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JRPGfan on 13 September 2020
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Imaginedvl said:
JRPGfan said:

The CPU speed is slower than the One X?

This means (smt will be used almost always I assume):

Xbox Series X = 3,6ghz
PS5 = 3,5ghz
Xbox Series S = 3,4ghz

Intresting theres a differnce in cpu speeds between the X and S too.
You could ofc argue that since it needs to feed the GPU less (because of lower resulutions) that might make up for some of that.

The Play Station CPU has variable frequency at up to 3.5 GHz; so you should probably compare all with that in mind.

The 3.5ghz is very unlikely to be with SMT and in general, the Play Station CPU will be lower than both X and S and this is at least the general consensus if you look at different sources. And they are all assuming what is probably true, that the 3.5ghz is without SMT or they would have specified it as it is the same CPU than the Xbox Series and they both use a different frequency for SMT.

https://play4.uk/technology-news/xbox-series-s-cpu-faster-than-the-ps5s-cpu/#:~:text=Xbox%20Series%20S%20CPU%20Faster%20Than%20The%20PS5%E2%80%99s,faster%20than%20the%20CPU%20of%20the%20PlayStation%205.

https://www.psu.com/news/the-xbox-series-s-cpu-is-faster-than-the-ps5s-cpu/

https://www.t3.com/news/xbox-series-s-has-faster-cpu-than-ps5-and-supports-ray-tracing

And I can go on but you get the point (and if you bing xbox series s cpu faster than play station five, you see all major outlets there). The "up to" speed from Sony is very likely without SMT and everyone is probably agreeing with that even without knowing 100% for sure.

So it is probably more:

Without SMT:

Xbox Series X = 3,8ghz
Xbox Series S = 3,6ghz
PS5 = 3,5ghz

With SMT:

Xbox Series X = 3,6ghz
Xbox Series S = 3,4ghz
PS5 = 3,?ghz (3,3ghz is my guess out of the blue, but it should be lower than 3.4ghz for sure)

But it does not matter anyway. I believe the bottleneck in the S is probably going to be the memory if you are looking to point out something.

While they will require less memory than the X (textures?), going from 12GB to 7GB (some rumors are talking about 6GB) for games will be the weakest point.

or instead of all that mental gymnastics......
The more logical conclusion is the 3 sites you mentioned above (link) that claim the Xbox Series S cpu is faster, were just wrong.
They made those comments before microsoft announced the CPU speed of the S.

Sony have said the PS5 is 3,5Ghz is with SMT on, running full load (so the series X cpu is 100mhz faster).

Also supposedly the Xbox Series S also has variable rates...... the series X has locked clocks, the S doesnt.
(I Believe I read somewhere) (its just ignored or never mentioned)