TECH NEWS – A rumor claims the console will deliver five times faster rasterization and twenty times better ray tracing compared to the Xbox Series X.

A new technical analysis by Moore’s Law is Dead suggests that the console’s AMD Magnus APU will bridge the gap between consoles and PCs, offering a significant performance boost. However, this comes with a notable drawback: initial estimates indicate that the launch price will be between $1,000 and $1,200 in 2027. Although the Magnus APU reportedly has only 30% more computing units than the Xbox Series X, the switch to RDNA 5 architecture means that each unit is about 65% faster.

This leads to a significant performance increase that aims to push the frame rate beyond the 120 FPS limit reportedly targeted by the PlayStation 6. The CPU configuration reportedly combines up to three Zen 6 cores and eight Zen 6c cores. This hybrid architecture is necessary for a system that will run not only traditional console games but also PC games. Such a high-performance system is expected to cost significantly more than a traditional console. Although Microsoft has not confirmed the price of the Xbox Project Helix, it is expected to cost around $1,000. Depending on the company’s pricing strategy, however, the price may be lower.

According to documents in its possession, Moore’s Law is Dead reports that AMD has set the price of the successor to the 9070 XT GPU at $550. This GPU will use the same chiplet as the Magnus APU. Assuming the cost of the CPU circuitry and RAM is included and Microsoft sells the system at cost, Project Helix could be priced as low as $1,000 thanks to aggressive, no-profit pricing. However, this is unlikely, so the price of the system will likely be in the $1,000 range, probably not exceeding $1,500.

Now that Xbox Project Helix has been confirmed as a console-PC hybrid, it will be interesting to see how it takes advantage of its significant performance increase compared to the Xbox Series X, which is still scheduled for release in 2027. Since the system is still planned for 2027, it probably won’t be long before we finally see it running in action.

Source: WCCFTech