| Mixrosoft XBOX | Sony PlayStation 2 | Nintendo GameCube | |
| CPU | Intel Pentium III 733 MHz | 294.912 MHz | 405MHz Power PC |
| Graphics Processor | 250Mhz custom-designed X-Chip, developed by Microsoft and nVidia |
147.456MHz | 202.5 MHz Custom chip "Flipper" |
| Total Memory | 64MB | 32MB | 43MB |
| Memory Bandwidth | 6.4GB/sec | 3.2GB/sec | 3.2GB/sec |
| Polygon Performance | 125 M/sec | 66 M/sec | 6-12 M/sec |
| Simultaneous Textures | 4 | 1 | N/A |
| Pixel Fill Rate - No texture | 4.0 G/Sec | 2.4 G/Sec | N/A |
| Pixel Fill Rate - 1 Texture | 4.0 G/Sec | 1.2 G/Sec | N/A |
| Pixel Fill Rate - 2 Textures | 4.0 G/Sec | 0.6 G/Sec | N/A |
| Compressed Textures | Yes (6:1) | No | ST3C compressed textures (6:1) |
| Storage Medium | 2-5x DVD, 8Gb Hard Drive, 8MB Memory card |
4x DVD,
8MB Memory card |
Propriety 1.5GB disc, Digicard - ½ Megabyte |
| I/O | Game controller x4, Ethernet (10/100) |
Game controller x2, USB, 1394, PCMCIA |
Game controller x4, High-speed serial port x2, High-speed parallel port |
| Audio Channels | 256 | 48 | 64 |
| 3D Audio Support in Hardware | Yes (64 3D channels) | No | N/A |
| MIDI+DLS Support | Yes | Yes | N/A |
| Hardware audio filtering and EQ | Yes | No | N/A |
| Broadband enabled | Yes | Future Upgrade | No |
| DVD Movie playback | Remote control accessory required | Yes | No |
| HDTV Movie support | Yes | Yes | No |
| HDTV Game support | Yes | No | N/A |
| Maximum resolution | 1920 x 1080 | 1280 x 1024 | N/A |
| Maximum resolution (2 x 32bpp frame buffers + Z) |
1920 x 1080 | 640 x 480 | N/A |