Sony is currently developing an upgraded version of the PlayStation 5 that boasts a more potent GPU capable of being up to three times faster for specific tasks compared to the existing PS5 models.
YouTuber Moore’s Law is Dead claims to have acquired a technical overview document for the PS5 Pro, codenamed Trinity, with Insider Gaming’s Tom Henderson confirming the leaked specifications’ accuracy, hinting at a possible holiday 2024 release window for the console.
The leaked technical document reveals potential specs, including 67 teraflops of 16-bit floating-point calculations, which translates to approximately 33.5 teraflops of single-precision compute. This represents a 45% boost in rendering performance compared to the standard PS5 operating at 10.28 teraflops.
Directly comparing teraflops between the two consoles is challenging due to architectural differences in AMD’s RDNA technology. The PS5 Pro might upgrade from a system similar to an AMD Radeon RX 6700 to one closer to a Radeon RX 7800 XT, offering enhanced ray tracing capabilities and potentially triple the performance in certain scenarios.
| Sony PlayStation 5 Pro | Sony PlayStation 5 | |
| CPU | AMD Zen 2 architecture 8-cores, 16 threads at 3.5GHz / 3.85GHz | AMD Zen 2 architecture 8-cores, 16 threads at 3.5GHz |
| Compute units | 60 CUs, RDNA 3 (unconfirmed) | 36 CUs, RDNA 2 |
| TFLOPs | 33.5TF | 10.23TF |
| GPU clock speeds | 2.18GHz (unconfirmed) | 2.23GHz |
| Memory | 16GB GDDR6 at 18Gbps | 16GB GDDR6 at 14Gbps |
| Memory interface | 256-bit/576GB/s | 256-bit/448GB/s |
Further insights from Henderson suggest that the PS5 Pro may adopt the recent PS5 redesign, featuring a detachable disc drive, faster system memory operating at 576 GB/s, and upgraded audio hardware capable of processing more effects.
The Pro variant is also rumored to share the same CPU as the base PS5 but could incorporate a “High CPU Frequency Mode” boosting clocks to 3.85GHz, resulting in a 10% performance increase. However, activating this mode may slightly throttle the GPU.
The leak also mentions the inclusion of PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution (PSSR), a machine learning-based upscaling technology akin to Nvidia’s DLSS or AMD’s FSR, potentially supporting upscaling to 8K resolutions and enhancing ray tracing performance on the PS5 Pro hardware. For a detailed breakdown of the leaks, we recommend watching Digital Foundry’s video, which validates the accuracy of the leaks.
While initial leaks have generated some skepticism, Henderson’s information aligns with reports of Sony’s first-party studios testing PS5 Pro dev kits since September and third parties gaining access in January, indicating a targeted November 2024 release for the PS5 Pro.
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