Graphical progress on Wii U so far

[Dusk]

Illusion said:

Dusk said:

Oh my goodness. How many times does this need to be went over? There is no merit in directly comparing numbers like that with the consoles, or even a normal PC, Mac or Tablet. 

Realistically without proper benchmarks and direct comparisons it's very hard to say one way or another what any of the consoles are capable of. Gflops are all good and grand, but they are only as good as what is utilized. I'm sure nobody is attempting to say that that Wii U is more powerful than either of the other two, more efficient... perhaps, but there is no direct correlation. Especially when comparing the processors, then the RAM. Man, it becomes so much more complex then that. 

Yeah, both are quite likely more capable than the Wii U, but by trying to quantify by how much is redundant. 

We also have to remember that XOne and PS4 are using X86 architecture while the Wii U uses a PowerPC architecture.  As tempting as it is to compare GFLOP's (believe me, I have tried it), these consoles specification's are in separate worlds.

Exactly. That's my point. It really can't be done unless someone were to specifically design a benchmark that could directly utilize just these consoles. 

As you pointed out, the difference in architecture changes a lot. Even when on the same architecture two x86 processors running at 2.5 Ghz can have very different performance, even from the same manufacturer ie. i5 comparitive to an i7 or celeron. It really is a case of apples to oranges when talking consoles in this scenario. 

 

Edit: sorry this was off topic. It was my last statement on it. 

The pictures certainly did show progress as originally stated by the OP.