PS5 and XBox Series X go head-to-head
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Both Sony’s PlayStation 5 and Microsoft’s XBox Series X gaming consoles are available to pre-order, but which one will players prefer?
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Unit is so large it may be too big for some gamers’ TV cabinets

Much faster game loading times

DualSense controller: Haptic feedback and dynamic adaptive triggers
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39cm tall (or wide, if laying it down)
30.1cm tall 
30 20 10
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More computing muscle and slightly larger solid state drive
Controller: Added share button and improved directional pad
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PlayStation 5
8 x cores at 3.5GHz 
10.28 TFLOPS 
Custom RDNA 2 
16GB GDDR6 
448GB per second
825GB custom SSD
8-9GB/s (compressed)
NVMe SSD slot
USB HDD support
4K UHD Blu-ray drive
104 x 390 x 260mm*
4.5kg*
Nov 12/Nov 19†
$499
Also available in Digital Edition without optical drive for $399
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Technology
CPU
GPU
GPU architecture 
Memory 
Memory bandwidth
Internal storage
Data transfer speed
Expandable storage
External storage
Optical drive
Dimensions
Weight
Release date
Price
*Applies to standard optical drive PS5
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XBox Series X
8 x cores at 3.8 GHz
12 TFLOPS
Custom RDNA 2
16GB GDDR6
10GB at 560GB/s 6GB at 336 GB/s
1TB custom SSD
4.8 GB/s (compressed)
1TB expansion card
USB HDD support
4K UHD Blu-ray drive
151 x 301 x 151mm
4.45kg
Nov 10
$499
Also available in form of stripped- down XBox Series S for $299
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Conclusion: PS5 offers greater storage expandability, extremely rapid SSD access and controller with force feedback triggers for more immersive gameplay. However, XBox Series X is technically more powerful
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†Nov 12: U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Mexico, South Korea; Nov 19: Rest of world Sources: Push Square, Sony, Microsoft Pictures: Sony, Microsoft © GRAPHIC NEWS