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Wii U - RAM breakdown and comparison

by rawmeatcowboy
18 November 2012
GN Version 4.0
Wii U RAM

- Samsung K4W4G1646B -> DDR3 4Gbit, 1.5V, 800/933/1066 speed bins -> "DDR3-1600/1866/2133" data rate

- 256Mx16 would imply 16-bit I/O per DRAM.

- 17GB/s at most for main memory bandwidth

- Overall, 2GB of Samsung DDR3 memory running at a max speed of 17GB/s

Comparison

- 360: 22.4 GB/s + eDRAM for framebuffer
- PS3: 25.6 GB/s main memory BW + 22.4 GB/s graphics memory BW, no eDRAM

Link
 
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