* Fine Horizontal and Vertical hardware scrolling
* Blitter chip, same as in the Mega ST
* Stereo 8-bit PCM sound using DMA, with variable rate (50, 25, 12.5 and 6.25KHz). The Atari STE can easily handle play Amiga MODs playback, but it takes consumes at least 30% of VBL time because the CPU needs to do as the mixinghas to be done in software
* 256KB ROM instead of 192KB, containing the TOS
* Four 30-pin SIMM-slots, for up to 4 MB RAM