SUMMARY
Now that the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 specifications have been announced, it is possible to do a real world performance comparison of the two systems.
There are three critical performance aspects of a console:
* Central Processing Unit (CPU) performance.
* The Xbox 360 CPU architecture has three times the general purpose processing power of the Cell.
* Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) performance
* The Xbox 360 GPU design is more flexible and it has more processing power than the PS3 GPU.
* Memory System Bandwidth
* The memory system bandwidth in Xbox 360 exceeds the PS3's by five times.
The Xbox 360's CPU has more general purpose processing power because it has three general purpose cores, and Cell has just one.
Cell's claimed advantage is on streaming floating point work which is done on its seven DSP processors.
The Xbox 360 GPU has more processing power than the PS3's. In addition, its innovated features contribute to overall rendering performance.
Xbox 360 has 278.4 GB/s of memory system bandwidth. The PS3 has less than one-fifth of Xbox 360's (48 GB/s) of total memory system bandwidth.
CONCLUSION
When you break down the numbers, Xbox 360 has provably more performance than PS3. Keep in mind that Sony has a track record of over promising and under delivering on technical performance. The truth is that both systems pack a lot of power for high definition games and entertainment.
However, hardware performance, while important, is only a third of the puzzle. Xbox 360 is a fusion of hardware, software and services. Without the software and services to power it, even the most powerful hardware becomes inconsequential. Xbox 360 games?by leveraging cutting-edge hardware, software, and services?will outperform the PlayStation 3.
"We decided to put this Microsoft-provided information up undigested. Thus, enclosed is a Microsoft-made comparitive analysis. We have not altered, added, or tinkered with the data. We have not interpreted the specs. We have cut and pasted this information from the email into our site and formatted it. Make of it what you will, but be clear we know Microsoft has clearly slanted this info, and we're not endorsing it, just printing their version. There is a difference."
that was taking exactly from the 2nd paragraph.
"real comparison!"
next time try not to make a comparitive analysis, when from the get go the information is already one sided!! *laugh* Also dont post threads in multiple sections (ps3,360).
and who is posting a MS article that was written in May 2005? Thats 6 months before XBOX 360 came out and proably over a year before PS3 comes out. What an idiot.
Or how about this. Play both, and see which kicks more @$$. If theres one thing I've learned, it's that number really don't mean as much as some people might think. There are small details which may impare certain parts of the system, such as INSUFFICIENT COOLING, etc. There really can be no unbiased comparison between the two until both systems have been out for awhile and bugs have been dissolved.
the funny thing is that the original xbox was more powerful than the ps2 yet the ps2 has better games overall (i don't like microsoft very much but the halo games kick @$$). it is all about who gets the most out of their system with the games so anyone who is tight on money (like me) wait about six months after the ps3 has come out to make your decision
