In practice, this means that we see the PlayStation 5 targeting the same resolution and frame rate as the Xbox Series X in most games. The actual power gap between the two consoles is far smaller than that between the Xbox One and the PlayStation 4. However, a number of games see the PlayStation 5 significantly ahead of Xbox Series X in performance terms.
It is, strictly speaking, the least powerful option, at least in terms of raw computational capabilities. Sony’s ninth-generation console is an interesting pick. Which platform should you be gaming on when there are so many similarities between them? What kind of compromises will you be needing to make? What are the must-haves which could drive you in a particular direction? Let’s take a look at the PlayStation 5 first. Both also feature ultra-high-speed storage, bringing the speed and power of SSDs to the console space at last. Both the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 feature 8-core Zen 2 processors paired with semi-custom iterations of AMD’s Big Navi GPU.
What’s so interesting about the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X, though, is how closely they mirror high-end gaming hardware on PC. The ninth-generation consoles are finally here, bringing a massive leap in capabilities over both the base PlayStation 4 and Xbox One and their mid-generation “4K” refreshes.