Sony PS5 Specs Revealed: Unusual Boost Methods, PCIe 4.0 Storage - ExtremeTech Ps5 Gpu
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For the last few months, Microsoft has had the next-generation console PR space all to itself. Nintendo had nothing in the pipe and Sony was staying quiet about the PlayStation 5, which gave Microsoft plenty of room to talk about the capabilities of its Xbox Series X. Sony is finally opening up about the capabilities of its console and how some of the features will work.
The PlayStation 5 will feature an eight-core, 16-thread CPU based on AMD’s Zen 2 CPU architecture. There are 36 GPU compute units running at up to 2.23GHz. That’s rather high for AMD GPU and could indicate some custom engineering for Sony. Onboard memory is 16GB of GDDR6 with a 256-bit memory interface and 448GB/s of custom memory bandwidth. Internal storage is via a custom 825GB SSD, with an expandable storage slot provided via NVMe. There will be built-in support for USB external hard drives and the system will ship with a UHD Blu-ray drive.
Of Boost Clocks and Nimble GPUs
There are two particularly interesting facets of what Sony unveiled today. First is how Sony is using boost. When Microsoft announced the Xbox Series X specs, it made it very clear that the CPU and GPU were clock-locked at 3.6GHz with SMT enabled and 1.825GHz, respectively. Sony, in contrast, is emphasizing how the PS5 will boost — and it doesn’t work the same as a PC CPU. PC turbo clocks are unique to the configuration of any given system and can vary depending on chip quality and system cooling. Sony still expects the PlayStation 5 to play games identically across every console. Eurogamer
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