Xbox Series S GPU vs Radeon RX 560 XT

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameEllesmereLockhart
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date13 March 2019 (5 years ago)10 November 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$299

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores17921280
Core clock speed973 MHz1565 MHz
Boost clock speed1073 MHzno data
Number of transistors5,700 million8,000 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt100 Watt
Texture fill rate120.2125.2
Floating-point processing power3.846 TFLOPS4.006 TFLOPS
ROPs3232
TMUs11280

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16IGP
Length241 mm274 mm
Width2-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1650 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth211.2 GB/s224.0 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort1x HDMI 2.1
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API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 March 2019 10 November 2020
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 100 Watt

Xbox Series S GPU has an age advantage of 1 year, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 50% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 560 XT and Xbox Series S GPU. We've got no test results to judge.


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AMD Radeon RX 560 XT
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