Machine	Microsoft Xbox	Nintendo Gamecube	Sony Playstation 2	Sega Dreamcast
Processor	733 MHz Intel Pentium III	485 MHz IBM Gekko	294 MHz Emotion Engine	200 MHz Hitachi SH4
Video Card	Nvdia 250 MHz	162 MHz ArtX Flipper	Sony GS 147 MHz	NEC PowerVR 100 Mhz
Video Details	125 Million polygons per sec unlit/untextured, 50 Million polygons per sec lit/textured Raw Performance!	12 Million polygons per sec (Estimate of Actual game scenarios)	66 Million polygons per sec unlit/untextured, 25 Million polygons per sec lit/textured Raw Performance!	3 Million polygons per sec with texture mapping
Memory	64 MB (200 MZ DDR) 400 MHZ (2x200) Total RAM 64 MB	24 MB 1T-SRAM Main, 16 MB 81 MHz Dram, 3 MB 1T-SRAM  in graphics chip Total RAM 43 MB	32 MB 100 MHz SRAM Total RAM 32 MB	16 MB 100 MHz SRAM Total RAM 16 MB
Storage	Hard Drive & Memory Cards (8 MB)	SD Digicards (2 MB)	Memory Card (different sizes available) Possible future Hard Drive Add-On	Memory Cards
Sound Chip	256 Channel AC3 5.1 surround sound Dolby, and DTS	16-Bit DSP (64 3D Voices)	SPU2 supporting AC3, Dolby,DTS	Yamaha 32 Bit ARM 7 supporting DSP, 64 Channels + Full 3d support
DVD	Yes(requires add on remote)	Mini DVD	Yes(Upgrade requires memory card to use dvd)	Nope
Media Type	DVD-9 ( 9 GB storage capacity)	Gamecube Optical Disk (Proprietary)         ( 1.5 GB storage capacity)	DVD-ROM ( 6.2 GB storage capacity)	D/D GD-ROM ( 1.4 GB Capacity)
Hard Drive	8 GB or 10 GB at release, 10 GB now	Nope	Nope (possibly a 40 GB add on)	Nope
Modem	No (ethernet card)	Yes (with Upgrade)	Yes (with Upgrade)	Yes
Broadband	Yes	Yes (with Upgrade)	Yes (with Upgrade)	Yes( with Upgrade)
Controllers	4	4	2	4
I/O Ports	USB & Ethernet Ports + HDTV Support	2 Serial Ports & 1 Parallel Port	2 USB & 1 PCMCIA slot & 1 IEEE Firewire port	Sega Custom Serial Port
Compatible with other system	No prior consoles released by Microsoft	No support for previous consoles	Yes, you can play PS1 games at 320 x 240 resolution	No support for previous consoles