In October, Sony unveiled the PlayStation 5 Slim, which is thinner and more powerful than the standard model. According to recent reports, the company is now working on another model: the PlayStation 5 Pro. The console’s key features and launch date have surfaced, especially following the announcement of GTA 6.
PlayStation 5 Pro’s features and launch date
According to a report shared on the ResetEra forum, the PlayStation 5 Pro is set to be released in September 2024. Considering that GTA 6 is expected to be released in 2025, there is a high likelihood of accuracy in this leak.
The new console will utilize the TSMC N4P fabrication process. Furthermore, it will retain the Zen2 architecture from the standard model but with higher clock speeds, reaching a maximum of 4.4 GHz. Additionally, it will feature a GPU with a Radeon custom RDNA3 architecture, targeting a frequency of 2 GHz and delivering a power of 14-29 TFlops.
Other leaked specifications of the console include:
- Process Technology: TSMC N4P
- GPU Model: GFX1115
- CPU Architecture: Maintains the Zen2 architecture from the PS5, with a maximum clock speed of up to 4.4 GHz.
- Caches: – L1: 64 KB per core – L2: 512 KB per core – L3: Total 8 MB (4 MB per CCX)
- GPU Architecture: RDNA3
- Notable GPU Features: – 3584 shaders – 224 TMUs – 96 ROPs – Special RT hardware for BVH traversal – Thread scheduling
- Memory Specifications: – 16 GB GDDR6 memory – 18 Gbps speed – 256-bit memory interface – 576 GB/s memory bandwidth
- GPU Frequency Target: 2.0 GHz
- Total TFLOP Performance: 28.67 TFLOP (with dual issue, dual thread per TMU) or 14.33 TFLOP (without dual issue factor)
- XDNA2 NPU: – Used to accelerate Sony’s custom temporal machine learning upscaling technique – One of the focuses of the PS5 Pro
- Introduction Date: September 2024
