What is the PC equivalent of the CPU and GPU in the Xbox series X and PS5?

[Azurael]

A couple of friends and I we discussing Consoles vs PCs when it comes to specs and performance. Thats when we started to compare the specs of each one to the others and realized we should have a base compairison andbthat should be the equivalent PC components. I am having a bit of a hard time find a consistant compairison, but different sites have stated different hardware compairsons.

[Jurrunio]

Hardware wise Series X's GPU is between the 6750XT and 6800, PS5's uses a 6700. You cannot cross compare performance by hardware though, optimization differences between games on each platform is a big factor.

[Poinkachu]

1 hour ago, Azurael said:

A couple of friends and I we discussing Consoles vs PCs when it comes to specs and performance. Thats when we started to compare the specs of each one to the others and realized we should have a base compairison andbthat should be the equivalent PC components. I am having a bit of a hard time find a consistant compairison, but different sites have stated different hardware compairsons.

https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/xbox-series-x-gpu.c3482

https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/playstation-5-gpu.c3480

 

But yep, as @Jurrunio said, optimization on each platform plays a lot of role.

[Azurael]

36 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

optimization differences between games on each platform is a big factor.

That is very true, but thank you for the hardware comparison point. I'll share it with my friends.

[8tg]

Comparing consoles and pc hardware is odd. Consider Halo 4 on Xbox 360 exists. A 360 is effectively a triple core PowerPC based toaster oven with 512mb of hybrid ram/vram running the entire show. And that could comfortably play Halo 4.

There is no way in hell you’d be able to get Halo 4 playable on a PC with a triple core PowerPC based system and 512mb of ram. GTA V is a similar story there.

 

Or the Xbox One and PS4 being Jaguar apus, very closely related to Kabini/Jaguar AM1 stuff. On paper the Xbox One apu was just a pair of cracked out Athlon 5350’s stuck together, but then on the pc side of a thing a 5350 could barely play Minecraft.

So you can compare them more in what their technology is, but as for their real world performance, it’s a vastly different story. Consoles have the benefit of closed ecosystem optimization. When your audience has one set of hardware to work with, and the machine exists for just playing games, you can optimize a game to run really well with the specific capabilities of the platform. Can’t really do that on PC because your game needs to support everything hardware wise that’s even remotely relevant to get the widest audience possible.

It is possible for developers to make a game from scratch that specifically takes advantage of all the benefits of an extremely specific hardware combination that would allow for absolutely bonkers performance and visuals. People have done it on a more reasonable scale, see anything  demoscene as an example. But making a game that only runs on dual 4090’s and a 13900KS with a specific ram kit and ssd and motherboard or whatever means your audience is just people with that hardware. 

[porina]

CPU is easier. It's an 8 core Zen 2 CPU, so something like a 3700 or slower. A small complication is that both consoles reserve some threads for the OS, so not all are available for the game.

 

GPU has already been mentioned, since it is RDNA2-like.

 

For both above another difference to PC is the consoles use unified ram shared between CPU and GPU. This means the CPU effectively gets practically unlimited bandwidth, but it competes with the GPU.

[Heliian]

What about fps?  Aren't the consoles limited to 60?  

9 hours ago, 8tg said:

vastly different story.

 

[Poinkachu]

10 minutes ago, Heliian said:

What about fps?  Aren't the consoles limited to 60?  

 

Well, some games also hard-locked to 60 fps on PC version.

Elden Ring, Nier Automata, etc