Sony is supposedly dealing with a PlayStation 5 Pro design that might well consist of a much more effective GPU that’s up to 3 times much faster for specific jobs than the existing PS5 designs. YouTuber Moore’s Law is Dead claims to have actually gotten access to a technical summary file for the PS5 Pro, codenamed Trinity, and now Tom Henderson at Expert Gaming reports that the dripped requirements are precise and the console is presently set to launch throughout the vacation 2024 duration.
Screenshots from the technical file consist of a reference of 67 teraflops of 16-bit floating point estimations, which exercises to around 33.5 teraflops of single-precision calculate. That supposedly exercises to a 45 percent rendering efficiency enhancement over the PS5. The existing PS5 is a 10.28-teraflop console, however comparing teraflops straight in between these consoles is made complex due to modifications in AMD’s RDNA architecture. While it seems like tripling the teraflops would be a considerable efficiency boost on the GPU side, comparing the base PS5 and PS5 Pro would be closer to 10.28 teraflops vs. around 17 teraflops.
It appears like Sony may be moving from what’s efficiently an AMD Radeon RX 6700 inside the PS5 to something near to the Radeon RX 7800 XT. This might use more excellent efficiency for ray-traced video games. The PS5 Pro might provide 3x the ray tracing efficiency also (“x4 sometimes”), Henderson reports.
On Sunday, Henderson included more information, like that the Pro would follow the current PS5 redesign with assistance for a removable disc drive. He’s likewise stating the PS5 Pro might have system memory performing at 576 GB/s (a 28 percent increase over the PS5), along with much better carrying out audio hardware efficient in processing more impacts. The PS5 Pro is likewise stated to have the exact same CPU as the base PS5, with a “High CPU Frequency Mode” that increases clocks as much as 3.85 GHz. That would represent a 10 percent efficiency increase over the basic PS5, nevertheless, Henderson reports that triggering it would indicate slowing the GPU by about 1.5 percent.
The initial leakage of files, which were supposedly published to Sony’s own designer website, likewise discuss PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution (PSSR). This is reported to utilize PlayStation device finding out for image upscaling that’s comparable to Nvidia’s DLSS or AMD’s FSR. This might well consist of upscaling to 8K resolutions in future variations and will assist enhance ray tracing efficiency on this reported PS5 Pro hardware.
While Moore’s Law is Dead hasn’t constantly been the most trustworthy source for console leakages, Henderson’s reporting recommends that Sony’s own first-party studios have actually been evaluating PS5 Pro devkits because September, with 3rd parties getting gain access to in January. Henderson formerly reported in 2015 that a PS5 Pro was being prepared with a target release date of November 2024. It seems like Sony might well be on target to strike that enthusiastic timeframe.
Update, March 17th 7:15 PM ET: Article upgraded with more dripped PS5 Pro specifications and upgraded GPU details.