Xbox 360 or PS3?

[Blair]

This is the computer chip in the Xbox, please look below to see the specifications of the Playstation 3:
Custom IBM PowerPC-based CPU -
3 symmetrical cores running at 3.2 GHz each
2 hardware threads per core; 6 hardware threads total
1 VMX-128 vector unit per core; 3 total
128 VMX-128 registers per hardware thread
1 MB L2 cache
Playstation 3 :
PowerPC-base Core @3.2GHz
1 VMX vector unit per core
512KB L2 cache
7 x SPE @3.2GHz
7 x 128b 128 SIMD GPRs
7 x 256KB SRAM for SPE
* 1 of 8 SPEs reserved for redundancy total floating point performance: 218 GFLOPS
Looking at the Chips in both consoles, They both have the same basic processing power, but the playstaion has one core that manages 8 differnt things at the same time, in thoery totalling 25.6Ghz.
The Xbox total Ghz totals 9.6Ghz.
It can now bee seen there is a dramatic loss in processing power.
In the post above its stated that the playstation only has 7 cores, (threads)
it actually has 8 cores / threads but one is used to reserved for redundancy total floating point performance: 218 GFLOPS

So in relativity both consoles are trying to do the same processing, the xbox has 3 cores in which to process and the Playstation has one core of 8 multi-threading power. The playstation does however have better graphics and will out power the Xbox 360, making the Playstation hardware wise, the better console

Thanks Blair
Information can be checked on
- PLAYSTATION 3 (PS3) Specifications and Details
The Xbox 360 System Specifications - Xbox

[Disturbed Sean]

say waaa???

[tObLeRoNe]

this means that the PS3 has more power i take it?

[Blair]

Yes, it also has more ram as well the playstaion intergrates 7 x 256KB SRAM for SPE totalling 1792 Mbs.

The Xbox only has 1Mb of Level 2 Cache.

So the playstation wins the battle of memory and processing power.

[tObLeRoNe]

also the playstation has integrated WiFi, whereas the 360 you need an adaptor to enable this function.

[walkman950]

Incorrect totally.

The PS3 has 7 THREADS which is ENTIRELY different to cores. If a core has two cores, and two threads, the threads can tells each core to do a certain job, multi-threading applications can make use of being able to tell the processor to complete multiple tasks at any given time. By having a single thread there is a bottleneck.

In effect the Xbox 360 has 3 cores which means 6 threads meaning it has theoretically three processors, each individually controllable.

The PS3 (as far as it has been explained on specification sites) has multiple cores also but each core will be able to carry out more mathematical calculations and instruction sets simultaneously. Meaning information can be entered faster, but often not calculated as quick.

The PS3's processor setup makes it sound a lot more powerful than what it actually is, proving that the majority of the information on the PS3 is infact *FALSE*.

This means in effect that the performance being better in the PS3 isn't a great deal better than the Xbox 360

[Blair]

If you care to read the information that is desplayed below it shows how the unique architectural structure can incorperate all the processing power with one chip and split it between the three threads, this therefor in effect has the power of 8 cores, but only uses one.

Therefore the one chip IS split into 8 bits for 8 threads, But the single core is ample powerfull enough for this.

Cell Broadband Engine: The PlayStation 3’s unique multi-core processing unit represents a breakthrough in true parallel processing. 40 times faster than the chip that powers a PlayStation 2, the Cell Broadband Engine’s revolutionary architectural design features the main Processor & eight Synergistic Processing Elements (SPE). Each Element (SPE) has its own memory, making the Cell Broadband Engine more powerful & more efficient than traditional single core and multi-core processors

[MacMart]

PS3 vs Xbox 360 - a developer speaks | Games | Guardian Unlimited

[walkman950]

So, as you just explained, making your original post incorrect and again mine correct that the PS3 does NOT have 8 cores. So, according to your research you have proved again, and now that the PS3 has a single core, and has 8 threads.

[euroster]

Well in my honest opinion, I think that PS3 is overwhelming Xbox360! I have tested both of them and the winner is PS3 (better graphics, smooth movement, better interface)