PS5 vs XSeX: Understanding the Gap

[starcraft]

Intrinsic said:

starcraft said:

Perhaps you've quite a liberal interpretation of the words 'nowhere close'.

There is a gap of 20% at peak performance. We know from Sony peak performance is theoretical, because the CPU or GPU will be throttled. What they have not told us (somewhat concerning, given they had a whole hour conference), is their minimum performance. I.e. What is the minimum simultaneous performance of the CPU and GPU the PS5 can sustain. 

In terms of the components for which we have the most evidence, the minimum gap is 20%. The maximum gap is unknown, until Sony tells us or a tech company gets a hold of the final product and tells us for them.

Again, until we see games, all we know is that the Xbox is more capable, and that this capability gap may well be moderate, or could be more significant.

Edit: Obviously not going to engage with your PS4P Vs XOX argument given you deliberately left off the fact they each have near identical CPU bottlenecks - that way be dragons.

Please I hope you aren't like Zero...

Where are you getting 20% minimum gap from?

And I am beginning to think some people here don't really get how the PS5 APU and constant power&variable frequency thing works.

I would have tried to explain it...but some posters here are out for blood. 

I'll say this though, I have never said there isn't a gap. I am just saying that the gap is nowhere near as significant as some people seem to think. You don't have to take my word fr it. In time gues we would see. I even went onto explain how that gap would present itself in games...

I don't know what 'like zero' means sorry.

Saying the gap is nowhere near as significant as some people seem to think is a truism, same as saying the gap is much more significant than some people think.

As I said, the games will come and the framerates, resolutions and graphical outputs will tell the tale. Until then, all we have is a significant on paper spec gap, and a bunch of hot air.

The 20% is a guess. Like anything others have posted in here. You could say the minimum gap is anywhere from 15-30% (depending on whether you want to emphasise the CPU,, GPU or take an analysis like Notebookcheck's). Again, Sony have not confirmed the thermal limits of the console. We don't know if running the CPU at 3.5 requires running the GPU at 2.5 or vica versa. Hopefully we'll know well before launch for early adopters sake.