Power vs. Speed: The Xbox Series X And PS5 are different animals

Re:Power vs. Speed: The Xbox Series X And PS5 are different ... by sk0g on Monday April 06, 2020 @09:00PM (#22799432)

I'm failing to see how power and speed differ in a computing context.

CPU wise PS4 is weaker and slower, no matter how you frame it. Maybe on the GPU side you could make an argument for that difference, but still.

Either way, seems like a strong move forward for gaming.

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Re:Power vs. Speed: The Xbox Series X And PS5 are different ... by donatj on Monday April 06, 2020 @09:34PM (#22799596)

There's a couple of things in the article. The Xbox has a faster CPU, but the PS5 has a faster SSD. The Xbox has more GPU cores, but the GPU cores of the PS5 are faster. I would say number of cores versus speed equals how power and speed differ.

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Re:Power vs. Speed: The Xbox Series X And PS5 are different ... by withthewind on Monday April 06, 2020 @09:06PM (#22799474)

Well the article explains what they mean by power and speed. The PS5's novel approach to storage will drive high quality real time texture streaming to games.

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Re:Power vs. Speed: The Xbox Series X And PS5 are different ... by _bxg1 on Monday April 06, 2020 @10:22PM (#22799813)

It's a silly artificial dichotomy they made up so they could have a catchy headline. They do define it, as CPU/GPU vs SSD, but it's a fairly contrived way of framing the two consoles.

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