Sony has just revealed the specs list for the Playstation 5, and it sure is one hell of a list. Below is a quick comparison of how it has upgraded itself from its predecessor, the Playstation 4.
Comparison – Playstation 5 vs. Playstation 4
Playstation 5 | Playstation 4 | |
CPU | 8x Zen 2 Cores 3.5GHz (Variable Frequency) | 8x Jaguar Cores 1.6GHz |
GPU | 10.28 TFLOPs 36 CUs at 2.23GHz (Variable Frequency) | 1.84 TFLOPs 18CUs at 800MHz |
GPU Architecture | Custom RDNA 2 | Custom GCN |
Memory | 16GB GDDR6 | 8GB GDDR5 |
Interface | 256-bit | 256-bit |
Memory Bandwidth | 448GB/s | 176GB/s |
Load Time | 2GB in 0.27 seconds | 1GB in 20 seconds |
IO Throughput | 5.5GB/s (Raw) Typical 8-9GB/s (Compressed) | Approx. 50-100MB/s (dependent on Data location on HDD) |
Expandable Storage | NVMe SSD slot | Replaceable Internal HDD |
External Storage | USB HDD Support | USB HDD Support |
Optical Drive | 4K UHD Blu-Ray Drive | Blu-Ray Drive |
Sony may not have shown the Playstation 5 gaming console, or even a shadow of the controller in the livestream today. But, at least we got a deep dive from Mark Cerny (Lead System Architect of the PS4) himself, on what the Playstation 5 is made of and what features we could expect from it. He’s worked on popular gaming titles like God of War 3, Spider-Man, and even Death Stranding.
Sony has mentioned that almost all of the top 100 most popular games from the Playstation 4 era will be backwards compatible. That means not all games will be backwards compatible, only the most played game titles.
The Sony Playstation 5 is scheduled for a holiday season release in 2020. Stay tuned to The AXO for when that happens.