Xbox 360 Hardware Specifications

Here are the full hardware specifications for the Xbox 360 video game console.

Custom IBM Power PC-Based CPU

Three symmetrical cores running at 3.2 GHz eachTwo hardware threads per core, six hardware threads totalVMX-128 vector unit per core, three total128 VMX-128 registers per hardware thread1MB L2 cache

CPU Game Math Performance

9.6 billion dot product operations per second

Custom ATI Graphics Processor

500 MHz processor 10MB 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 giga-samples per second fill rate using 4x MSAA

Shader Performance

48 billion shader operations per second

Memory

512MB of GDDR3 RAM 700 MHz of DDR Unified memory architecture

Memory Bandwidth

22.4 GB/s memory interface bus bandwidth256 GB/s memory bandwidth to EDRAM21.6 GB/s front-side bus

Overall System Floating-Point Performance

1 teraflop

Storage

Detachable 20GB hard drive upgradeable to 2TB (Terabytes)  12x dual-layer DVD-ROM Memory Unit support starting at 64MB

I/O

Support for up to four wireless game controllersThree USB 2.0 portsTwo memory unit slots

Optimized for Online

Instant, out-of-the-box access to Xbox network features with broadband service, including downloadable content, gamer profile for digital identity, and personalized home screen.

Built-in Ethernet portWi-Fi ready: 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, and 802.11nVideo 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, and JPEG Photo CD Ability to stream media from portable music devices, digital cameras, and Windows PCs Ability to rip music to the Xbox 360 hard drive Custom playlists in every game Built-in Media Center Extender for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Interactive, full-screen 3D visualizers

High-Definition Game Support

All games supported at 16:9, 720p, 1280 x 720 pixels, 1080i, anti-aliasing, and upscale on 1080p TVsStandard-definition and high-definition video output supported

Audio

Multichannel surround sound output Supports 48 kHz 16-bit audio 320 independent decompression channels 32-bit audio processing Over 256 audio channels

System Orientation

Stands vertically or horizontally

Customizable Face Plates

Interchangeable to personalize the console