Project Scorpio, Microsoft’s “enhanced” Xbox One, is a beast of a console that plays 4K games natively, and we now know exactly what’s under the hood.
Thanks to the folks over at Digital Foundry, who saw the console first hand and confirmed the stats, we have context behind Microsoft’s bold claim about Scorpio being the most powerful gaming console on the market.
Let’s take a look at Xbox Project Scorpio’s full specs.
CPU
Eight custom x86 cores clocked at 2.3GHz
GPU
40 customised compute units at 1172MHz
Memory
12GB GDDR5
Memory Bandwidth
326GB/s
Hard Drive
1TB 2.5-inch
Optical Drive
4K UHD Blu-ray
It stands to be an exciting time for gamers as Microsoft heralds in a new generation for its Xbox brand.
Sony and Microsoft have changed the console industry, perhaps irreversibly, with the PS4 Pro and Xbox Scorpio representing a fascinating shift in hardware strategy for the companies.