What system advanced the most graphically from its launch games to its peak?

[Alby_da_Wolf]

Spindel said:

Alby_da_Wolf said:

Yes, great increase too, but not sure the relative increase from 80x86 PCs with unaccelerated framebuffers to Zen 3 and 10th gen Core with latest GPUs is lower than the one from the first phones able to run games to latest smartphones, unless we make phone gaming start with those awful mini-games built-in in some "dumb" phones.

1a) The problem with both the phone and PC comparison is that the hardware has changed.

1b) When looking at consoles (before PS4 and XBO) the hardware was static. Sure you had co-processors in some cartriges but the base hardware was the same. That can not be said about IBM compatible PC unless you keep within one generation. Closest is earlier computers like C64 or A500, where the hardware was static but those systems also had a tremendous evolution between the early and the late games that came out for them.

2) But then again OP asks for consoles, and niether IBM PC, C64 or A500 where consoles but general computing devices.

1a and 1b: true, and yes, I remember the most basic games on ZX Spectrum and the most evolved ones. 

2: no, the OP asked about a more generic and broad category, "systems", so I caught the opportunity to be a little naughty