While the PS5 PRO just starts its commercial career, Microsoft seems ready to reply with a much more ambitious machine. A credible leak relayed by the YouTube channel Moore’s Law is Dead reveals the info around a future Xbox named Magnusand the specifications mentioned draw the portrait of a radically different console. The objective would be to offer a 4K experience at 120 Hz native, far beyond the performance of the PS5 Pro or even Xbox Series, for 2026.
Unlike the so-called “mid-gen” revisions as with the Xbox Series of 2024, which above all improved storage without revolutionizing uses, the Magnus would mark a real generational jump. It would thus succeed the Xbox Series X and S, launched in 2020, which were already betting on the SSD, the Ray Tracing and the Retrocompatibility, but which have never fully exploited their potential in the face of a competitive market.
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A monstrous technical sheet
With the Xbox Magnus, Microsoft seems to want to resume everything. According to the information disclosed, the machine is propelled by an AMD architecture of the latest generation: a Zen 6 CPU engraved in 3 Nm, associated with a RDNA 5 GPU, all supported by 32 GB of GDDR7 memory. A very advanced configuration, which would be equivalent to a hypothetical RTX 5080. This would represent a jump of 50 to 100 % compared to the PS5 Pro.
The provisional technical sheet suggests a memory bus in 192 bits, compatibility with AMD technologies such as the FSR (Fidelityfx Super Resolution), optimized Ray Tracing and full retrocompatibility with current Xbox games. In other words, a console designed both to take advantage of the latest technological advances and to remain anchored in the already existing Xbox ecosystem.
The content creator also declares that Microsoft would plan to reuse the same graphic die for the Magnus and certain PC graphics cards. An intelligent industrial strategy that would allow production to be pooled, reduce costs and ensure better handling. This could also guarantee a certain homogeneity between PC and Xbox games, which would facilitate the ports all the more. In Microsoft’s multiplatform strategy, this is an excellent decision.
Yes, but at what price?
On the price side, everything indicates that Magnus will aim for the very high end. The Xbox Series X already assembled at € 599.99 in May 2025, and the PS5 PRO appears at € 799.99. With such premium components, Magnus could approach, or even exceed, the symbolic bar of € 1,000. A price that would place it more in a logic of “luxury console”, like a living room PC for demanding gamers.
It remains to be seen whether the market will follow. Microsoft has not yet formalized anything, but the exit would be scheduled between the end of 2026 and early 2027. We obviously have no image to put ourselves under the tooth for the moment, but if the rumors are true, it should not delay much.
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