From CNET: The revamped new model of the Xbox One, the Xbox One S, is now available. It's smaller, sleeker, and supports 4K and HDR, but one thing you won't see advertised on the box or in Microsoft's marketing materials is a boost to game performance. Despite this, the Xbox One S does provide improved performance, albeit not in all games.
Microsoft's senior director of product marketing and planning, Albert Penello, spoke with Digital Foundry about the changes made to the system's hardware, including its additional speed -- the GPU sees the biggest bump, with a clock speed increase to 914 MHz from 853 MHz. (ESRAM bandwidth enjoys the same increase, going from 204 GB/s to 219 GB/s. CPU clock speed is unchanged.)
Panello made it clear Microsoft didn't want to mislead the public by talking about performance improvements, stating, "The key is that we did not want customers to expect any change in game performance for existing titles." He also explained the GPU change was meant to allow developers to offer HDR content without "incur[ring] any performance hit."
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