As the planned presentation date of the PS5 Pro approaches, November of this year, the number of rumors about the benefits that the expected intergenerational renewal of the PS5 will offer are 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 who are part of the Digital Foundry podcast (also available in video format through YouTube) DF Direct Weeklyhave analyzed the latest rumors related to the PS5 Pro, rumors related to graphic performance which, in the end, is the most important thing and what many users are waiting for when it comes to taking the leap and renewing their old PlayStation.
Three times more powerful than the current PS5
Based on leaked specifications available on Sony’s developer portal, the PS5 Pro’s graphics power will offer a performance of 33.5 TFLOPS at 2.18 GHz, which is 3 times more than the performance offered by the current generation and which stands at 10.23 TFLOPS.
To be able to achieve such a performance increase, the GPU architecture will most likely be RDNA 2 of the current generation moving to RDNA 3 and/or an improvement in the manufacturing process, going from the current 7 nm to 5 nm. It will not be until the launch of the PS6 when the manufacturing process is 3nm, as long as we are based on rumors related to the development of the Sony console.
In addition, it will also have a clock speed maximum of 2.35 GHz that will increase performance up to 36 TFLOPS. This mode, called Ultra Boost, is designed to offer the best performance in titles that are more demanding in graphic quality.
As for the L1 cache of the PS5 Pro, it is doubled from 128 KB to 256 KB, as is the L0 cache, which goes from 16KB to 32 KB, which means it will have greater computing capacity for shading and tracing. of rays. It will also be compatible with the features of DirectX12 Ultimate (support not available in current generation) with hardware support for VRS (variable rate shading) and features for hybrid MSAA.
Based on this data, contrary to what many rumors suggest, the PS5 Pro will be a substantial change in terms of performance compared to the current generation, since 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, maintaining the same 8-core and 16-thread processor as well as 16 GB of memory. Regarding storage space, there is no reason for Sony to expand the current space of 1 TB, a space that will probably be increased when the PS6, at least if the trend of developers not worrying about the size of their titles continues as it currently does. Regarding the design, as happened with the PS4 Pro, Sony will maintain the design of the current generation, slightly increasing the thickness.