The PlayStation 4 may be even more powerful than the Xbox One than we all expected if a CPU benchmark is to be believed. Its no secret that the majority of Sonys and Microsofts consoles have got a very similar architecture this generation. Both consoles have an 8-core AMD Jaguar CPU, but it was believed that Microsoft, who bumped their CPU speed by around 10% a few weeks ago (from 1.6Ghz to 1.75Ghz), had the power advantage in this one area. However, a new benchmark by the Substance Engine appears to show that the PS4′s CPU is in fact more powerful (on top of all the other advantages the hardware has).

According to the benchmark, which focused solely on the CPU, the PlayStation 4 can generate 14MB/s of textures compared to 12MB/s for the Xbox One. This has led many to speculate that either Sony is able to push the clock speed of the CPU to 2.0GHz, or, Microsoft has had to hold back some cores of its processor for Kinect and OS usage. A developer has also confirmed that the PlayStation 4′s CPU is currently more powerful than the Xbox Ones.
If this is accurate, it may be a minor difference in its own right, but in the overall scheme of things, it means that the XB1 is technically weaker in every way than the PS4, yet more expensive.
PlayStation 4′s Selling 3 to 1 vs. Xbox One on Amazon
by Karam ElahiThe PlayStation 4 has been a hot item every time it goes on sale at any retailer, online or brick and mortar. The Xbox One is also selling at respectable numbers, but the trends have been pointing to Sonys PlayStation 4 doing much better sales-wise whenever the console is in stock.
NeoGaf users have been all over the recent availability of the PlayStation 4 on Amazon, and have been comparing the numbers against the Xbox Ones units available over time. How? As long as the number of units available are under 999, one can add in any amount to their cart and see the left-over amounts showing actual quantities available. Doing this same method for any next gen consoles/bundles will give them enough available data to create some very interesting metrics.
“WHAT? How is this graph being made? Is Amazon publishing per-minute stock availability? I apologize for asking. I have not read the entire thread.” – AstroNut325
“GAF has been keeping track of # of available units for each of those SKUs over that time period.” – Tsundere
This is quite the interesting revelation when using actual data available from Amazon. It gives us a concrete sample to see an actual trend of PlayStation 4 sales vs Xbox One on Amazon for the given time period.
(Source: NeoGaf)
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