Valve’s Steam Machine aims to be a game-changer by bringing PC gaming to the living room in a compact, easy-to-use box. Waypoint is diving under the hood to see how the new hardware compares to the current PlayStation and Xbox Series X|S console generation.

RAM and Storage space

First off, let’s take a closer look at how much storage space and temporary memory each of the pieces of gaming hardware has. These stats help determine how fast each machine will feel and how many GB of games users can store locally before they have to rely on external storage or cloud-based gaming sessions.

Steam Machine – 16GB DDR5 (CPU) + 8GB GDDR6 (VRAM) and 512GB or 2TB NVMe SSD (Both models include a high-speed microSD card slot) PlayStation 5 – 16GB GDDR6 and 825GB Custom NVMe SSD Xbox Series X – 16GB GD

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