Andre Yoskowitz
4 Dec 2012 22:29
While Nintendo has kept certain aspects of the Wii U hardware secret, developer "Marcan" has released them for the masses.
@digitalfoundry 1.243125GHz, exactly. 3 PowerPC 750 type cores (similar to Wii's Broadway, but more cache). GPU core at 549.999755MHz.
Marcan has revealed the CPU and GPU clock speeds for the new console, which on the surface do not appear to be too spectacular but very efficient
According to the dev, the Wii U's CPU speeds run at 1.24 GHz per core with 3x PowerPC type cores. Additionally, the GPU speed of the Wii U is 550 MHz.
The current generation Xbox and PS3 consoles run at 3.2GHz, but the dev notes that clock speeds aren't everything: "So yes, the Wii U CPU is nothing to write home about, but don't compare it clock per clock with a 360 and claim it's much worse. It isn't."