Xbox Series S GPU vs PlayStation 4 GPU

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameLiverpoolLockhart
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date24 November 2013 (11 years ago)10 November 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$299

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores11521280
Core clock speed800 MHz1565 MHz
Number of transistorsno data8,000 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt100 Watt
Texture fill rate57.60125.2
Floating-point processing power1.843 TFLOPS4.006 TFLOPS
ROPs3232
TMUs7280

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfaceIGPIGP
Lengthno data274 mm
Widthno dataIGP
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1375 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth176.0 GB/s224.0 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI 2.1
HDMI-+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.1*12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.11.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 24 November 2013 10 November 2020
Chip lithography 28 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 100 Watt

PlayStation 4 GPU has 33.3% lower power consumption.

Xbox Series S GPU, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between PlayStation 4 GPU and Xbox Series S GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that PlayStation 4 GPU is a notebook card while Xbox Series S GPU is a desktop one.


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