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As console fans are gearing up for the release of Sony’s PlayStation 5 Pro, the rumor mill continues to spin as further predictions and ‘leaks’ come out of the woodwork.
Last Friday (Mar. 15) Insider Gaming’s Tom Henderson confirmed that ‘the leaked PS5 Pro specs leaked earlier today are real.’
This has been further determined as being real by IGN today (Mar. 18).
They cite anonymous sources who saw that the leaked documentation from the YouTube channel Moore’s Law is Dead is legit, as it’s said to be from a PlayStation developer portal that was sent out to third-party developers.
These documents suggest the PlayStation 5 Pro will feature the following:
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Rendering 45% faster than the PlayStation 5
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2-3x Ray-tracing (4x in some cases)
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33.5 Teraflops
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PSSR (PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution Upscaling) upscaling/antialiasing solution
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Support for resolutions up to 8K is planned for future SDK version
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Custom machine learning architecture
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AI Accelerator, supporting 300 TOPS of 8-bit computation / 67 TFLOPS of 16-bit floating point
These largely point to improvements to the GPU, with the CPU also seeing an upgrade as it could have the addition of a ‘High CPU Frequency Mode.’
The standard PS5 offers 10.28 teraflops, with the Pro version expected to be considerably more.
Rumors from over the last few months point towards a focus on image quality too. Gaming insider Tom Henderson wrote on Key to Gaming that he had heard the new console would “[target] improved and consistent FPS at 4K resolution” and a “new performance mode” for 8K resolution…”
When is the PlayStation 5 Pro release date?
Sony hasn’t yet confirmed or announced a date, but that hasn’t stopped people from guessing.
Generally, the rough window for a release date is thought to be September 2024. However, the new leak could line up with the Pro version being available from the holiday season.
The second half of 2024 would make sense with the planned release of Grand Theft Auto 6 in 2025.
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