Microsoft Xbox 360 Hardware Specs

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Some aspects of the Xbox 360 hardware have changed since its launch in 2005, such as the addition of an HDMI port, built-in Wi-Fi, support for 1080p, and two total redesigns of the system — the Slim system and later the "E" — but the core of the hardware hasn't changed much. It is impressive that a system that was underpowered to begin with, compared to its competition (the PS3), is still alive and kicking and pumping out good-looking games.

Custom IBM Power PC-Based CPU
- Three symmetrical cores running at 3.2 GHz each
- Two hardware threads per core, six hardware threads total
- VMX-128 vector unit per core, three total
- 128 VMX-128 registers per hardware thread
- 1MB L2 cache

CPU Game Math Performance

- 9.6 billion dot product operations per second

Custom ATI Graphics Processor
- 500 MHz processor
- 10MB of embedded DRAM
- 48-way parallel floating-point dynamically scheduled shader pipelines
- Unified shader architecture

Polygon Performance

- 500 million triangles per second
- Pixel Fill Rate
- 16 giga-samples per second fill rate using 4x MSAA

Shader Performance
- 48 billion shader operations per second

Memory
- 512MB of GDDR3 RAM
- 700 MHz of DDR
- Unified memory architecture

Memory Bandwidth
- 22.4 GB/s memory interface bus bandwidth
- 256 GB/s memory bandwidth to EDRAM
- 21.6 GB/s front-side bus

Overall System Floating-Point Performance
- 1 teraflop

Storage
- Detachable 20GB hard drive upgradeable to 2TB (Terabytes) 
- 12x dual-layer DVD-ROM
- Memory Unit support starting at 64MB

I/O

- Detachable 20GB hard drive upgradeable to 2TB (Terabytes) 
- 12x dual-layer DVD-ROM
- Memory Unit support starting at 64MB

 

Optimized for Online
- Instant, out-of-the-box access to Xbox Live features with broadband service, including Xbox Live for downloadable content, gamer profile for digital identity, and personalized - home screen. Multiplayer capability and free games require an optional Gold membership.
- Built-in Ethernet port
-Wi-Fi ready: 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, and 802.11n
- Video camera ready

 

Digital Media Support
- Support for DVD-Video, DVD-ROM, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, WMA CD, MP3 CD, JPEG Photo CD
- Ability to stream media from portable music devices, digital cameras, and Windows PCs
- Ability to rip music to the Xbox 360 hard drive
- Custom playlists in every game
- Built-in Media Center Extender for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005
- Interactive, full-screen 3-D visualizers

 

High-Definition Game Support
- All games supported at 16:9, 720p, 1280 x 720 pixels, 1080i, anti-aliasing, and upscale on 1080p TVs
- Standard-definition and high-definition video output supported

 

Audio
- Multichannel surround sound output
- Supports 48 kHz 16-bit audio
- 320 independent decompression channels
- 32-bit audio processing
- 0 Over 256 audio channels

 

System Orientation
- Stands vertically or horizontally

 

Customizable Face Plates
- Interchangeable to personalize the console