Microsoft Xbox 360 vs Microsoft Xbox One S

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Xbox 360 compared with Xbox One S

	MicrosoftXbox 360	MicrosoftXbox One S
Overview
Released
Released	December 2005	August 2016
Performance
Type
Type	Home console	Home console
CPU
CPU	IBM Xenon (PowerPC), 3 cores, 3.2 GHz	AMD Jaguar, 8 cores, 1.75 GHz
GPU
GPU	ATI Xenos, 500 MHz	AMD Radeon (Graphics Core Next)
GPU compute
GPU compute	–	1.4 TFLOPS
Memory
Memory	512 MB	8 GB (better)
Storage
Storage	20 GB	500 GB, 1 TB, 2 TB (better)
Disc drive
Disc drive	Yes	Yes
CPU
CPU	IBM PowerPC-based tri-core Xenon CPU at 3.2 GHz (Microsoft)	8-core custom Jaguar CPU at 1.75 GHz (Microsoft)
GPU
GPU	ATI Xenos at 500 MHz with 10 MB of eDRAM frame buffer memory (Microsoft)	12 compute units (768 shaders) at 914 MHz, 1.4 TFLOPS (AnandTech)
Memory detail
Memory detail	512 MB GDDR3 at 700 MHz, shared by CPU and GPU (Microsoft)	8 GB DDR3 at 68 GB/s, plus 32 MB eSRAM at 218 GB/s (Microsoft)
Storage detail
Storage detail	Detachable 20 GB hard drive on the standard console (none on the Xbox 360 Core); 12× DVD drive	500 GB, 1 TB or 2 TB hard drive; Ultra HD Blu-ray drive
Storage expansion
Storage expansion	2 × Memory Unit ports; USB storage	External USB 3.0 drives
Display and video
Maximum output
Maximum output	1080p	4K
Built-in screen
Built-in screen	No built-in screen	No built-in screen
Video output
Video output	AV port only on the first models, with composite, RGB SCART, component or VGA cables; up to 1080p after the autumn 2006 software update; HDMI on later 2007 models (Microsoft)	HDMI 2.0a out, up to 2160p at 60 Hz; 4K Blu-ray and 4K video streaming; lower-resolution games upscaled to 4K (Microsoft)
HDR
HDR	–	HDR
Audio
Audio	Analogue stereo or Dolby Digital 5.1 through a suitable AV cable (Microsoft)	S/PDIF optical out; up to 7.1 PCM over HDMI (Microsoft)
Design and power
Weight
Weight	3,500 g	2,900 g (better)
Power use
Power use	–	120 W internal power supply (AnandTech)
Colours
Colours	White with a grey DVD tray	–
Connections
Ports
Ports	2 × Memory Unit ports, 3 × USB 2.0 (2 front, 1 rear), Ethernet, AV port, DC IN	HDMI out, HDMI in, 3 × USB 3.0, Gigabit Ethernet, S/PDIF out, IR out (Microsoft)
Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Wi-Fi and Bluetooth	Wireless controllers; Wi-Fi through a separately sold Xbox 360 Wireless Networking Adapter (Microsoft)	Wi-Fi 802.11ac (2x2) (AnandTech)
Controller
Controller	Xbox 360 controller, wireless or wired	Xbox Wireless Controller with Bluetooth
Backward compatibility
Backward compatibility	Selected original Xbox games through software compatibility; requires the hard drive (Microsoft)	Selected Xbox 360 and original Xbox games (Microsoft)