Alleged PlayStation 5 Pro specs leak online: 8-core Zen 2 processor and 16GB GDDR6 memory confirmed

While Sony hasn’t officially confirmed any actual specs for the PlayStation 5 Pro, we’ve had a good idea about them thanks to a slew of leaks. An official spec has surfaced online (H/T @videotechuk_ in X), presumably written by someone who received their console early. It’s in Portuguese and contains a lot of information about Sony’s next console.

To begin with, the PlayStation 5 Pro is equipped with an 8-core/16-thread Zen 2 processor from AMD. It is paired with an unspecified RDNA GPU (16.7 teraflops). Presumably Sony skipped this generation because it contains the RDNA 4 IP, which is not yet official. It certainly has more firepower than the base PlayStation 5’s 10 teraflop GPU, but that alone can’t be used as a performance indicator.

Additionally, the PlayStation 5 Pro comes with 16GB of GDDR6 memory for graphics and 2GB of DDR5 memory for everything else. Sony claims that at full load the console can consume up to 390 watts of power; a tiny fraction compared to what a high-end PC would use. Everything else is more or less common knowledge, including Wi-Fi 7 support, two USB-A ports, two USB-C ports, only one of which is rated at 10Gbps, and a 2TB SSD with an additional M. 2 for future reference. extension.

At first glance, the PlayStation 5 Pro’s hardware seems rather anemic, especially its aging Zen 2 processor. While the new RDNA 4 GPU may improve performance a bit, a CPU bottleneck seems inevitable. But full-time 4K resolution at 60fps (rumored, presumably without PSSR) seems possible without sacrificing visual fidelity, or, if a recent leak is correct, 1440p 120fps. In any case, the PSSR has a lot of work to do in this generation.