PS5 vs Xbox Series X differences: features, games, subscriptions and much more

Written by: Chris Watson

November 17, 2020

Updated on November 17, 2020

Lead Game DeveloperChris Watson

Chris Watson is a gaming expert and writer. He has loved video games since childhood and has been writing about them for over 15 years. Chris has worked for major gaming magazines where he reviewed new games and wrote strategy guides. He started his own gaming website to share insider tips and in-depth commentary about his favorite games. When he's not gaming or writing, Chris enjoys travel and hiking. His passion is helping other gamers master new games.

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On the occasion of the new generation of consoles, we review all the specifications and details of the two great consoles from Sony and Microsoft.

The new generation of consoles is here. Sony and Microsoft put on sale PS5 and Xbox Series X | S, surely one of the cycles of machines most prepared to face the next seven years with guarantees on hardware, specifications and features. In this article we are going to review all the features, launch games, subscription systems and aspects to consider of the two high-end machines: PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X.

Xbox Series X and PS5 Specifications

If we start with the CPU, we see that Xbox Series X has 8 cores of 3.8 GHz for the eight of 3.5 GHz variables of PS5. On GPU, we were amazed at the announced 12 teraflops of power for the Microsoft console on a custom RDNA 2 architecture; PS5 confirms the same type of architecture – it had been speculated that it might be RDNA 1- but in teraflops it stays at 10.28. It will be necessary to see its performance, since Cerny has insisted that his idea is to offer a smaller and more agile GPU to offer a performance above what is expected from his number of TFLOPs, which according to him, does not respond to all the possibilities offered by the GPU component.

In bandwidth, Microsoft’s console is also ahead: 10GB @ 560GB / s for the PS5’s 448GB / s. At the internal storage level, both consoles have an SSD hard drive, in Xbox Series X 1 TB and in PS5 825 gigs. The speed of the SSD is at 2.4 GB / s on the Microsoft console and 5.5 GB / s on the Sony console. Note that in Xbox Series X it was specified that it could be expanded 1 TB more. Both have 16 GB GDDR6 of RAM.

Comparison PS5 vs Xbox Series X

You can consult in this article everything related to the specifications of PS5, as well as its comparison with PS4. Also, here are all the technical details that were offered from Xbox Series X a few days ago.

Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X, November 10 in Europe for 299 and 499 euros, respectively.

Launch games comparison

As for video games, both consoles are accompanied by a large assortment of launch games. In the case of Microsoft, they have turned to 30 optimized titles, although at the moment we do not have exclusive games. What the North American company does offer is the promise of having Xbox Game Pass under its arm, which will feature all the games from the 23 internal studios (including the 8 Bethesda teams from day one). In exchange for a monthly payment – there are several options – we have access to a catalog of more than 150 titles, to which must be added the almost one hundred games added this November by Electronic Arts with EA Play.

For its part, PlayStation 5 is supported by its internal studios, the Santa Monica, Naughty Dog or Insomniac Games, to continue with a philosophy similar to that of until now. Also, PS Plus, which will continue to bet on at least two free PS4 games per month if we are subscribed; more games on a regular basis on PS5, like Bugsnax or Destruction AllStars, the latter in February.

PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 5 Digital Edition, November 19 in Europe

Also, PS Plus Collection, a library of 20 defining PS4 games that will be available only to PS5 players with an active PS Plus subscription. On the other hand, PS Now, which allows you to play more than 600 PS2, PS3 and PS4 titles in streaming or under download (in the case of PS2 and PS4) in exchange for a monthly fee.

• PS5 subscriptions: PS Plus and PS Now
• Subscriptions: Xbox Game Pass and Xbox Live GOLD.

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