Some new PS5 Pro details might have been revealed, including a possible price point for the rumored powered-up PS5 console.
A lot has been said and written about a “Pro” version of Sony’s current-gen console. Last year, alleged specs supposedly leaked, including GPU, CPU, and memory specs. In a new video from known YouTuber ‘Moore’s Law is Dead’, some of these specs have been corroborated, although the rumored clock speeds of the CPU cannot be confirmed. Also, the YouTuber mentions that Sony is currently planning to use 16GB of GDDR6 memory (18Gbps) over a 256-bit bus. Additionally, ‘Moore’s Law is Dead’ mentions that the GPU will offer 60 CU’s in the full die with Sony currently planning to disable to 56 CUs. Another interesting tidbit from the new video is that AMD is said to expect a holiday 2024 launch for the PS5 Pro.
In the video, ‘Moore’s Law is Dead’, also talks about a price point for the rumored Pro model, which could be as low as $500 for a model without a disc drive. According to the YouTuber, the price to make this Pro model isn’t vastly more than the current PS5 model cost to make back in 2020. “From what I’m seeing here, I mean still just 16GB of RAM, not even 20GBs, so they can go for the cheapest RAM costs probably lower than when they launched the PS5.”
He added, “I’m not seeing anything in this console that really makes the price to make it late this year, more than the price to make a PS5 back in 2020. Not drastically more, maybe a little more, but not drastically more.”
A timestamped video from the new video can be found below. Back in December of last year, ‘Moore’s Law is Dead’ already suggested that the PS5 Pro could be a very developer-friendly system, requiring little effort from devs to get better performance.
We’ve included an overview of the current PS5, Xbox Series, and specs of the rumored PS5 Pro below. Sony has yet to officially announce the pro model, but rumors suggest that it will be released by the end of this year.
| CONSOLE | XBOX SERIES X | SONY PS5 | SONY PS5 PRO (RUMOR) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Codename | Scarlett | Obreon | Viola |
| Process | TSMC 7nm | TSMC 7nm | TSMC 4nm |
| SoC Die Size | 360.5mm² | 308.0mm² | TBC |
| CPU | AMD Zen2 based 8-Core | AMD Zen2 based 8-Core | AMD Zen2 based 8-Core |
| CPU Clock speed | Up To 3.8 GHz | Up To 3.5 GHz | Up To 4.4 GHz |
| GPU | 52 CUs RDNA 2 GPU | 36 CUs RDNA 2 GPU | 60 CUs RDNA 3 GPU |
| NPU | N/A | N/A | XDNA 2 |
| Peak GPU Clock Speed | 1.825 GHz | 2.23 GHz | TBC |
| Peak FP32 Performance | 12.1 TFLOPs | 10.3 TFLOPs | TBC |
| Sustained GPU Clock Speed | 1.825 GHz | 2.0 GHz | TBC |
| Sustained FP32 Performance | 12.1 TFLOPs | 9.2 TFLOPs | TBC |
| Memory | 16 GB GDDR6 320-bit bus | 16 GB GDDR6 256-bit bus | 16 GB GDDR6 256-bit bus |
| Memory Bandwidth | 10GB 560 GB/s / 6GB 336 GB/s (14 Gbps) | 448 GB/s (14 Gbps) | 576 GB/s (18 Gbps) |
| Internal Storage | 1 TB Custom NVME SSD | 825 GB Custom SSD | TBC |
| I/O Throughput | 2.4 GB/s (Raw) / 4.8GB/s (Compressed) | 5.5 GB/s (Raw) | TBC |
| Expandable Storage | 1 TB Expansion Card | NVME SSD | TBC |
| External Storage | USB 3.2 External HDD Support | USB External HDD Support | TBC |
| Optical Drive | 4K UHD Blu-Ray Drive | 4K UHD Blu-Ray Drive | TBC |
| Display Connector | HDMI 2.1 (Variable Refresh Rate) | HDMI 2.1 (Variable Refresh Rate) | TBC |
| Audio | TBC | “Tempest” 3D AudioTech | TBC |
| Launch Price | $499 | $499 $399 (Slim) |
TBC |
| Launch | November 2020 | November 2020 November 2023 (Slim) |
November 2024 |
