Will you buy a PlayStation 5 or an Xbox Series X immediately once released?

Near the end of the year, it is supposed to happen: Sony and Microsoft are to release their new generation of gaming consoles (if the corona pandemic permits) and many of us gamers will be facing the tough decision of whether to buy one of the new devices and, if so, which one. Both the PlayStation 5 and the Xbox Series X are supposed to be extremely powerful gaming consoles, whose games are meant to enthral us more than ever before. The hardware and performance data of the two consoles is impressive, however, one shouldn’t attach too much importance to marketing and “Teraflops” values. Far more important than that is the interplay of each individual piece of hardware and that’s where the big differences between the PlayStation 5 and the Xbox Series X lie. Nevertheless, here are the bare figures:

	PlayStation 5	Xbox Series X
CPU	AMD Zen 2 (8-Core)	AMD Zen 2 (8-Core)
CPU Clock Speed	3.5 GHz (SMT)	3.8 GHz (3.6 GHz SMT)
GPU	AMD RDNA 2	AMD RDNA 2
Compute Units / Shader	36 / 2.304 Cores	52 / 3.328 Cores
GPU Clock Speed	2.23 GHz (variable)	1.825 GHz
GPU TeraFLOPS	9.2 (10.3 with Boost Mode) (4.2 Playstation 4 Pro)	12.1 (6.0 Xbox One X)
Memory	16 GB GDDR6	16 GB GDDR6
Memory Bandwidth	448 GB/s	10 GB 560 GB/s, 6 GB 336 GB/s
SSD	825 GB	1000 GB
SSD Speed	5.5 GB/s 8–9 GB/s Compressed	2.4 GB/s 4.8 GB/s Compressed
Optical Drive	4K Blu-ray	4K Blu-ray
External Storage Support	NVMe-SSD-Slot	1 TB SSD Expansion Card

Do let us know in the comments, why you chose one console over the other! Was it the integrated hardware? Maybe it was the exclusive games or the controller? Or is there perhaps a totally different reason for your decision?

The Playstation 4 Pro currently costs £349.99 in the Days Gone with Limited Edition SteelBook Bundle. The Xbox One X in the Gears 5 Limited Edition bundle is available for £375.00. (Status 02. May 2020)