Recently, we covereda massive PS5 Pro leak that revealed a 45% higher raster and up to 4X higher ray-tracing render performance, alongside “PSSR” AI upscaling for all Pro games. This leak was first dropped through a YouTuber, but Insider Gaming verified the leak’s authenticity before we covered it— and now,Insider Gaming has a look at the rest of PS5 Pro’s core specs. As ever with leaks, take the news with a pinch of salt. Until they are officially announced bySony, the specs are nebulous.
Now, before you get too excited, this is where the “Pro” nature of the console refresh really starts to reveal itself. While it seems the GPU has been fully upgraded to a new architecture (considering AI acceleration and drastically better ray tracing) for a whopping 45% performance bump, the other upgrades are a little more modest than that.
Source:Insider Gaming
For example, the CPU in the PlayStation 5 Pro is slated to be identical to the 8-core AMDZen 2CPU already present inside the PS5, which is roughly equivalent to an 8-core Ryzen 7 3700X, in theory. However, there is now a “High CPU Frequency Mode” that increases CPU TDP, raises clock speed by 10% to 3.85 GHz, and only costs a measly 1% GPU performance.
Considering how CPU-bound framerate often is(particularly with upscaling in the equation), this mode will likely be key for a smooth experience in end-generation games.
The PS5 Pro also isn’t stated to come with a memory capacity upgrade yet, which could be because that information hasn’t yet leaked or upgrading capacity would cause deeper compatibility issues with PS5 and PS4 titles. However, the RAM is confirmed to run at up to 18 GT/s versus PS5’s 14 GT/s, which is a 28% increase in memory bandwidth— nothing to scoff at! This shared memory bandwidth boost is likely necessary for pushing high resolutions, even upscaled.
Finally, the Insider Gaming piece has confirmed that the ACV (audioprocessor) in the PlayStation 5 Pro runs at a higher clock speed than PS5, and expected to have 35% more performance. While PS5’s 3D Audio has already been praised by some gamers, it seems Sony thinks an internal bump was needed. Sony did get its start in audio, after all.
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With any luck, the speculated release date of Fall 2024 for PS5 Pro will soon be met with a concrete announcement from Sony. If these specs leaks are genuine, it looks like they have a ,mid-gen console refresh to be proud of, as long as the pricing is right.
Christopher Harper has been a successful freelance tech writer specializing in PC hardware and gaming since 2015, and ghostwrote for various B2B clients in High School before that. Outside of work, Christopher is best known to friends and rivals as an active competitive player in various eSports (particularly fighting games and arena shooters) and a purveyor of music ranging from Jimi Hendrix to Killer Mike to the Sonic Adventure 2 soundtrack.
