Saturday, April 30, 2011

Xbox 360 vs. PlayStation 3: The Hardware Throwdown

CPU

Xbox 360

3.2 GHz Xenon processor
3 dual-threaded cores
Maximum 77 GFlops

PS3

3.2 GHz Cell processor
7 single-threaded cores (plus 1 backup core)
Maximum 230 GFlops

Winner PS3



GPU

Xbox 360

PS3
NVIDIA RSX "Reality Synthesizer"
256 MB GDDR 3RAM (additional 224 MB can be shared w/ system RAM)
22.4 GBps bandwidth

Xbox 360
ATI Xenos
Up to 512 MB GDDR3 RAM (shared w/ system RAM)
10 MB eDRAM
21.6 GBps bandwidth (256 GBps via eDRAM)

Winner: Xbox 360


Hard drive
Xbox 360

250 GB HDD
or 4 GB SSD
5400 rpm

PS3
160 or 320 GB HDD
5400 rpm
User replaceable w/ proprietary HDD User replaceable w/ standard HDD

Winner: PS3



PS3
8x read speed (DVD), 2x read speed (Blu-ray)
25 GB disc space

Xbox 360

12x read speed (DVD)
7 GB disc space

Winner PS3



Video support


Xbox 360
Native 720p resolution
OS supports up to 1080p
Composite, component, VGA, & HDMI connections

PS3

Up to 1080p resolution
Composite, component, & HDMI connections

Winner: PS3

Xbox 360

Analog – Dolby Pro-Logic II
Digital – 5.1 Dolby Digital

PS3

Analog – Stereo
Digital – 5.1 Dolby Digital & 7.1 LPCM


Winner: PS3


Connectivity

Xbox 360

5 USB ports, Kinect port
7 max controllers (3 wired and 4 wireless)

PS3

2 USB ports, Bluetooth 2.0
7 max controllers

PS3 Winnner (Bluetooth)


Networking

Xbox 360
100 MBps ethernet
Built-in wifi connector – up to 802.11n

PS3

1 GBps ethernet
Built-in wifi connector – up to 802.11g

Winner: Xbox 360

hardware compatibility


Xbox 360
Support for many original Xbox games via software emulation


PS3
Support for PSOne games via hardware emulation
Owns original with PS2 emulation

Winner Original PS3 60 Gig

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