Sony PS5 Pro specs suggest the same CPU architecture, but faster clock
Insider Gaming confirms the latest specs of the new console.
Sony is about to launch its PlayStation 5 Pro gaming console, codenamed “Trinity” in the Fall 2024. The newest rumors have revealed a lot of information about the graphics capabilities and Sony’s concept for super-resolution tech.
According to Insider Gaming , the APU in the new console is indeed featuring the same 8-core processors as in the existing model, but now slightly faster. This is an AMD Zen2 based CPU that will now boost up to 3.85 GHz in something called “High CPU Frequency Mode”.
Sony PlayStation 5 Pro (vs. PS5)
- APU : Viola
- CPU : 8 Zen2 cores up to 3.85 GHz (+10%)
- GPU : 60CU RDNA3 (+67%)
- MEMORY : 16GB GDDR6 18 Gbps (+28%)
- AUDIO : Faster ACV (35%)
- STORAGE : 1TB
The site reiterates the leaked GPU specs, confirming it is being upgraded significantly. The GPU is now said to rely mainly on the RDNA3 architecture, and it will offer up to 45% faster rendering performance and 2-3x faster ray tracing . The GPU is said to combine 60 RDNA3 Compute Units , that should be clocked up to 2.18 GHz.
The GPU will power the new temporal upscaling technology called PSSR (PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution), which is expected to support 8K resolution in a future SDK update. Currently, the PS5 Pro dev kits are running SDK 9.0 while 10 is expected to become available before the console release.
Insider Gaming has revealed that the integrated graphics processor will take advantage of BVH8 traversal shaders . This stands for an 8-level bounding volume hierarchy for ray tracing, instead of the 4-level hierarchy on RDNA2 GPU in the current PS5 APU. Kepler, who was among the first to name the Viola APU as well as confirm that PS5Pro will still rely on Zen2 architecture, adds that BVH8 is a feature associated with RDNA4 RT architecture . Thus, one might say that the PS5 Pro GPU will be a hybrid of RDNA3 with RDNA4 features.
BVH8 is interesting, not only confirms PS5 Pro is using RDNA4's RT engine but also confirms RDNA4 doubles RT throughput per cycle, something which hasn't been mentioned in any open source patch yet! 👀 https://t.co/dht9fDWF79
— Kepler (@Kepler_L2) March 17, 2024
The new PlayStation 5 Pro is expected to be ‘as competitive as possible’. It will also have a detachable disc drive and will come with 1TB of storage by default. The system is currently targeting Fall 2024 for release date, with some claiming it should launch in November.
| RUMORED PS5 Pro Console Specifications | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VideoCardz.com | PlayStation 5 Pro | PlayStation 5 | Xbox Series X | Xbox Series S 2023 |
| Picture |  |  |  |  |
| SoC | Viola | 7nm/6nm Oberon (Plus) | 7nm Scarlett/Arden | 7nm Lockhart/Arden |
| CPU | AMD Zen2 | AMD Zen2 | AMD Zen2 | AMD Zen2 |
| CPU Config | 8C/16T | 8C/16T | 8C/16T | 8C/16T |
| CPU Clock | up to 3.85 GHz | up to 3.5 GHz | up to 3.8GHz | up to 3.6GHz |
| GPU | AMD RDNA3 (RDNA4 RT) | AMD RDNA2 | AMD RDNA2 | AMD RDNA2 |
| GPU | 30 WGP/60 CU | 18 WGP/36 CU | 26 WGP/52 CU | 10 WGP/20 CU |
| GPU Clock | ~2.18 GHz | 2.23 GHz | 1.83 GHz | 1.57 GHz |
| GPU Power (FP32) | 33.5 TFLOPS | 10 TFLOPS | 12 TFLOPS | 4 TFLOPS |
| Memory Config | 16GB G6 256b | 16GB G6 256b | 16GB G6 320b | 10GB G6 128b |
| Memory Speed/Band. | 18 Gbps | 14 Gbps | 14 Gbps | 14 Gbps |
| Storage | 825 GB | 825 GB | 1TB | 512GB, 1TB* |
| MSRP | TBC | $399**-$499 | $499 | $299-$349* |
| Release Date | November 2024 | November 2020 | November 2020 | September 2023 |
| Notes | * 2022 (Oberon Plus) ** Digital Edition | * 2023 Black Edition |
Source: Insider Gaming