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quadcoreman · 04-26-2008, 03:35 AM

hi guys

im wondering if you can answer this question for me. i know that people say that the ps3 CPU is more powerful, but IMO the 360 CPU is more powerful and i'll tell you why. (lol tell me if i am wrong)

this is what i think: (not sure if it's 100% true)
the xbox 360 CPU has 3 cores each running at 3.2 GHz, and each core can handle 2 threats simultaneously. which means it can do 6 things at once. Now the PS3 has a main CPU which is clocked the same, but also has 6 SPE's for gaming. My guess is that each SPE is 450 Mhz (because 3.2 divided my 8 = about 0.45) so the PS3 can also do 6 things at once but is clocked lower.

now maybe the ps3's SPE's are actually clocked higher than this, but even if they are, i dont see a significant advantage over the xbox 360.

please help me out on this one.

04-26-2008, 03:35 AM	#1 (permalink)
quadcoreman Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 7 OS: xp My System	ps3 cpu vs xbox 360 cpu hi guys im wondering if you can answer this question for me. i know that people say that the ps3 CPU is more powerful, but IMO the 360 CPU is more powerful and i'll tell you why. (lol tell me if i am wrong) this is what i think: (not sure if it's 100% true) the xbox 360 CPU has 3 cores each running at 3.2 GHz, and each core can handle 2 threats simultaneously. which means it can do 6 things at once. Now the PS3 has a main CPU which is clocked the same, but also has 6 SPE's for gaming. My guess is that each SPE is 450 Mhz (because 3.2 divided my 8 = about 0.45) so the PS3 can also do 6 things at once but is clocked lower. now maybe the ps3's SPE's are actually clocked higher than this, but even if they are, i dont see a significant advantage over the xbox 360. please help me out on this one.