Xbox 720 vs Sony PlayStation 4

Sony has confirmed that it'll be holding a PlayStation event on February 20th, and it doesn't take a genius to figure out that all the signs point to a PlayStation 4 announcement. Let's take a look at what we know – and how Sony's eagerly anticipated console will stack up against its rival, Microsoft's Xbox 720.

Xbox 720 vs PlayStation 4 – graphics and power

Although the final specs have yet to be officially revealed, you can rest assured that the Xbox 720 and PlayStation 4 will be specced to the hilt.
Both the Xbox 720 and PS4 will reportedly pack eight 1.6GHz CPU cores which, coupled with their souped up 800MHz AMD 7000 series graphics cards, should deliver more than enough power to get gamers hot under the collar.
The key performance difference (if there will be any) between the two consoles could be down to the RAM. While the Xbox 720 is expected to have 8GB over the PlayStation 4's 4GB, it'll reportedly be running slower DDR3 RAM over the PlayStation 4's DDR5 offering. Strip away the letters and numbers and that means that the PlayStation 4 will have more bandwidth to play around with – which could possibly give PS4 titles a slight visual edge over the Xbox 720's offerings.
4K graphics could also be supported by both consoles, according to Wired – and although the number of 4K sets at launch will be minimal to say the least, it's important to future-proof the Xbox 720 and PS4 against the coming wave of 4K TVs. The Xbox 720 may also take advantage of Microsoft's new Illumiroom technology, which uses the Kinect and a projector to extend your TV display across an entire room.