These are the system specifications of the Microsoft Xbox 360, Sony Playstation 3 and Nintendo Wii.
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| Release Dates | ||||
| November 22, 2005 | November 2006 | November 2006 | n/a | |
| Processors | ||||
| Manufacturer(s) | IBM | Toshiba, IBM | IBM | n/a |
| Type | PowerPC | Cell | PowerPC | n/a |
| Manufacturing Process | 65 nm | 65 nm | 65 nm | n/a |
| Number of Processor Cores | 3 | 7 | 1 | XB & PS3, Wii |
| Threads per Core | 2 each for a total of simultaneous 6 threads | 2, 14 total | 1 | XB & PS3, Wii |
| Bit | 128 bit | 128 bit | 64 bit | XB & PS3, Wii |
| Clock Speeds | 3.2 GHz | 3.2 GHz | 3 GHz | PS3, XB, Wii |
| Cache | 1 MB shared, 32 kb data and 32 kb instruction each | 512 shared, 256 kb SRAM each | 256 kb | XB, Wii, PS3 |
| Math Performance | 9 Billion Dot Product operations per second | 12 Billion Dot Product operations per second | 5 Billion Dot Product operations per second | PS3, XB, Wii |
| Peak Instructions Per Second | 1 trillion | 1.5 trillion | 500 billion | PS3, XB, Wii |
| Graphics Cards | ||||
| Manufacturer | ATI | nVidia | ATI | n/a |
| Shader Pipelines | 48-way parallel floating-point dynamically-scheduled, 48 billion operations per second | 32 | 32 | XB, PS3 & Wii |
| Memory | 10 MB embedded DRAM | 256MB GDDR3 V-RAM @700MHz | no | XB, PS3 & Wii |
| Pixel Fill Rate | 16 Gigasamples per second using 4X MSAA | 12 Gigasamples per second using 4X MSAA | 8 Gigasamples per second using 4X MSAA | XB, PS3, Wii |
| Triangle Fill Rate | 500 Million per second | 550 Million per second | 400 Million per second | XB, PS3, Wii |
| Clockspeed | 500 MHz | 550 MHz | 400 MHz | XB, PS3, Wii |
| Memory | ||||
| Main | 512 MB GDDR3 | 256MB XDR | 256 MB | XB & PS3, Wii |
| Bus | 256 bit | 64 bit | 256 bit | XB & Wii, PS3 |
| Frequency | 700 MHz | 3.2 GHz | n/a | XB, Wii, PS3 |
| Bandwidth | 22.4 GB/s (actually 256 GB/s equivalent) | 25.6 GB/s | n/a | XB, Wii, PS3 |
| Hard Drives | ||||
| Hard Drive | yes, optional | yes | yes | XB & PS3 & Wii |
| Size | 20 GB removable and upgrade able | 20 GB | 8 GB | XB, PS3, Wii |
Sound |
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| Type | X3D Audio | 3D Audio | 3D Audio | n/a |
| Supported Formats | DTS, Dolby Digital 5.1 (supported in all games), 6.1, 7.1, WMA Output Format |
Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS | Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS | XB, PS3 &Wii |
Memory Cards |
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| Slots | 2 | 2 | 2 | XB & PS3 & Wii |
| Capacity | 64 MB | 8 MB | 8 MB | XB, PS3 & Wii |
Optical Media drive |
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| Type | Dual Layer DVD-ROM | Blue Ray/DVD-ROM | Custom | PS3, XB, Wii |
| Readable Formats | DVD, CD, Xbox 1 games, HD-DVD with addon | DVD, CD, Blue Ray, PS2 games, PS1 games, SACD, DualDisc | DVD, Game Cube games | PS3, XB, GC |
| Speed | 12x | 1x | 8x | XB, PS3, Wii (based on GB/s) |
| Capacity | 7 GB | 50 GB | 4 GB | PS3, XB, Wii |
| Size | 80 mm | 80 mm | 80 mm | XB & PS3 & Wii |
| Controllers | ||||
| Number of Controller Ports | 4 wireless, 2 wired (only a total of 4 can be used at once) | 7 wireless | 4 wireless | PS3, XB & Wii |
| Wireless Controllers | built in wireless | built in wireless bluetooth | built in wireless | n/a |
| Type | 360 | PS3 | Wii | n/a |
| Buttons | 4 pressure sensitive, 2 shoulder, 2 normal, 1 UI menu | 4 pressure sensitive, 4 shoulder pressure sensitive, 2 normal, tilt motion sensing | customizable | n/a |
| Triggers | 2 analog | no | customizable | n/a |
| Analog Sticks | 2, each can push in for a button | 2, each can push in for a button | customizable | n/a |
| Directional Pads | 1 8-way | 1 8-way | customizable | n/a |
| Vibration | 2 engines | no | yes | n/a |
| Networking | ||||
| Connection | 10/100/1000 ethernet built in, Wireless add on | 10/100 ethernet, Wireless add-on | Wireless | XB, PS3, Wii |
Output |
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| Video | 640i, 640p, 720p, 1080i, 4:3, 16:9(all games support 720p and 1080i 16:9 with antialiasing enabled) | 640i, 640p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p, 4:3, 16:9, 1 or 2 displays | 640i, 640p, 4:3 | XB, PS3, Wii |
More |
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| Connections | 3 USB 2.0 | 1394 (firewire), 6 USB 2.0 | custom | XB & PS3, Wii |
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