Details on the much-awaited PlayStation 5 Pro have finally surfaced after two years of rumors and conjecture, with the device promising a significant improvement in both performance and features. Anticipated to debut in Q4 2024, coincidentally with the festive season, the PS5 Pro is anticipated to revolutionize the gaming encounter.
First, a leak on the Moore’s Law Is Dead YouTube channel disclosed the PS5 Pro’s specifications. Their sources claim that the upcoming console, code-named “Trinity,” would have a notably larger GPU, offering a startling 45% faster rendering speed than the existing model. According to rumors, the PS5 Pro will significantly boost performance with an astounding 67 teraflops of 16-bit floating point calculations or 33.5 teraflops of 32-bit floating point precision.
The Pro’s new ray tracing architecture is one of the most interesting advancements; it claims to be two to four times faster than the PS5, which means that games will feel more immersive. Additionally, PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution (PSSR), a new upscaling and antialiasing technology that allows for 300 tera operations per second (TOPS) of 8-bit processing, will be supported by a bespoke machine learning architecture on the system.
Insider Gaming has corroborated these leaks, confirming that the PS5 Pro’s CPU remains unchanged from its predecessor but offers a “High CPU Frequency Mode” for a 10% performance boost. The audio processor has also been upgraded, running at a higher clock speed for a 35% increase in performance for audio features like convolution reverbs and audio-responsive assets.
In terms of display capabilities, the PS5 Pro is expected to support resolutions up to 8K with a future software development kit. To maintain versatility, Sony is likely to offer the Pro with a detachable disc drive and 1TB of storage, similar to the current PS5.
While Sony has yet to officially confirm these details, if the leaks are accurate, the PlayStation 5 Pro is poised to be a game-changer in the world of gaming consoles, offering unparalleled performance and features for a truly next-gen gaming experience.