Xbox One X vs Xbox One S: What's The Difference and What's Right For You?

#2 Performance

The Xbox One X received some hardware changes, in order to keep up with the performance it is capable of. The One X is by far the most superior system when it comes to performance. The CPU refresh rate is a whopping 2.3GHz compared to the One S 1.75 GHz. A full list of the hardware specs is below.

• Xbox One X - Custom CPU @ 2.3GHz, 8 cores; Custom GPU @ 1.172GHz, 40 CUs, Polaris features, 6.0 TFLOPS; 12GB GDDR5 RAM @ 326 GB/s
• Xbox One S - Custom CPU @ 1.75GHz, 8 cores; Custom GPU @ 914MHz, 12 CUs, 1.4 TFLOPS; 8GB DDR3 RAM @ 68 GB/s

This allows for the Xbox One X to do something its predecessors couldn't: 4K gaming. The Xbox One S only has a maximum resolution 1080p. Many developers have released their games in 4k resolution as a result of this. You will need a 4k TV to support it though. Both Xbox One X and S support 4k Blu-Ray players and can stream movies and TV shows at 4K.