Over the last several months, Microsoft has been trickling out details about their mid-generation hardware update for the Xbox One console, which has been going under the name Project Scorpio. Now at this year’s E3 conference, the company is releasing the final details. We now have a name, a launch date, and perhaps most importantly, a price.

Hitting the streets on November 7th will be the new Xbox One X, which is Microsoft’s retail name for the console.(ed: I’m convinced MS is trying to keep us from writing their console names in short-hand) It will be priced at $499 in the US and equivalent prices in other regions, which is the same price as the original Xbox One (with the Kinect) at its launch back in 2013. On a relative basis, this stacks up as being twice the cost of the Xbox One S, whose base model (and now bundles as well) has been $249 for a while now.

Xbox One Specification Comparison
  Xbox One (Original) Xbox One S Xbox One X
CPU Cores 8 8 8
CPU Frequency 1.75 GHz 1.75 GHz 2.3 GHz
CPU µArch AMD Jaguar AMD Jaguar "Custom CPU"
(AMD Jaguar Variant)
GPU Cores 12 CUs
768 SPs
853 MHz
12 CUs
768 SPs
914 MHz
40 CUs
2560 SPs
1172 MHz
Peak Shader Throughput 1.31 TFLOPS 1.4 TFLOPS 6 TFLOPS
Embedded Memory 32MB eSRAM 32MB eSRAM None
Embedded Memory Bandwidth 204 GB/s 218 GB/s None
System Memory 8GB DDR3-2133 8GB DDR3-2133 12GB GDDR5
(6.8 Gbps)
System Memory Bus 256-bits 256-bits 384-bit
System Memory Bandwidth 68.3 GB/s 68.3 GB/s 326 GB/s
Manufacturing Process TSMC 28nm TSMC 16nm TSMC 16nm
Dimensions 343mm x 263mm x 80mm 295mm x 230mm x 65mm 300mm x 240mm x 60mm
Weight 3.54kg 2.9kg 3.81kg
PSU 220W
(External)
120W
(Internal)
245W
(Internal)
Optical Drive Blu-Ray UHD Blu-Ray UHD Blu-Ray
Wireless 802.11n (Dual Band) 2x2 802.11ac 2x2 802.11ac
Launch Price $499 w/Kinect $299 $499
Launch Date 11/23/2013 08/02/2016 11/07/2017

As far as the hardware itself goes, thanks to Microsoft’s ongoing campaign, we already know the bulk of the details of the console. The 16nm SoC at the heart of the new Xbox One design is meant to be significantly more powerful than the original and S versions of the Xbox One, vaulting MS from having the least powerful console to the most powerful console. All told, the Xbox One X will offer almost 4.3x the GPU compute throughput of the Xbox One S, while the CPU cores have received a healthy 31% clockspeed boost (Interesting aside: Microsoft is still not calling it Jaguar, unlike the XB1/XB1S). The memory feeding the beast has also gotten a great deal faster as well, with Microsoft switching out their 8GB of DDR3 for a large and very fast 12GB of GDDR5, which has a combined memory bandwidth of 326GB/sec.

Meanwhile the only real details we didn’t have on the console itself, such as the size, have been answered. Microsoft is going for a super slim design on the console, announcing that it’s the “smallest Xbox ever”, placing it below even the already slimmed-down Xbox One S. At 300mm x 240mm x 60mm, the console is 5mm wider and 10mm deeper than the Xbox One S, but it's 5mm shorter than said console. Or to put things in terms of volume, it's 98% the volume of the Xbox One S, indeed making it smaller, though just slightly so.

Otherwise, Microsoft has largely confirmed that the Xbox One X will function as you’d expect as a mid-cycle console upgrade, similar to the Xbox One S. Existing games will benefit from the more powerful hardware, though to what degree is apparently going to depend on the game. For games that are fully Xbox One X enabled, Microsoft is targeting a 4K (3840x2160) resolution, and will offer downsampling for improved quality when hooked up to 1080p TVs. And all of the existing Xbox One ecosystem accessories will work as well.

Gallery: Xbox One X

Source: Microsoft

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  • 0ldman79 - Tuesday, June 13, 2017 - link

    That was exactly what I was thinking of.

    Give it a couple more revisions and the abbreviation for the system will be XBOX.
  • Bobsy - Sunday, June 18, 2017 - link

    Why do you think Ryan wrote this: "(ed: I’m convinced MS is trying to keep us from writing their console names in short-hand)"?
  • DanNeely - Sunday, June 11, 2017 - link

    Did MS really regress the wifi from ac to n, or is that a typo in the table?
  • Ryan Smith - Sunday, June 11, 2017 - link

    Typo in the table.
  • Sttm - Sunday, June 11, 2017 - link

    Those dimensions are surprising because at least from the images they showed the One X appears considerably smaller than the One S, but according to the dimensions its actually wider and deeper, with only a small reduction in height.

    I don't think many people will buy one at $500, but for that performance level in the footprint, it really is a great piece of hardware.
  • Samus - Monday, June 12, 2017 - link

    And they went back to an internal power supply ala the O.G. XBOX!
  • Alexvrb - Wednesday, June 14, 2017 - link

    The size is definitely impressive given the horsepower and more powerful internal PSU (compared to the low-watt PSU in the One S).
  • Morawka - Sunday, June 11, 2017 - link

    whats that U.2 Looking port beside the ODD Sata connection?

    The PS4 Pro is sure looking bad right about now when compared to this beast. It's interesting they didn't show any VR use cases in the promo video
  • KamiOni - Sunday, June 11, 2017 - link

    Looks like power due to no other obvious power connectors. PS4 did something similar.
  • ovnr - Sunday, June 11, 2017 - link

    Yep. It's even labelled "GND" and "12V" above it (upside down), and the 12V trace runs right into a sense resistor.

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