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Bofferbrauer2 said:

Captain_Yuri said:

We will see how it goes but I myself have doubts as well. If the Series X has 52 CUs + RDNA 2 which is already a lot more than a 5700 XT at 40 CUs but it performs similar to a 2080, how many more will they be able to add to big navi so that it will beat a 3080 and not have ridiculous cooling/power requirements?

I do think that's a pretty faulty comparison.

The reason? Microsoft has asked for severely clocked down GPU parts to address potential heat issues, RROD anyone? On the other hand, the GPU in the PS5 is much smaller, but also runs at much higher speed. Since both are the same architecture, you should at the very least take the XSX GPU and take the PS5 clock speed to determine potential raw performance of a big(ish) RDNA2. At that clock speed for instance, the XSX GPU would be at 15 TF, which is nothing to sneeze at, and a full 64CU GPU at that speed certainly could also threaten Ampere.

"severely clocked down GPU parts"

Do we know this for sure cause I wouldn't call 1.825GHz severely clocked down. If anything, it's a pretty good base clock. But we will see how it performs since increasing the frequency might sound great on paper but the performance you get back isn't proportional.