Playstation insider Tom Henderson, who is known for his often accurate advance information in the past, had already responded to several rumors in July last year and confirmed that Sony was working on something more far-reaching under the code name “Project Trinity”, which was once again based on the Matrix film series An upgrade of the Playstation 5 is in progress, which is expected to be marketed as the Playstation 5 Pro in time for the end of the year.
The rumor mill doesn’t agree on the PS5 Pro
But the hypothetical specifications leave a lot of room for speculation and this room is being fully exploited within the rumor mill. While several sources now want to be sure that the Playstation 5 Pro uses a custom APU with Zen 2 and RDNA 3, elsewhere there is talk of Zen 4 and RDNA 3.5. But a revolution is unrealistic; of course the PS5 and PS5 Pro must be compatible.
Ray tracing monsters or gentle evolution?
The information from YouTube that became public in mid-2023 made it clear how far the opinions and rumors go about the potential “new” game console, which is supposed to follow the code name of the Playstation 4 Pro (“Neo”) and would therefore also be based in the Matrix universe. Channel “RedGamingTech”.
Playstation 5 Pro: Rumors promise “ray tracing monster” with Zen 4 + RDNA 3
The potential Playstation 5 Pro will be “a ray tracing monster” for 4K gaming with Zen 4 and RDNA 3, according to the latest rumors.
A gentle upgrade or a “4K ray tracing monster” with new architectures and 66 percent more GPU computing units than the regular Playstation 5? The PCGH editorial team classifies the latest rumors accordingly.
The PS5 Pro gets a new custom APU
There is widespread agreement that the Playstation 5 Pro is currently being developed by Sony under the code name “Trinity” or “Project Trinity” and will rely on a custom APU again from AMD, which is currently taking shape under the code name “Viola”. . This is where the similarities and the consensus of the rumor mill stop.
Zen 2 and RDNA 3 are more realistic than Zen 4 and RDNA 3.5
While “RedGamingTech” has already learned that the Playstation 5 Pro will be a real “4K ray tracing monster” based on Zen 4 and RDNA 3 with 60 CUs, 3,840 computing units and faster GDDR6 system memory, other sources contradict this see a much more subtle upgrade. The rumor mill has now developed more in this direction.
Playstation 5Playstation 5 Pro*CodenameProsperoTrinityCustom-SoCOberonViolaFertigunsnodeTSMC 7 nm (N7)
TSMC 6 nm (N6)TSMC 4 nm (N4)CPU-ArchtitekturZen 2
8C/16T
3.5 GHzZen 2
8C/16T
4,4 GHzGPU-ArchitekturRDNA 2 (GFX10XX)
18 workgroup processors
36 Compute Units
2.304 ShaderRDNA 3 (GFX11XX)
28 workgroup processors
56 Compute Units
3.584 ShaderNPU-Architektur-XDNA
XDNA 2Systemspeicher16 GiByte GDRR6
14 Gbps (14 GT/s)
448 GB/s16 GiByte GDRR6
18 Gbps (18 GT/s)
576 GB/sRechenleistung10,3 TFLOPS14,3 TFLOPS
28,6 TFLOPS**
*) not officially confirmed. **) related to the “Dual-Issue” skill of RDNA 3.
The now speculated specifications would mean a performance increase of around 10 to around 14 TFLOPS or 35 to 40 percent, including the “dual-issue” capability of RDNA 3, the PS5 Pro could act 50 to 60 percent faster than a PS5 in certain scenarios . Sony can’t allow anything more, because the performance level still has to serve as a basis for the same games.
System memory should be accelerated
Due to the presumably significantly higher clock speed of the eight Zen 2 processor cores and the GDDR6 system memory, which is accelerated from 14 to 18 GT/s and is available as “shared memory” for both the CPU and the GPU with a capacity of 16 GiByte, The 3,584 RDNA-3 shaders should be utilized accordingly.
A release in November is becoming increasingly likely
At least regarding a possible interview date, most sources now agree. Both the usual suspects on
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The YouTube channel “Moore’s Law is Dead” would now like to have information about the pricing of the Playstation 5 Pro for the first time and assumes that the new game console will be available for $500 (excluding taxes) and as a purely digital version without a drive becomes. Of course, all of this information should still be treated with the greatest possible caution.
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Those: RedGamingTech, Moore’s Law is Dead, Tom Henderson