New Details Surface Online, Including Significant Performance Improvements and PS Upscaling Tech, PSSR
According to new leaks, the rumoured PlayStation 5 Pro console will boast significant performance improvements over the regular PS5 (including PS5 Slim). Depending on the title, these improvements are expected to reliably offer a locked 60fps or 120fps gaming experience for PlayStation gamers. Let’s check out everything around this new leak below, including Sony’s much-anticipated AI-powered upscaling technology.
According to the information from the YouTube channel Moore’s Law Is Dead, which claims to have obtained documentation from inside Sony, the upcoming PS5 Pro is a revelation. The rumoured console is projected to be 45% faster in raw rendering performance and 2–4 times faster in ray tracing capabilities.
Sony PlayStation 5 Pro rumoured performance improvements
The internal documents state that the internal codename for PS5 Pro is “Trinity”, which aligns with past rumours. These documents also note that PS5 Pro will feature a larger GPU with more Compute Units (CUs) and faster system memory. Compared to the standard PS5, rendering speed is expected to be approximately 45% faster, while ray tracing performance will see a speed increase of 2–3 times, with the potential for up to 4 times in some cases.
A notable addition to the PS5 Pro will reportedly be a powerful custom machine learning architecture capable of 300 TOPS of 8-bit computation. The machine learning capabilities of the GPU inside PS5 Pro are estimated at 67 TFLOPs of 16-bit floating point. In comparison, the Xbox Series X has 12 TFLOPs of 32-bit floating point, which would make Sony’s console more powerful in this regard.
PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution (PSSR) upscaling technology details
All the machine learning power will be utilised for PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution (PSSR), Sony’s upscaling technology. The documents mention that while PSSR is intended for 4K resolution, it will also support resolutions up to 8K. This hints at Sony’s approach to this technology, which includes integration into future hardware. As part of the documents, the company seems to be comparing the quality of PSSR with AMD FSR 2.0 with screenshots.
These documents also mention dynamic input resolution as a feature of the PS5 Pro. This technology will adjust a game’s base resolution to maintain stable performance in the event of performance issues.
Analysts have previously speculated that Sony will likely release the PS5 Pro later in 2024. While Sony has not officially announced the console yet, it is expected to reveal information about it this year.
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