Microsoft XBox Series X Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2022-10-12

The Microsoft XBox Series X has 8 cores with 16 threads and is based on the 3. gen of the AMD Ryzen 7 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the BGA socket and was released in Q3/2020. The Microsoft XBox Series X scores 1,070 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 7,358 points.

CPU lineage
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Name:	Microsoft XBox Series X
Family:	AMD Ryzen 7 (67)
CPU group:	AMD Ryzen 4000G (22)
Architecture:	Renoir (Zen 2)
Segment:	Desktop / Server
Generation:	3
Predecessor:	--
Successor:	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Microsoft XBox Series X has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 16 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Microsoft XBox Series X is 3.20 GHz (3.80 GHz). The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads:	8 / 16
Core architecture:	normal
Cores:	8x Zen 2

Hyperthreading / SMT:	Yes
Overclocking:	No
Frequency:	3.20 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core):	3.80 GHz
Turbo Frequency (8 Cores):	3.66 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

AI hardware:	--
AI specifications:	--

Internal Graphics

The Microsoft XBox Series X has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Microsoft XBox Series X uses the AMD Custom Radeon Graphics (XBox Series X), which has 3328 texture shaders and 52 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

GPU name:	AMD Custom Radeon Graphics (XBox Series X)
GPU frequency:	1.83 GHz
GPU (Turbo):	No turbo
Compute units:	52
Shader:	3328
Hardware Raytracing:	No
Release date:	Q3/2021

Max. displays:	1
Generation:	1
Direct X:	12
Technology:	7 nm
Max. GPU Memory:	10 GB
Frame Generation:	No

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit):	Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit):	Decode / Encode
h264:	Decode / Encode
VP8:	Decode / Encode
VP9:	Decode / Encode

AV1:	No
AVC:	Decode / Encode
VC-1:	Decode
JPEG:	Decode / Encode

Memory type:	Memory bandwidth:
Memory & PCIe The processor can use up to 16 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 560.0 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

GDDR6	560.0 GB/s
Max. Memory:	16 GB
Memory channels:	2 (Dual Channel)
ECC:	No
PCIe:	4.0 x 12
PCIe Bandwidth:	23.6 GB/s

Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 65 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU.

TDP (PL1 / PBP):	65 W
TDP (PL2):	--
TDP up:	--
TDP down:	--
Tjunction max.:	100 °C

Technical details

The Microsoft XBox Series X is made in 7 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 8.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology:	7 nm
Chip design:	Monolithic
Socket:	BGA
L2-Cache:	--
L3-Cache:	8.00 MB
AES-NI:	Yes
Operating systems:	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux

Virtualization:	AMD-V, SVM
Instruction set (ISA):	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions:	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
Release date:	Q3/2020
Release price:	--
Part Number:	--
Documents:	--

Microsoft XBox Series X
8C 16T @ 3.20 GHz (3.80 GHz)

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Benchmark results

The benchmark results for the Microsoft XBox Series X have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i7-8700 6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz	1146
	Intel Core i7-8700B 6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz	1146
	Intel Core i9-10900X 10C 20T @ 4.70 GHz	1143
	Microsoft XBox Series X 8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz	1142
	Intel Core i3-10100F 4C 8T @ 4.30 GHz	1141
	Intel Core i7-10750H 6C 12T @ 5.00 GHz	1141
	Intel Core i3-10100 4C 8T @ 4.30 GHz	1141

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen 5 7640U 6C 12T @ 3.50 GHz	10675
	AMD Ryzen 5 8640U 6C 12T @ 3.50 GHz	10675
	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7640U 6C 12T @ 3.50 GHz	10675
	Microsoft XBox Series X 8C 16T @ 3.66 GHz	10650
	AMD Ryzen 7 4800HS 8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz	10590
	Intel Xeon W-11855M 6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz	10518
	Intel Core i5-10600KF 6C 12T @ 4.50 GHz	10489

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i5-1030NG7 4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz	1073
	Intel Core i7-4790K 4C 8T @ 4.40 GHz	1073
	Intel Xeon E3-1505M v6 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	1072
	Microsoft XBox Series X 8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz	1070
	Intel Core i3-9100F 4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz	1069
	Intel Core i3-9100 4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz	1069
	Intel Core i7-8650U 4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz	1069

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Xeon Silver 4215 8C 16T @ 2.70 GHz	7408
	Intel Xeon E5-2650L v4 14C 28T @ 2.00 GHz	7369
	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U 8C 16T @ 2.70 GHz	7365
	Microsoft XBox Series X 8C 16T @ 3.66 GHz	7358
	AMD Ryzen 7 6800U 8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz	7335
	Intel Xeon W-2235 6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz	7328
	Intel Core i9-9980HK 8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz	7301

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i5-1035G7 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	434
	Intel Core i5-7600K 4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz	433
	Intel Pentium Gold G6600 2C 4T @ 4.20 GHz	433
	Microsoft XBox Series X 8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz	431
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX 24C 48T @ 4.20 GHz	431
	Intel Core i7-8559U 4C 8T @ 4.50 GHz	431
	Intel Core i7-8809G 4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz	429

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Xeon W-3225 8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz	4120
	Intel Xeon E5-2695 v3 14C 28T @ 2.80 GHz	4109
	AMD Ryzen 5 5500 6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz	4086
	Microsoft XBox Series X 8C 16T @ 3.66 GHz	4062
	Intel Core i7-1260P 12C 16T @ 3.10 GHz	4017
	AMD Ryzen 7 2700X 8C 16T @ 3.85 GHz	3951
	Intel Xeon W-3223 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	3941

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU) Apple M1 Ultra (48 Core) @ 1.30 GHz	15900
	Apple M3 Max (16-CPU 40-GPU) Apple M3 Max (40 Core) @ 1.40 GHz	14200
	Apple M2 Max (38-GPU) Apple M2 Max (38 Core) @ 1.40 GHz	13490
	Microsoft XBox Series X AMD Custom Radeon Graphics (XBox Series X) @ 1.83 GHz	12150
	Apple M3 Max (14-CPU 30-GPU) Apple M3 Max (30 Core) @ 1.40 GHz	10650
	Apple M2 Max (30-GPU) Apple M2 Max (30 Core) @ 1.40 GHz	10650
	Apple M1 Max (32-GPU) Apple M1 Max (32 Core) @ 1.30 GHz	10600

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	Intel Core i5-11500 6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz	17532
	Intel Core i7-1270P 12C 16T @ 3.20 GHz	17477
	AMD Ryzen 7 4980U 8C 16T @ 2.00 GHz	17470
	Microsoft XBox Series X 8C 16T @ 3.66 GHz	17455
	Intel Core i5-1240P 12C 16T @ 2.70 GHz	17451
	Intel Xeon E-2288G 8C 16T @ 3.70 GHz	17428
	Intel Xeon W-3223 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	17428

Benchmarks

Cinebench R23 (SC)
586 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
565 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,488 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,461 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
656 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
604 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,042 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,392 entries

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