THE:MILKMAN
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What would be really helpful to know is which year PS5 is targeted to launch in. If that isn't known or hasn't been decided yet then it is probably too early to even start discussing things yet. EDIT: Detailed things
While I appreciate what you did here (I do understand most of this) it actual is a bit off topic/a tangent so will drop it. In basic terms I agree with what DieH@rd said.
Souldestroyer Reborn said:Firstly, Power != Current.
Power(P) correlates with Current(I) dependant on Voltage(V). P=IV
There are also numerous other equations for Power, which we won't go in to as it isn't really necessary for this subject.
Bear with me on the next bit as I'm going to go on a bit of a tangent to try and help explain the bigger picture.
As for the power supply, nothing is 1:1 transferable. There are losses due to various influences, heat primarily being the main one. We also have a thing called efficiency or Power Factor (PF) when talking about Power Generation.
Think of it like a beer with a nice frothy top.
The actual beer itself is our "Real Power" (W) our Watts that you see being used.
The frothy bit of the beer is a bit of a waste isn't it? Doesn't do much to get us drunk! This is the wasted power, or "Reactive Power" kilo-Volt-Amperes-reactive(kVAr)
The whole of the beer (the frothy top plus the liquid itself) is our "Apparent Power" kilo-Volt-Amperes (kVA)
Where I'm going with this is that nothing is able to make use of every bit of electricity we give it. Also, everything has different rates of efficiency (More/less beer, or more/less Froth)
This leads us to the conclusion that in order to drive more, the Xbox with less Power, while using stronger hardware, there will have been major gains in regards to efficency (how much is used rather than wasted) how much voltage is actually required, and how well the thermal losses are dealt with, cooling.
On top of which, to add further complexity, every PSU itself will have its own efficiency rating and operate at its peak performance at different loads.
Also, just for clarities sake, you should/would never run a PSU at its 100% load. Not only is it highly inefficient to do so, it would give off more heat and cause issues.
While I appreciate what you did here (I do understand most of this) it actual is a bit off topic/a tangent so will drop it. In basic terms I agree with what DieH@rd said.