If the rumors are true, Sony will introduce a more powerful PlayStation 5 Pro gaming console this fall, which is currently codenamed Trinity. Yesterday, fresh information appeared on the Internet about the upcoming new product, which reveals details about the graphic capabilities of the future console.
According to Insider Gaming editor Tom Henderson, the PlayStation 5 Pro will use an eight-core AMD processor based on the Zen 2 architecture, like the regular PS5, but it will operate at a higher clock speed. It is noted that thanks to support for the so-called High CPU Frequency Mode, the chip will be able to operate at frequencies up to 3.85 GHz, which is 10% higher than the current version of the processor.
The GPU will receive a much more significant improvement. It will be based on the more modern AMD RDNA 3 architecture and will have 60 computing units. This is 67% higher than the AMD RDNA 2 graphics in the current PS5. The new console's GPU is expected to operate at up to 2.18 GHz. The rendering performance of the new console will be up to 45% higher. In addition, the new PlayStation 5 Pro graphics subsystem will offer 2-3 times faster ray tracing performance.
The new console will support PSSR (PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution) intelligent time scaling technology, which is credited with supporting 8K resolution. Its implementation is expected with the release of the future SDK. It is noted that the PS5 Pro development kits currently work with SDK 9.0, and the 10th version of the software will become available before the release of the new console.
Also, according to Insider Gaming, the GPU of the new console will take advantage of BVH8 shaders. The current PS5 console uses BVH4 shaders. According to one of the insiders, who was one of the first to confirm the code name of the new Viola APU as part of the PS5 Pro, the new console will indeed continue to rely on the AMD Zen 2 architecture for the computing cores. By in his own words, BVH8 shader support is associated with the new RDNA 4 RT graphics architecture. Thus, we can assume that the PS5 Pro GPU will combine RDNA 3 hardware architecture and RDNA 4 features.
The new console is also credited with 16 GB of GDDR6 memory with a speed of 18 Gbps (28% faster than the PS5), a removable disk drive and 1 TB of permanent memory. According to various sources, the PlayStation 5 Pro will be presented this fall, probably in November.
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