Xbox GPU vs Xbox Series S GPU

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)	Kelvin (2001−2003)
GPU code name	Lockhart	NV2A
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	10 November 2020 (4 years ago)	15 November 2001 (23 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 cores	1280	no data
Core clock speed	1565 MHz	233 MHz
Number of transistors	8,000 million	57 million
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	125.2	1.864
Floating-point processing power	4.006 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	32	4
TMUs	80	8

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).

Interface	IGP	AGP 4x
Length	274 mm	320 mm
Width	IGP	IGP

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 type	GDDR6	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	64 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	200 MHz
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	6.4 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 Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1	No outputs
HDMI	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	8.1
Shader Model	6.7	no data
OpenGL	4.6	1.4
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	1.2	N/A

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	10 November 2020	15 November 2001
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	64 MB
Chip lithography	7 nm	150 nm

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