Xbox Series S GPU: specs and benchmarks
Summary
AMD started Xbox Series S GPU sales 10 November 2020 at a recommended price of $299 . This is a desktop graphics card based on a RDNA 2.0 architecture and made with 7 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamer market. 8 GB of GDDR6 memory clocked at 14 GB/s are supplied, and together with 128 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 224.0 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is an integrated video card. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 274 mm. No additional power connector is required, and power consumption is at 100 Watt.
Primary details
Some basic facts about Xbox Series S GPU: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Architecture | RDNA 2.0 (2020−2022) | |
| GPU code name | Lockhart | |
| Market segment | Desktop | |
| Release date | 10 November 2020 (3 years ago) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $299 | |
| Current price | $9.99 (0x MSRP) | of 168889 (A100 PCIe 80 GB) |
Detailed specifications
Xbox Series S GPU's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Xbox Series S GPU's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 1280 | of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
| Core clock speed | 1565 MHz | of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT) |
| Number of transistors | 8,000 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | of 4 (Radeon 780M) |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 100 Watt | of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
| Texture fill rate | 125.2 | of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB) |
Form factor & compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Xbox Series S GPU and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).
| Interface | IGP | |
| Length | 274 mm | |
| Width | IGP |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of memory installed on Xbox Series S GPU: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
| Memory type | GDDR6 | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | of 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory clock speed | 14 GB/s | of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER) |
| Memory bandwidth | 224.0 GB/s | of 3276 (Aldebaran) |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on Xbox Series S GPU. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
| Display Connectors | 1x HDMI 2.1 | |
| HDMI | + |
API compatibility
APIs supported by Xbox Series S GPU, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | |
| Shader Model | 6.7 | |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | |
| Vulkan | 1.2 |
Recommended processors
These processors are most commonly used with Xbox Series S GPU according to our statistics.
