PS5 RAM Amount, Speed Officially Confirmed By Sony - PlayStation Universe Ps5 Memory

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April 12, 2020

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Another element of the next-generation machine.

console), we now know exactly not only how much RAM the PS5 has, but also just how fast that RAM will be too. Without further ado then!

PS5 System RAM

As delightfully confirmed by Mark Cerny during his PS5 livestream broadcast, we now know that the PS5 will boast 16GB of GDDR6 system RAM that will provide 448 GB/sec of bandwidth. That is, to put a finer point on it, screamingly fast and accompanies the other confirmed elements of the PS5 specification, such as the GPU and CPU, extremely nicely.

What Does RAM Do – Anything Useful?

Why yes, we’re glad you asked. If the brain of the PlayStation 5 is ostensibly its CPU, then the system RAM is arguably its short-term memory, for lack of a better description – and the PS5 has a very large short term memory to say the least.

Imagine it – you’re playing The Last of Us Part 2 in 4K at 60 frames per second but then you fancy watching some Hulu – you switch over to Hulu instantly, watch your favorite show and then go back to the game (again, instantly), with no progress lost. This is the future.

The PS5’s substantial allocation of GDDR6 RAM allows it to not only render much larger game worlds than ever before, but do so while simultaneously running a large number of other apps and games in the background in tandem with the system’s ridiculously powerful CPU.

This means that at a moment’s notice, you can flick from one app to another, or from one game to another and instantly pick up where you left off before. While nicer visuals are obviously one yardstick by which the next-generation experience is measured, we also think that massive Quality of Life improving features like this are right up there too.