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The Xbox Series X 12.15TFLOP, 56CU Navi 2X GPU is 15% more powerful than the PlayStation 5’s 10.3TFLOP, 36CU RDNA 2.0 GPU … but some third-party developers say this power discrepancy isn’t a big deal.
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Both next-gen consoles have their own strengths. The PlayStation 5 comes with a Powerful 12-channel PCIe 4.0 SSD capable of reaching 4.8GB / sec, and also features liquid metal refrigerant compound to keep the system cool under intense 4K 120FPS gaming loads. The X Series, on the other hand, is able to maintain a more demanding performance thanks to its 12TFLOP Navi 2X GPU with 56 RDNA 2.0 compute units Y Highly optimized DirectX 12 API toolsets.
Some third-party developers are not entirely convinced that the X Series GPU is an advantage over the PS5. The Dirt 5 developers at Codemasters, who are among the first to implement 4K 120FPS on the X Series, they say the GPU gains won’t affect development much. However, it’s worth remembering that Codemasters is a third-party developer, and own developers can always squeeze in some extra performance and do crazy things with new console hardware.
“From a development and gameplay standpoint, it doesn’t really make an impact. When it comes to tweaks, tweaks, and optimizations at the end of a game, it can mean a little less work for a rig.” Dirt 5 lead designer Mike Moreton said Gamingbolt.
However, there is more to next-gen performance than just specs and numbers. The big benefits will come with built-in tools, software stacks, operating system optimizations, game engines, etc. This means variability in game performance among most developers, both third-party and first-party. We should always hope that proprietary games like Halo: Infinite and Spider-Man: Miles Morales will break new ground for Xbox and PlayStation hardware.
The Coalition, for example, is making massive updates to Gears 5 in X Series.
Sony also has a huge advantage when it comes to PS5 optimization. The developers say that PS5 is the easiest console to develop gamesand that the transitions from PS4 to PS5 are extremely efficient and optimized.
It will be interesting to see how developers at Sony and Microsoft drive their respective hardware and software environments on the next generation of consoles.
