Scarlett reported specs include 12 teraflops of power

Ever since Microsoft took to the stage at E3 this summer to reveal Project Scarlett - a new piece of hardware coming next year - speculation has been rampant about what this could include, and Windows Central claims to have received information from multiple sources about the specs of the hardware.

Much like reports earlier this month, this talks about two models being in place - the Anaconda and Lockhart. Windows Central says the Anaconda is targeting 12 teraflops of computing power (the Xbox One X boasted six teraflops when it was known as Project Scorpio), while Lockhart will come in at four TF.

This report also reinforces this notion that Lockhart is positioned as the cheaper and more affordable entry point too.

Both of these machines will allegedly have eight CPU cores aiming for roughly 3.5 GHz, with Anaconda hitting a little higher per core. Caching, silicon architecture, and other optimisation improvements are also reportedly coming as well, which means Anaconda will perform "up to four to five times better than the Xbox One X", if the targets are met.

Anaconda will also reportedly guarantee 13 GB of RAM for games, with 3GB on the OS for a total of 16 GB, which is higher than the Xbox One X's 9 GB for games.

As with Sony's PlayStation 5, loading times will be reduced as well, with minutes reduced to seconds, according to Windows Central.

NVMe SSD proprietary tech is a big focus with both machines too, according to the report, reducing these loading times. With Project xCloud placed into all systems, this will also reduce loading as well, and read speeds are being bumped up to gigabytes per second.

While Microsoft is adamant they aren't leaving Xbox One players behind - regardless of whether they're on the base machine, S, or X - next-gen features like ray tracing will likely be exclusive to these new machines, with Scarlett able to run all previous-gen games and backwards compatible titles too.

Games with unlocked frame-rates and dynamic resolutions will also perform better on the new hardware, as you'd expect.

Take this information with a pinch of salt, as it's far from confirmed, but these are plausible specs considering the emphasis Microsoft has placed thus far on the Scarlett, a powerful machine that promises good results for gamers.

Earlier this month Kotaku's Jason Schreier claimed that PS5 and Scarlett would have similar specs too, but for now we'll just have to wait until we get more official information on the machines.

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