{"id":113603,"date":"2020-09-18T18:40:06","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T16:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=113603"},"modified":"2020-11-05T23:37:25","modified_gmt":"2020-11-06T04:37:25","slug":"xbox-series-x-vs-xbox-series-s-these-are-the-differences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/uncategorized\/xbox-series-x-vs-xbox-series-s-these-are-the-differences\/","title":{"rendered":"Xbox Series X VS Xbox Series S: These are the differences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a somewhat strange construction: while everyone is waiting for Microsoft&#8217;s new large console, the company announces another variant.\u00a0Xbox Series S is the smaller brother of Xbox Series X. These are the differences and the similarities between the two game machines.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft&#8217;s current console, Xbox One, was released in 2013, so it&#8217;s high time for the new generation game console.\u00a0Sony will release its\u00a0PlayStation 5\u00a0in November\u00a0and Microsoft&#8217;s next-gen answer is Xbox Series X. This console looks more like a computer case than previous Xbox&#8217;s, but it also has the specifications to actually be next to a PC apply.\u00a0Now the Xbox Series S is added.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Xbox Series S - World Premiere Reveal Trailer\" width=\"740\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KHLfCFMKxPg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"adf-autonative\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>New generation console<\/h2>\n<p>The first thing important to know is that Xbox Series S is also a next generation console.\u00a0So it is not a new variant on the Xbox One S, but really a console on which you can play the same games as on the upcoming console Xbox Series X. Think of games such as Battlefield 6, Assassin&#8217;s Creed: Valhalla and Halo Infinite.<\/p>\n<p>The names are similar, but not the specifications.\u00a0<strong>Series S<\/strong>\u00a0is in almost every way the little brother of Xbox Series X. In fact, it&#8217;s the smallest Xbox ever, according to Microsoft.\u00a0You can also see that in its price.\u00a0Xbox Series X costs 299 euros versus 499 euros.\u00a0Not a bad price: the Xbox One X cost 499 euros and the Xbox One S 299 euros.<\/p>\n<p>Such a smaller device also means that you sacrifice some possibilities.\u00a0Series S, for example, has less graphics processing power.\u00a0As a result, it cannot support 4K images like Series X, but a resolution of 1440 pixels.\u00a0However, the clock speed is almost the same, so the frame rate is almost the same.\u00a0The reason that there are such big graphical differences is because of the graphics card RDNA 2. X has 12 teraflops for that, versus &#8216;only&#8217; 4 teraflops of S.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A higher number of teraflops means that a computer or console can quickly display better and more beautiful images.\u00a0If it gets a little more technical, it equals the computing power of the device.\u00a0The higher the computing power, the more polygons (of which a game consists) a computer can display per second.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>According to Xbox CEO\u00a0Liz Hamren\u00a0, the main difference between Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S is the resolution. a 4K TV is required. \u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Xbox Series X - World Premiere - 4K Trailer\" width=\"740\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0tUqIHwHDEc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Xbox Series S has no disc opening<\/h2>\n<p>The system also doesn&#8217;t have a disc slot, so you can only play games on Xbox Series S that you have downloaded or that you stream through Game Pass Ultimate.\u00a0Like its big brother, Series S is able to play games of the current generation, so Xbox One.\u00a0However, he has the difference that he offers no Xbox One X improvement on those games.\u00a0Still, you shouldn&#8217;t really notice that in the end, because Xbox Series S is able to upgrade the image with auto-hdr.<\/p>\n<p>There is a difference in speed between the consoles, although we have yet to find out to what extent that is exactly noticeable.\u00a0Both consoles have a custom Zen 2 processor with eight cores.\u00a0However, the processor of X is better: it works at 3.8 GHz per core versus the 3.6 GHz of S. Probably both consoles load games very fast (S appears to be four times more powerful than Xbox One).<\/p>\n<p>The Xbox Series S has a SSD (solid state drive) of 512 GB.\u00a0Playing offline games is therefore limited to a few games.\u00a0That&#8217;s a big difference from Xbox Series X, which has 1 TB of storage.\u00a0However, there is hope: both consoles can be provided with more storage space with a separate SSD of 1 TB.\u00a0It must be a special device from Seagate.\u00a0The price of this device is still unknown.\u00a0And otherwise you can of course connect a hard drive via USB.\u00a0For example, it is possible to use the external drive that is now attached to your Xbox One (S or X) on the Series S or X. You can then immediately continue with the games you were already playing.<\/p>\n<h3>The complete specifications at a glance.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table class=\"tablepress\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; height: 24px;\"><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Specification<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; height: 24px;\"><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Xbox Series X<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; height: 24px;\"><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Xbox Series S.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; height: 48px;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">CPU<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; height: 48px;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">MD Ryzen &#8216;Zen 2&#8217;, 8 cores and a standard frequency of 3.6 GHz<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; height: 48px;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">MD Ryzen &#8216;Zen 2&#8217;, 8 cores and a standard frequency of 3.6 GHz<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 72px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; height: 72px;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">GPU<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; height: 72px;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Custom RDNA 2 GPU, but with a standard frequency of 1,825 Ghz (12 teraflops) with 52 compute cores<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; height: 72px;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Custom RDNA 2 GPU, with a standard frequency of 1,565 (4 teraflops) with 20 compute cores<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; height: 48px;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">System memory<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; height: 48px;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">GDDR6, with 16 GB with 10 GB at 560 GB \/ s and 6 GB at 336 GB \/ s bandwidth<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; height: 48px;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">GDDR6, from 10 GB with 8 GB at 224 GB \/ s and 2 GB at 56 GB bandwidth<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; height: 24px;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Internal SSD memory<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; height: 24px;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">1 terabyte, 2.4 GB \/ s raw and 4.8 GB \/ s compressed<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; height: 24px;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">512 GB, 2.4 GB \/ s raw and 4.8 GB \/ s compressed<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; height: 24px;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Disklade<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; height: 24px;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Blu-Ray<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; height: 24px;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">No<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; height: 24px;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Graphics<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; height: 24px;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">4K at 120 frames per second and 8K at 120 frames per second<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; height: 24px;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">1440 pixels at 60 frames per second, maximum 120 frames per second<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; height: 24px;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Size<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; height: 24px;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">151 x 151 x 301 millimeters<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; height: 24px;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Unknown. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">However, this device is 60 percent smaller than X<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; height: 24px;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Weight<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; height: 24px;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">4.45 kilos<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; height: 24px;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Unknown<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; height: 23px;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">price<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; height: 23px;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">499 euros<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; height: 23px;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">299 euros<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In short, the big difference between Xbox Series X and S is mainly in the size: the S is the smallest Xbox to date, which you can safely put in the bookcase between your books without being noticed.\u00a0In addition, the device is also a bit smaller in its capacity: you cannot store discs in it, so you really have to own games digitally or stream them to play on them.\u00a0With its small storage options, you cannot store too many games on it either.\u00a0Finally, Microsoft also keeps it smaller in terms of image spectacle with this micro-Xbox: it is really a console for people who do not necessarily expect 4K quality from their graphics.\u00a0However, it is an attractively priced new generation console that can still let you enjoy all the new games that are also playable on the big brother Xbox Series X.<\/p>\n<p>Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S will both release on November 10.\u00a0They are not available for pre-order at this time.\u00a0This is possible from September 22.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a somewhat strange construction: while everyone is waiting for Microsoft&#8217;s new large console, the company announces another variant.\u00a0Xbox Series S is the smaller brother of Xbox Series X. 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