實體體積:

• 10.25" x 7.5" x 2.57"
• 2.42 lbs

Custom CPU:

• Custom 64-bit MIPS R4300i-class RISC CPU (93.75 MHz)
• 64-bit data path, registers, buffer
• 5-stage pipeline
• CPU Benchmarks
• 125 Dhrystone MIPS (93 million operations/sec)
• 60 SPECint92
• 45 SPECfp92

Co-Processor:

• Custom 64-bit MIPS RISC "Reality Immersion" RCP (62.5 MHz)
• Built-in Audio/Video Vector Processor (RSP)
• RCP Benchmarks
• Over half a billion (500,000,000) vector operations/sec
• 10 times more than some Pentium engines
• Built-in Pixel Drawing Processor (RDP) takes care of:
• Advanced Texture-Mapping
• Detail Texturing
• Tri-linear Mip Map Interpolation
• Perspective Correction
• Environment Mapping
• Depth Buffering
• Color Combiner
• Anti-Aliasing and Blending
• Rasterizing
• Z-Buffering
• Automatic LOD Management
• Vertex positioning and transformations
• Depth, color and texture clipping
• Transparency (256 levels max)
• Gouraud Shading

Processor/Co-Processor Engine:

• Contains Over 4 Million Transistors Total
• Manufactured by NEC
• Based on .35 Micron Process

Memory:

• 4 Megabytes (36 megabits) total RAM
• Rambus DRAM subsystem
• Transfers up to 562.5 MBytes/sec
• Custom 9-bit Rambus Bus (to the DRAM)
• Runs at 500 MHz max
• Internal data bus to the RCP is 128-bit

聲音:

• Stereo 16-bit
• ADPCM Compression
• 100 PCM channels possible
• Each PCM channel takes 1% of the CPU time
• Average 16-24 channels
• Wavetable Synthesis
• Sampled at 48 KHz max
• Internal Special Effects
• Voice (w/ Pitch Shifting)
• Gain and Pan
• Reverb and Chorus
• External (software) Effects Supported

影像:

• Video Output
• RF
• Stereo A/V
• S-Video
• HDTV
• Video and Resolution:
• 256 x 224 to 640 x 480
• Limited by TV Standards
• Flicker Free Interlace Mode
• 21-bit color output
• 32-bit RGBA Pixel Color Frame Buffer

Controller Ports:

• Four Controller Ports
• Three-prong Feed

Controllers:

• Digital joypad at left
• Analog stick in middle
• Six buttons on the right
• 'B' and 'A' buttons
• Four "C Group" buttons
• 'L' and 'R' buttons on top
• One "Z Trigger" button on the bottom
• Memory card port on back
• Initial controller paks start out at 256k
• Paks (up to 2 MB) will be available
• Supports other 'paks' such as a "Jolt Pak"

擴充槽:

• Cartridge Slot
• Controller Ports
• Extension Port (bottom)
• Memory Expansion option (top front)

N64 Console Games:

• Games begin at 32-128 Megabits
• Uses JPEG image format for pre-rendered images
• Produces polygon graphics on the fly
• On-board hardware decompression; software optional
• 256 Megabit carts max; (four 64 meg ROMs)
• Downward Compatible