new information about the graphics chip and its performance

The specialized publication Digital Foundry was able to obtain additional information about the PlayStation 5 Pro GPU.

The existence of the PS5 Pro as a Sony project is no longer in doubt as leaks from various sources become more and more numerous. Specialized media Digital Foundryassociated with eurogamerwas able to gather additional information about the technical characteristics of the PlayStation 5 Pro, and in particular about its graphics chip.

What we know about the PS5 Pro GPU

In accordance with Digital foundryThe PlayStation 5 Pro graphics chip will be based on RDNA 3 architecture with a maximum frequency of 2.35 GHz. Let’s remember that the classic PS5 uses an AMD RDNA 2 chip with 36 computing units at a frequency of 2.23 GHz. The PlayStation 5 Pro, with an expected 60 compute units, will have more than three times the raw power of the classic PlayStation 5, or 36 teraflops. Remember that pure power does not translate into an equivalent performance gain in game. We’ll have to wait to see the games and how they run on the new console to gauge its real-world performance. Also be careful: this new maximum frequency is the result of a boost mode that the console will not be able to achieve consistently. Developers will need to properly optimize their games to take advantage of these additional performance windows for the more demanding parts of their games.

We also learn that the PlayStation 5 Pro will be fully compatible with DirectX 12 Ultimate features, just like the Xbox Series X, which should make multi-platform game development easier. This includes responsibility for Variable speed shading and full support Mesh shaders. Without revealing details, Digital Foundry also reminds that the PlayStation 5 Pro should use an image reconstruction method similar to FSR 2 or DLSS, called PSSR (PlayStation Spectral Sampling Resolution), which should improve rendering clarity and game performance.

PlayStation 5 Pro is expected at the end of the year. Sony could unveil this machine during a conference around June or September, two periods that the manufacturer has historically favored for this type of announcement.