One of the most proven technology insiders in the industry presented his latest news about the heart of the next-gen Xbox console.
Moore’s Law is Dead channel has new information about the AMD Magnus APU, which will appear on the motherboard of the next-gen Xbox console.
The Magnus APU is currently in the design phase at AMD. Production is scheduled to start in 2027. The premiere of the new console is planned shortly later, for the second half of 2027.
The Magnus APU will contain 68 CU of RDNA 5 class and at least 24 MB L2 Cache. As for the processor, Moore’s Law is Dead informant from AMD talks about 8 Zen 6C cores and 3 Zen 6 cores.
The Magus APU memory controller will support a maximum of 48 GB of RAM, with a 192-bit bus (which does not mean that the next-gen Xbox will offer that much memory). The TDP of this system seems to be quite high, around 250-350W, but these are only estimates at the moment.
How does this APU compare to information about the AMD system from PS5? Much will depend on the final clock speeds, but at this stage Moore’s Law is Dead states that the next-gen Xbox will definitely be “noticeably faster” than the PS6 (possibly by about 1/3), at a higher price than the Sony console.
I also recommend checking the previous material Moore’s Law is Dead, which brought back to earth people dreaming of real performance at the level of RTX 5090 (or even RTX 5080) in PS6.
