Xbox 360 Specifications

CPU

• Custom IBM PowerPC-based CPU
  • Three symmetrical cores running at 3.2 GHz each
  • Two hardware threads per core; six hardware threads total
  • VMX-128 vector unit per core; three total
  • 128 VMX-128 registers per hardware thread
  • 1 MB L2 cache
• CPU Game Math Performance
  • 9 billion dot product operations per second

GPU

• Custom ATI Graphics Processor
  • 10 MB of embedded DRAM
  • 48-way parallel floating-point dynamically scheduled shader pipelines
  • Unified shader architecture
• Polygon Performance
  • 500 million triangles per second
• Pixel Fill Rate
  • 16 gigasamples per second fill rate using 4x MSAA
• Shader Performance
  • 48 billion shader operations per second

Memory

• 512 MB of 700 MHz GDDR3 RAM
• Unified memory architecture
• Memory Bandwidth
  • 22.4 GB/s memory interface bus bandwidth
  • 256 GB/s memory bandwidth to EDRAM
  • 21.6 GB/s front-side bus
• Overall System Floating-Point Performance
  • 1 teraflop

Audio

• Multi-channel surround sound output
• Supports 48KHz 16-bit audio
• 320 independent decompression channels
• 32-bit audio processing
• Over 256 audio channels

Storage

• Detachable and upgradeable 20GB hard drive
• 12x dual-layer DVD-ROM
• Memory Unit support starting at 64 MB

I/O

• Support for up to four wireless game controllers
• Three USB 2.0 ports
• Two memory unit slots

Internet

• Instant, out-of-the-box access to Xbox Live
• Built-in Ethernet port
• Wi-Fi ready: 802.11a, 802.11b, and 802.11g
• Video camera ready

Digital Media Support

• Support for:
  • DVD-Video
  • DVD-ROM
  • DVD-R/RW
  • DVD+R/RW
  • CD-DA
  • CD-ROM
  • CD-R
  • CD-RW
  • WMA CD
  • MP3 CD
  • JPEG Photo CD
• Ability to stream media from portable music devices, digital cameras and Windows XP-based PCs
• Ability to rip music to the Xbox 360 hard drive
• Custom playlists in every game
• Built-in Media Centre Extender for Windows XP Media Centre Edition 2005
• Interactive, full-screen 3-D visualizers

High-Definition Game Support

• All games supported at 16:9, 720p, and 1080i, anti-aliasing
• Standard-definition and high-definition video output supported

Physical

• Height: 83 mm
• Width: 309 mm
• Depth: 258 mm
• Weight: 3.5 kg
• Stands vertically or horizontally
• Interchangeable faceplates to personalize the console