New rumors about next-gen Xbox CPU specs hit the web

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Microsoft is still not saying anything officially about their plans for the successor to the Xbox 360. That hasn't stopped a number of rumors about the console from leaking, however, and the most recent claims involve the next Xbox's processor.

The rumors talk on how AMD is creating the processor for Microsoft.
The CPU inside the console, code named Durango, has two modules, each with four x86 cores inside, according sources sharing these rumors. Each of those cores reportedly runs on a single thread at 1.6Ghz. Also, the cores each feature "a 32 KB instruction cache (I-cache) and a 32 KB data cache (D-cache), and the 4 cores in each module share a 2 MB level 2 (L2) cache. In total, the modules have 8 hardware threads and 4 MB of L2."

The Xbox 720 CPU apparently has a clock speed of 1.6 Ghz, which is actually half the speed of the cores inside the current Xbox 360. The Xbox 360, launched in 2005, has a PowerPC-based processor with three cores and a clock speed of 3.2 Ghz.

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yayPosted:

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Mitch_Lucker I can't wait for next gen xbox


I don't think anybody can :P


Exactly, I'm passing time on TTG while I wait these long months ahead :P


I'm expecting something great with the new consoles.


I do too, but honestly, they're looking pretty bad at this point. Well, not 'bad', but they could be so much more.

SOGPosted:

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Mitch_Lucker I can't wait for next gen xbox


I don't think anybody can :P


Exactly, I'm passing time on TTG while I wait these long months ahead :P

yayPosted:

Mazur
Mitch_Lucker I can't wait for next gen xbox


i don't think it's going to live up to all they hype though.


It won't. There isn't anything new or exciting about it to begin with.

MazurPosted:

Mitch_Lucker I can't wait for next gen xbox


i don't think it's going to live up to all they hype though.

PGAPosted:

Mitch_Lucker I can't wait for next gen xbox


I don't think anybody can :P

PlusnetPosted:

yay
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yay
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MTV That's insane for a console.


That's what I think, everybody says it's not.


I don't know why people expect it to have insane godly specs, I think these are good.


They're alright. Nothing special.

It's 2013, why aren't they suiting these things up with some high powered stuff?


This probably isn't the final, this is a rumor.


I hope so. The current specs are so poor.


I can see the specs for the actual console to be insane.

yayPosted:

MTV
yay
MTV
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MTV That's insane for a console.


That's what I think, everybody says it's not.


I don't know why people expect it to have insane godly specs, I think these are good.


They're alright. Nothing special.

It's 2013, why aren't they suiting these things up with some high powered stuff?


This probably isn't the final, this is a rumor.


I hope so. The current specs are so poor.

PlusnetPosted:

yay
MTV
SOG
MTV That's insane for a console.


That's what I think, everybody says it's not.


I don't know why people expect it to have insane godly specs, I think these are good.


They're alright. Nothing special.

It's 2013, why aren't they suiting these things up with some high powered stuff?


This probably isn't the final, this is a rumor.

yayPosted:

SOG
yay
MTV
SOG
MTV That's insane for a console.


That's what I think, everybody says it's not.


I don't know why people expect it to have insane godly specs, I think these are good.


They're alright. Nothing special.

It's 2013, why aren't they suiting these things up with some high powered stuff?


They might be, you never know. This IS a rumor, let's not forget that.


All I'm saying is, it better be faster than my computer. If it isn't... for shame.

MazurPosted:

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Mazur wow, even my 3 year old Asus has better specs than this, if these are the actual specs I wouldn't buy the console.


Exactly. For the price of a new console you can buy a PC that does 3x as much.


ehh not exactly, generally a decent computer is 500-900$ roughly


True, but still, you get my point. You're better off with a custom PC.


oh, a custom pc is way more expensive then that man. lol


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