Official PS5 Specs Revealed, Here’s How it Stacks Up Against PS4

by Alex Co March 18, 2020 12:23 pm in News
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As Sony unveils it’s next-gen console — the PlayStation 5 (PS5) — today, the company has revealed the official PS5 specs as expected!

In an in-depth feature by DigitalFoundry, the PS5 specs are listed alongside the PS4. Check it out below.

CPU PlayStation 5

8x Zen 2 Cores at 3.5GHz (variable frequency)

PlayStation 4

8x Jaguar Cores at 1.6GHz

GPU 10.28 TFLOPs, 36 CUs at 2.23GHz (variable frequency) 1.84 TFLOPs, 18 CUs at 800MHz
GPU Architecture Custom RDNA 2 Custom GCN
Memory/Interface 16GB GDDR6/256-bit 8GB GDDR5/256-bit
Memory Bandwidth 448GB/s 176GB/s
Internal Storage Custom 825GB SSD 500GB HDD
IO Throughput 5.5GB/s (Raw), Typical 8-9GB/s (Compressed) Approx 50-100MB/s (dependent on data location on HDD)
Expandable Storage NVMe SSD Slot Replaceable internal HDD
External Storage USB HDD Support USB HDD Support
Optical Drive 4K UHD Blu-ray Drive Blu-ray Drive

If you’re curious, the official Xbox Series X specs have been revealed as well. Expect more PS5 news to make its way out today.

Surprised at the official PS5 specs and what it can do? Disappointed? Let us know your thoughts down below.

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