Source: PlayStation
What you need to know
- PlayStation first began talking about the PlayStation 5 in April 2019.
- Today, lead architect Mark Cerny shared new details in a deep dive into the system's specs.
- The PlayStation 5 features 10.28 teraflops, with 8 CPU cores at 3.5 GHz.
- There's also an 825GB SSD.
As PlayStation announced yesterday, we've just gotten a look at the PlayStation 5 (PS5) technical specs in a deep dive by Mark Cerny, the lead architect of the PS4 and PS5. This console features 10.28 teraflops of graphics power, alongside an 825GB SSD and an 8-core CPU clocked at 3.5ghz. Here's the full specs, courtesy of Digital Foundry.
Category | PlayStation 5 |
---|---|
Processor | 8 Zen 2 cores at 3.5ghz |
Graphics | 10.82 TFLOPs |
Die Size | Unknown |
Memory | 16GB GDDR6 |
Memory Bandwidth | 448 GB/s |
Internal Storage | Custom 825GB SSD |
I/O Throughput | 5.5GB/s |
Expandable Storage | NVMe SSD slot |
External Storage | External HDD support |
Optical Drive | 4K UHD Blu-Ray Drive |
Performance Target | Unknown |
Color | Unknown |
Size | Unknown |
Stated release date | Holiday 2020 |
Price | Unknown |
We'd known some of these things in the past, such as the inclusion of a custom SSD, alongside Navi and Zen 2 architecture from AMD. While it might seem like a reaction to the Xbox Series X specs being revealed recently, PlayStation has explained on Twitter that this was originally meant to be a talk held at GDC.
As of right now, the PS5 is still scheduled to release sometime in Holiday 2020.
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