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Microsoft XBox Series X Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2025-04-03

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.

At a glance
Name:	Microsoft XBox Series X
Family:	AMD Ryzen 7 (75)
CPU group:	AMD Ryzen 4000G (26)
Architecture:	Renoir (Zen 2)
Technology:	7 nm
Segment:	Desktop
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

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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:	Yes
Release date:	Q3/2020

Max. displays:	1
Generation:	1
Direct X:	12_2
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 105 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):	105 W
TDP (PL2):	--
TDP up:	200 W
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 i3-10100 4C 8T @ 4.30 GHz	1141
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 16C 32T @ 4.40 GHz	1127

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 5600X3D 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	11065
	AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz	10988
	AMD Ryzen 5 5500 6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz	10940
	Microsoft XBox Series X 8C 16T @ 3.66 GHz	10650
	Sony Playstation 5 Pro 8C 16T @ 3.85 GHz	10588
	Intel Core i5-10600KF 6C 12T @ 4.50 GHz	10489
	Intel Core i5-10600K 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 Xeon Gold 6238 22C 44T @ 3.70 GHz	1076
	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 i3-9100 4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz	1069
	Intel Core i3-9100F 4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz	1069
	Intel Xeon E3-1225 v6 4C 4T @ 3.70 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 Core i7-9700K 8C 8T @ 4.60 GHz	7421
	Intel Xeon Silver 4215 8C 16T @ 2.70 GHz	7408
	Intel Xeon E5-2650L v4 14C 28T @ 2.00 GHz	7369
	Microsoft XBox Series X 8C 16T @ 3.66 GHz	7358
	Sony Playstation 5 Pro 8C 16T @ 3.85 GHz	7299
	Intel Xeon E5-2690 v2 10C 20T @ 3.30 GHz	7288
	Intel Core i5-11400 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	7270

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.


	AMD Ryzen 3 3100 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	437
	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 Xeon Gold 6144 8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz	426
	Intel Pentium Gold G6500 2C 4T @ 4.10 GHz	424

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.


	Sony Playstation 5 Pro 8C 16T @ 3.85 GHz	4110
	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
	AMD Ryzen 7 2700X 8C 16T @ 3.85 GHz	3951
	Intel Core i9-9900T 8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz	3920
	Intel Core i7-10700T 8C 16T @ 3.70 GHz	3896

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 M3 Ultra (32-CPU 80-GPU) Apple M3 Ultra (80 Core) @ 1.40 GHz	28400
	Apple M3 Ultra (28-CPU 60-GPU) Apple M3 Ultra (60 Core) @ 1.40 GHz	21300
	Sony Playstation 5 Pro AMD Custom Radeon Graphics (Playstation 5 Pro) @ 2.35 GHz	16700
	Microsoft XBox Series X AMD Custom Radeon Graphics (XBox Series X) @ 1.83 GHz	12150
	Sony Playstation 5 AMD Custom Radeon Graphics (Playstation 5) @ 2.23 GHz	10300
	Intel Core Ultra 7 165HL Intel Iris Xe 8 Core Graphics 128 EUs (Meteor Lake) @ 2.30 GHz	4559
	AMD Ryzen 7 8700G AMD Radeon 780M @ 2.90 GHz	4513

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 Xeon E5-2683 v4 16C 32T @ 2.50 GHz	17608
	AMD Ryzen 7 2700X 8C 16T @ 3.85 GHz	17588
	Intel Core i5-11500 6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz	17532
	Microsoft XBox Series X 8C 16T @ 3.66 GHz	17455
	Intel Xeon E-2288G 8C 16T @ 3.70 GHz	17428
	Intel Core i7-6950X 10C 20T @ 3.50 GHz	17377
	Intel Core i5-12600T 6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz	17302

Benchmarks

Cinebench R23 (SC)
646 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
626 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,510 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,477 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
665 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
613 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,155 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,457 entries

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