Playstation 3 GPU 28nm vs Xbox Series S 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
ArchitectureRDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameLockhartRSX-28nm
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date10 November 2020 (4 years ago)3 June 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$299 no data

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 cores1280no data
Core clock speed1565 MHz550 MHz
Number of transistors8,000 million302 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt21 Watt
Texture fill rate125.213.20
Floating-point processing power4.006 TFLOPSno data
ROPs328
TMUs8024

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
Length274 mmno data
WidthIGPno 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 typeGDDR6GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount8 GB256 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz700 MHz
Memory bandwidth224.0 GB/s22.4 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 Connectors1x HDMI 2.1No outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)N/A
Shader Model6.7no data
OpenGL4.6ES 1.1
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.2N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 November 2020 3 June 2013
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 256 MB
Chip lithography 7 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 21 Watt

Xbox Series S GPU has an age advantage of 7 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.

Playstation 3 GPU 28nm, on the other hand, has 376.2% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xbox Series S GPU and Playstation 3 GPU 28nm. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xbox Series S GPU is a desktop card while Playstation 3 GPU 28nm is a notebook one.


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AMD Xbox Series S GPU
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Playstation 3 GPU 28nm

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