DirectX 12 Boosts Xbox One CPU Performance by 50%, GPU by 20% -leak

DirectX 12 Boosts Xbox One CPU Performance by 50%, GPU by 20% - Report

Leaked documents from Microsoft confirm performance increase

A brand new leak has arrived online, supposedly from Microsoft's documentation about DirectX 12 on the Xbox One. The main takeaway is an estimation of the performance increase offered by the new technology. Apparently, Microsoft believes that DirectX 12 boosts the CPU performance by 50% and the GPU performance by 20%.

The Xbox One launched in most places back in November of 2013, and as more and more titles arrived on both the Microsoft console and its rival, Sony's PS4, it became clear that the Xbox One's hardware wasn't exactly capable of rendering games at the same level of quality as Sony's device.

The poorer performance figures were pinned on an array of things, such as the 32MB of esRAM memory, but things should get better once the Windows 10 operating system is released for the Xbox One this November.

DirectX12 brings a big increase in performance for the CPU and GPU

While a performance increase is expected, thanks to the all-new DirectX 12 API in Windows 10 for the Xbox One, no exact figures are known, at least until Microsoft actually releases the operating system.

Until then, it seems that the corporation has already offered some fresh documentation to developers working on Xbox One games right now. One such file was obtained by SoloXboxOne and it includes a portion that refers directly to the DirectX 12 performance increase.

Microsoft apparently confirms that DirectX 12's new Direct3D graphics API guarantees an increase in performance for the GPU of about 20%. The overall technology also brings an even bigger improvement to the CPU performance figures, as developers can expect a 50% increase in the output of the main processor.

The documents also confirm a better API for the esRAM so that developers can achieve 1080p as a standard resolution "more frequently."

It's unlikely that Microsoft will confirm the leak or the performance figures just yet, but it's possible that developers will talk about them in the future.

SOURCE WHERE LEAKED INFO WAS OUTED (text in spanish. its your lucky day Tormentos...espanol is your native language, Si?)

well hey....

So, power matters again, now?

Is it okay to have sex with my Xbox One? I really want too.

Dang, your on the defensive already....

Hopefully I can actually see some results for this

I'll believe it when I see it.

Why are people still talking about this? How many times does Phil have to say if there's any improvements, it will be small and doesn't guaruntee anything with DX12. You'll keep hoping and preying for a miracle that most likely will not happen so just stop it, it's making you look bad and desperate. Enjoy the games coming out for the Xbox, they look great to begin with and keep it moving, stop wishing upon a star.

I will take that with a grain of salt. Seriously 50% is too generous. I'd say 20-25 at max with real world performance boost of 15-20% on the CPU. On the GPU i'd say 10% at best. Real world is like 5% Will hope for the best and expect middle road results.

My thoughts exactly.

Yeah probably a pretty accurate assumption. But hey, any increase in performance is better than nothing.

Ehh we'll see

i lol'ed directx12 the solution for everything haha

I like it.

Microsoft sure are the masters of over promising features.

The Cloud Tech was just the beginning. lol!! Where's my popcorn. This is going to get good. We just need El Tormo and GrenandeLicker now and this thread is ready to go. Let the Cows meltdowns and salty tears begin.

I love how many people here dont want it to work, regardless if it will or not.

Don't care.

As long as Microsoft Games Studios keep providing the good stuff, I'll be happy.

@blackace said:

The Cloud Tech was just the beginning. lol!! Where's my popcorn. This is going to get good. We just need El Tormo and GrenandeLicker now and this thread is ready to go. Let the Cows meltdowns and salty tears begin.

Remember the last time you went full lem on DX12 news?

How much increase for our Xboners tho?

@tymeservesfate: If that is true then awesome.

If that is true and developers release DX12 patches for current games then that is doubly awesome.

Exactly what they will do for games in general depends. Mainly on how CPU intensive the games are. A game that barely uses the CPU for power will gain very little from a 50% more efficient CPU.

The user interface and general multi tasking will be the place where most performance is seen.

@Zero_epyon said:

@blackace said:

The Cloud Tech was just the beginning. lol!! Where's my popcorn. This is going to get good. We just need El Tormo and GrenandeLicker now and this thread is ready to go. Let the Cows meltdowns and salty tears begin.

Remember the last time you went full lem on DX12 news?

Not a lem son. Move along. Lems don't own PS hardware, I do.

