Xbox Series S specs: how powerful is Microsoft’s pint-sized console?

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A look at the Xbox Series S specs might initially give the impression that it’s not worth buying when compared to other consoles available this generation, such as its more powerful sibling, the Xbox Series X, as well as its competition in the form of the PS5. However, when you consider the relatively lower price of the console, the Xbox Series S’s specs are a welcome surprise.

We’ve previously considered whether or not the Xbox Series S is still worth buying in 2022 where we briefly touched on the console’s specs and how they stack up against other systems. Now, we’ll go into a more comprehensive breakdown of the ins and outs of the pint-sized machine to help you understand if its specs line up with what you’re looking for.

Alongside the Xbox Series X, the Xbox Series S is one of the newest Xbox consoles you can buy, and as a result, it’s packing some seriously impressive specs that, while not quite as potent as its premium counterpart, is a good step above the Xbox One X and far outpaces the capabilities of the Nintendo Switch. The Xbox Series S could be viewed as a halfway house of sorts, then, featuring slightly pared down specs for its lower price.

The Xbox Series S features a custom version of AMD’s Zen 2 CPU. The custom Zen 2 8-core CPU boasts a clock speed of 3.6GHz, and is comparable to CPUs in AMD’s Ryzen 3000 series, such as the Ryzen 7 3800X 8-core CPU. That’s a slight step down from the Xbox Series X’s 3.8GHz clock speed, which can result in slightly lower frame rates in comparable games.

It’s the GPU where there’s a more noticeable difference between the Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X. Microsoft has also opted for custom AMD architecture in both consoles, and the Xbox Series S’s custom RDNA 2 GPU features just