PlayStation 5 Pro: Sony’s most expensive games console ever is coming in November

Rumors have been rife for a while, now it’s official: Sony is announcing the PlayStation 5 Pro for November 7, 2024 at a price of 799 euros. The company is taking a similar approach to the PS4 Pro: the new PS5 Pro mainly expands the graphics unit with additional shader cores and new functions. A completely new AI unit for AI upscaling is the PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution (PSSR) – the equivalent of Nvidia’s Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS). Sony talks about the “big three”: bigger GPU, advanced ray tracing and AI upscaling.

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Sony mentioned in the announcement No concrete specifications. However, all the relative information matches previous leaks from reliable sources, which is why we classify them as reliable. Below is a summary of the information so far.

The PS5 Pro’s GPU grows from 2304 to 3840 shader cores compared to the previous PS5 (Slim), with an architecture mix of RDNA 3 (Radeon RX 7000) and RDNA 4 (upcoming Radeon RX 8000). This is accompanied by cache expansion and optimization of 3D calculations. In particular, ray tracing graphic effects should run better.

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Too many Tflops on paper

If the PS5 Pro can maintain its maximum GPU clock frequency, the graphics unit should achieve 18.1 teraflops. Sometimes 36 teraflops are circulating, but this value is of theoretical nature and can only be achieved under certain conditions: the so-called dual-digit cores of RDNA 3 double their computing throughput if two identical computing operations occur at the same time.

That’s not always the case, which is why, according to Sony, frame rates are up by up to 45 percent. Hardware-hungry ray tracing graphics effects are said to run two to three times faster. So that the faster GPU doesn’t lose out on memory transfer rates, Sony is using faster GDDR6 components, presumably with 14 gigabits per second per pin instead of 18. The total transfer rate should increase from 448 to 576 GB/s.

The CPU cores are based on the Zen 2 architecture, that is, at the technical level of the Ryzen 3000 processors. This is not a big deal, since the GPU on current consoles is practically always a limitation. There should be a small boost with a higher clock frequency up to 350 MHz. It is unknown what manufacturing process the new PS5 Pro processors use to roll off the assembly line.

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Game patches and game boosts for thousands of games

Several games receive PS5 Pro patches aimed at improving graphics. Sony specifically names: Alan Wake 2, Assassin’s Creed: Shadows, Demon’s Souls, Dragon’s Dogma 2, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, Gran Turismo 7, Hogwarts Legacy, Horizon Forbidden West, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, The Crew Motorfest, The First Descendant and The Last of Us Part II Remastered.

Games without a PS5 Pro patch should run more smoothly, primarily with the faster hardware. Sony calls this “PS5 Pro Game Boost.”

800 euros with 2 TByte SSD

The PS5 Pro goes on sale on November 7. In Europe, Sony is charging 800 euros for the console – the PS5 Pro is almost twice as expensive as the previous PlayStation 5 at launch. In addition to the faster processor, there’s a 2TB rather than 825GB PCI Express SSD. Sony also includes a single DualSense controller and “Astro Playroom”. A UHD Blu-ray drive is not included as standard, but can be paired with the PS5 Slim.

A note from us: The PS5 was sold out for three years. So the forum app checks all major German retailers with the availability bot Notifies users instantly as soon as shops offer the Playstation 5 Pro.The forum also draws attention to the offers.

(MMA)