@blackace said:

@Zero_epyon said:

@blackace said:

The Cloud Tech was just the beginning. lol!! Where's my popcorn. This is going to get good. We just need El Tormo and GrenandeLicker now and this thread is ready to go. Let the Cows meltdowns and salty tears begin.

Remember the last time you went full lem on DX12 news?

Not a lem son. Move along. Lems don't own PS hardware, I do.

Could have fooled me...

Inb4 Project Cars PS4 and Xbox One comparisons

STILL considerably weaker than a ps4...

LOL

I'd like to see these leaked documents. How does a graphics API boost CPU performance? Isn't the Xbox One's CPU already doing a bunch? What exactly is is 50% faster at doing? So many questions...

Remember that Sony and Nintendo also pushes frimware and API updates out to their developers and get performance gains. The compiler is always getting better. It's a non-stop process for consoles.

Sony just doesn't need to advertise it because they have the more powerful hardware.

I would take these numbers with a grain of salt. Benchmark performance is not a great indication of real world performance either.

@blackace said:

@Zero_epyon said:

@blackace said:

The Cloud Tech was just the beginning. lol!! Where's my popcorn. This is going to get good. We just need El Tormo and GrenandeLicker now and this thread is ready to go. Let the Cows meltdowns and salty tears begin.

Remember the last time you went full lem on DX12 news?

Not a lem son. Move along. Lems don't own PS hardware, I do.

Being a fanboy has nothing to do with the hardware you own.

Since I own an Xbox One I choose to completely believe all these rumours.

I am now wondering when DX12 is implemented on Xbox One will we see lots of patches that magically transform games into 1080p 60fps right across the board?

What will PS4 owners say if that happens? Since I also own a PS4 I will answer 'Wow, I didn't see that coming'. It looks like the balance of power in the console war is about to shift.

Haha this thread should be entertaining. More power is always better, but I am fine with the graphics as they are now on Xbox One, and the usual small optimization increases that happen over time with any console.

KEEPS?!!?! :P

@Wasdie said:

@blackace said:

@Zero_epyon said:

@blackace said:

The Cloud Tech was just the beginning. lol!! Where's my popcorn. This is going to get good. We just need El Tormo and GrenandeLicker now and this thread is ready to go. Let the Cows meltdowns and salty tears begin.

Remember the last time you went full lem on DX12 news?

Not a lem son. Move along. Lems don't own PS hardware, I do.

Being a fanboy has nothing to do with the hardware you own.

He didn't say fanboy, he said LEM.

@blackace said:

@Wasdie said:

@blackace said:

@Zero_epyon said:

@blackace said:

The Cloud Tech was just the beginning. lol!! Where's my popcorn. This is going to get good. We just need El Tormo and GrenandeLicker now and this thread is ready to go. Let the Cows meltdowns and salty tears begin.

Remember the last time you went full lem on DX12 news?

Not a lem son. Move along. Lems don't own PS hardware, I do.

Being a fanboy has nothing to do with the hardware you own.

He didn't say fanboy, he said LEM.

Lem is a fanboy though...

@tymeservesfate: I highly doubt those are across the board numbers. I could see one or two API routines increasing by 50%, maybe. Same with GPU - there may be one or two GPU API calls that are 20% faster.

I think it will improve the XB1, but I would guess that the "over all" performance increase will be more like 5%-15%.

The PS4 is only 30% more powerful. Hardly an earth-shattering difference.

lol love it how you guys keep bringing it down :)

Delicious.

Im more excited for the new ui than anything else. Also, they better fix BR playback.

Even 20-25 is too generous

DX12 has some pretty awesome potential on PC but anyone who thinks that it's going to turn the XBone into some kind of powerhouse is a fucking goof.

upwards of 40% more power.

Considering it is an AMD GPU and the huge performance gains they are getting in DX12 due to parallel instead of sequential processing I don't find this terribly surprising. The question is can devs really take advantage of all the new features in a timely fashion and translate the DX12 performance gains into actual framerate/post-processing improvements.

Lems still clinging to the secret sauce still? We're about knocking on the door of 2016 and it's still not revealed? Any way, this thread already delivered with Blacklem going full and all in lem with his bright green leminess.

Seems kinda silly to discuss power when all three consoles are so ridiculously underpowered.

Need to get some popcorn for this thread.

I doubt it.

I'll believe it when I see it.

XBO's compute power doesn't change but the change is "how it's used" hence extracting higher effective performance.