As the planned presentation date of the PS5 Pro approaches, November of this year, the number of rumors about the advantages that the expected intergenerational renewal of the PS5 will offer is increasing. The latest rumor suggests that the PS5 will have a power of 36 TFLOPS, which is 3 times more than the current generation.
The guys behind the Digital Foundry Podcast (also available in video format via YouTube) DF Direct Weeklyhave analyzed the latest rumors related to the PS5 Pro, rumors related to graphics performance which, ultimately, is the most important thing and what many users are waiting for to take the plunge and renew their old PlayStation.
Three times more powerful than the current PS5
Based on the leaked specifications available on Sony’s developer portal, the graphics power of the PS5 Pro will deliver a performance of 33.5. TFLOPS at 2.18 GHz, i.e. 3 times more than the performance offered by the current generation and which amounts to 10.23 TFLOPS.
To be able to achieve such an increase in performance, the GPU architecture will most likely be ARND 2 of the current generation moving to RDNA 3 and/or an improvement in the manufacturing process, moving from the current 7nm to 5nm. We will have to wait for the launch of the PS6 when the manufacturing process will be in 3nm, as long as we are based on rumors linked to the development of the Sony console.
In addition, it will also have a clock speed maximum of 2.35 GHz which will increase performance up to 36 TFLOPS. This mode, called Ultra Boost, is designed to provide the best performance in titles that are more demanding in graphics quality.
As for the L1 cache of the PS5 Pro, it is doubled from 128 KB to 256 KB, just like the L0 cache, which goes from 16 KB to 32 KB, which means that it will have greater computing capacity for the shading and ray tracing. It will also be compatible with the functionalities of DirectX12 Ultimate (support not available in current generation) with hardware support for VRS (variable rate shading) and hybrid MSAA features.
Based on this data, contrary to what many rumors suggest, the PS5 Pro will be a substantial change in performance compared to the current generation, as it offers 227% more performance on paper. However, internal Sony documents suggest that the increase in GPU Performance It will be 45%.
The PS5 Pro will improve the graphics section with a much more powerful GPU than the current generation, retaining the same 8-core, 16-thread processor as well as 16 GB of memory. Regarding storage space, there is no reason for Sony to expand the current 1TB space, a space that will likely be increased when the PS6, at least if the trend of developers not caring about the size of their titles continues as it is currently. Regarding the design, as happened with the PS4 Pro, Sony will maintain the design of the current generation, slightly increasing the thickness.
