sound

Dolby 5.1, DTS, LPCM, etc (cell -based processing)
Support for Blu-ray Disc audio formats unknown but assumed

Memory

256MB XDR RAM Main RAM @3.2GHz
256MB GDDR3 VRAM @700MHz

System Bandwith

Main RAM: 25.6GB/s
VRAM: 22.4GB/s
RSX: 20GB/s (write) + 15GB/s (read)
SB: 2.5GB/s (write) + 2.5GB/s (read)

System Floating Point Performance

2 TFLOPS

Storage & I/O

HDD: Detachable 2.5" HDD slot
USB: Front x 4; Rear x 2 (USB 2.0)
Memory Stick: standard/duo, PRO
SD: standard/mini
Compact Flash: Type I, II
Optical: Universal BD Drive

Communication

Ethernet: 10/100/1000BASE-T x 3 (1 input, 2 outputs)
Wi-Fi: IEEE 802.11b/g
Bluetooth 2.0 (EDR)

Controller

Bluetooth (up to 7)
USB 2.0 (wired)
Wi-Fi (PSP)
Network (over IP)

AV output

Supported: 480i/480p/720p/1080i/1080p
HDMI x 2
AV Multi Out
Digital audio (optical) output

Media Supported/Compatibility

Backwards compatible with PS 2 & PS
CD-ROM/CD-DA/SACD/Dual Disc
DVD-ROM/DVD+/-R/RW
BD-ROM/BD-R/BD-RE (PS3 native is BD-ROM)

Online Features

Playstation 3 Details TBD

 

Xbox360 Specs

CPU

Xbox 360 Processor

• Three Symnettrical PowerPC-based CPU cores each running at 3.2GHz each
• Two hardware threads per core; six total
• VMX-128 vector unit per core (3 total)
• 128 VMX-128 registers per hardware thread
• 1 MB L2 cache

GPU

Custom ATI graphics processor

• 10MB of embedded RAM (eDRAM) framebuffer
• 48-way ALUs (parrallel floating-point dynamically scheduled shader pipelines) for Vertex or Pixel Shader processing
• Unified shader core architecture
• 500 million triangles per second
• 16 gigasamples per second fill rate using 4x MSAA (16 filtered and 16 unfiltered texture samples per clock)

Sound

Dolby 5.1, DTS, LPCM, DPLII, etc
Supports 48KHz, 16-bit audio
320 independent decompression channels
32-bit audio processing
Over 256 audio channels

Memory

512MB of 700MHz GDDR3 RAM
Unified memory architecture
128-bit interface

System Bandwith

Memory Interface Bus: 22.4GB/s
Memory bandwidth to EDRAM: 256GB/s
Front side bus: 21.6GB/s

System Floating Point Performance

1 TFLOP

Storage & I/O

HDD: Detachable/upgradeable 20GB hard drive
USB: Three USB 2.0 ports
Memory: Two slots
Optical: 12x dual-layer DVD-ROM

Communication

Xbox 360 Details
Ethernet: 10/100/1000 BASE-T
Wi-Fi ready: 802.11a/b/g

Controller

Wireless Controller support (up to 4)

AV Output

Supported: 480i/480p/720p/1080i
HDMI/DVI selection unannounced
AV Multi Out
Digital audio (optical) output

Media Supported/Compatibility

Backwards compatible with SOME Xbox titles
CD-ROM/CD-DA
DVD-ROM/DVD+/-R/RW

Online Features

Instant, out-of-the-box access to Xbox Live features with broadband service, including Xbox Live Marketplace for downloadable content, gamer profile for digital identity, and voice chat to talk to friends while playing games, watching movies, or listening to music

Video camera ready