There have been talks about Sony's next iteration of the PlayStation 5 for quite some time now and while nothing official has been announced, leaks about the system's specs have been making the rounds.
The latest report stems from reputable gaming insider Tom Henderson. Speaking with multiple anonymous sources, Henderson confirmed that leaked documentation shown on the YouTube channel Moore's Law is Dead is, indeed, legitimate.
According to Henderson, the documentation stems from a PlayStation developer portal, which was sent out earlier this month to third-party developers.
If you've been following the PS5 Pro leaks, then you're probably already aware that Henderson leaked info about the console, which is codenamed "Trinity." Earlier this year, he reported that it will be "targeting improved and consistent FPS at 4K resolution, a new ‘performance mode’ for 8K resolution, and accelerated ray tracing." He also reported that "Trinity," or the PS5 Pro, will have 30 WGP and 18000mts memory.
As for the most recent leak, here are the specs that were revealed in the documentation, that Henderson supposedly confirmed with sources:
- Rendering 45% faster than PS5
- 2-3x Ray-tracing (x4 in some cases)
- 33.5 Teraflops
- PSSR (PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution Upscaling) upscaling/antialiasing solution
- Support for resolutions up to 8K is planned for future SDK version
- Custom machine learning architecture
- AI Accelerator, supporting 300 TOPS of 8 bit computation / 67 TFLOPS of 16-bit floating point
Keep in mind, none of this has officially been confirmed by Sony. But while no announcement has been made yet, that doesn't mean PS5 Pro consoles aren't already being worked with.
Numerous first-party studios have been working with PS5 Pro Devkits since September 2023 with third-party developers having access since January 2024. Testkits that will be identical to the final product will reportedly be sent in Spring 2024.
As for when the PS5 Pro will release, it's believed that the upgraded console is expected to launch this holiday 2024 season. This date isn't set in stone, however, and could be changed — especially due to the lack of first-party games scheduled to release on PlayStation 5 this year.
The PlayStation 5 was first released in November 2020. While the system marked vast improvements over the PS5 thanks to its main hardware features including a solid-state drive customized for high-speed data streaming, an AMD GPU capable of 4K resolution display at up to 120 frames per second, and hardware-accelerated ray tracing, among other things.
As of December 2023, the PS5 console had sold over 50 million units worldwide. In February, Sony confirmed that the PS5 was in the "latter stage of its life cycle." The company issued a revised sales forecast for the 2023 financial year, lowering the expected number of unit sales down from 25 million to 21 million during the period.