Microsoft Xbox 360 Arcade specs

Xbox 360


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

9.6 billion dot product operations per second


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


Storage

256MB internal storage
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


Optimized for Online

Instant, out-of-the-box access to Xbox Live features with broadband service, including Xbox Live Marketplace for downloadable content, gamer profile for digital identity, and voice chat to talk to friends while playing games, watching movies, or listening to music
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 Center Extender for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005
Interactive, full-screen 3-D visualizers


High-Definition Game Support

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


Audio

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


Physical Specs

Height: 83 mm
Width: 309 mm
Depth: 258 mm
Weight: 7.7 lbs.


Power requirements

180-265V AC, 50 Hz


Power consumption

100 W


System Orientation

Stands vertically or horizontally


Customizable Faceplates

Interchangeable to personalize the console