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The specs and tech of Playstation 5

The battle of the next-gen consoles has begun. Sony have just released the specs and tech of Playstation 5 - and it looks good.
Written by Joakim Henningson
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Sonys next-gen console, Playstation 5, is going to be a beast. It has to be, if the battle of the next-gen consoles are about the sheer power of performance. When you look at Microsoft's Xbox Series X, Sony's got a lot to prove with the Playstation 5. We have no doubt in our minds that Playstation 5 will equal the power of performance to that of the Xbox Series X - especially if you look at the companies competitive history. Time will tell who'll come out on top. Anyway, here's the news conference that Sony held on March 18th:
CPU
  • x86-64-AMD Ryzen™ “Zen 2”
  • 8 Cores / 16 Threads
  • Variable frequency, up to 3.5 GHz
GPU
  • AMD Radeon™ RDNA 2-based graphics engine
  • Ray Tracing Acceleration
  • Variable frequency, up to 2.23 GHz (10.3 TFLOPS)
System Memory
  • GDDR6 16GB
  • 448GB/s Bandwidth
SSD
  • 825GB
  • 5.5GB/s Read Bandwidth (Raw)
PS5 Game Disc
  • Ultra HD Blu-ray™, up to 100GB/disc
Video Out
  • Support of 4K 120Hz TVs, 8K TVs, VRR (specified by HDMI ver.2.1)
Audio
  • “Tempest” 3D AudioTech
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