Before knowing the first official PS5 games, we reviewed the characteristics of the next Sony console planned for Christmas 2020.
They had already warned it on their social networks: PlayStation 5 was going to be revealed on the official blog of the platform, something that the developers have received with praise. After Microsoft released the technical specifications for the Xbox Series X, the new generation Redmond console, Sony moves tab and explains what their next machine will be like. We knew that the system would mount an AMD Ryzen Zen2 8-core CPU as well as an SSD hard drive. It was also explained that his command would have haptic abilities, so that touch and sensations will change depending on the actions. Now PS5 architect Mark Cerny steps in to reveal many of the console’s secrets.
The information, advanced by Eurogamer as exclusive, offers all the technical details of the console. The machine will incorporate 10.28 TFLOps, 16 GB of RAM and an SSD, which will provide faster loading times.
It will be this Thursday, June 11 from 22:00 (you can check the time in your country here) when Sony presents the first official PlayStation 5 games. An event of just over an hour long where it will meet part of the catalog launch console as well as a few surprises. The company has ensured that the event can be followed live in 1080p resolution and at 30 FPS; When finished, “most” of trailers in 4K resolution via YouTube. From FreeGameTips, we will broadcast everything live from 9:00 pm on our YouTube channel.
Mark Cerny during the PS5 presentation.
Technical specifications
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CPU: 8 Zen 2 cores at 3.5GHz (variable frequency)
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GPU 10.28 TFLOPs, 36 CUs at 2.23GHz (variable frequency)
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Custom RDNA 2 GPU architecture
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Memory / Interface 16GB GDDR6 / 256-bit
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Memory bandwidth 448GB / s
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Storage 825GB SSD custom
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IO 5.5GB / s (Pure), 8-9GB / s on average (Compressed)
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Storage Expansion Slot NVMe SSD
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External storage USB HDD compatibility
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4K UHD Blu-ray optical reader
Power and efficiency: the graphic core of PS5
It has become clear that PlayStation 5 will be a powerful machine, very powerful, but also efficient and designed to optimize resources depending on the existing demand for that power in each video game. Mark Cerny has recognized that the CPU and GPU will not always work at those 3.5GHz and 2.23GHz, respectively. “When the worst case scenario occurs, it will run at a lower clock speed. But not much lower, to reduce consumption by 10% you only need a reduction of around 2% in frequency, so I calculate that the reduction will be quite low, “he explains. It is confirmed again that ray tracing will work accelerated by the hardware itself, not software. That real-time ray tracing will be guaranteed thanks to the so-called Intersection Engine, which “is based on the same AMD strategy for its future PC GPUs,” so the PS5 hardware is, in effect, close to that of a PC. upper middle range. “I’ve already seen a PlayStation 5 game that successfully uses ray-tracing reflections in complex animated scenes, at a modest cost,” without sacrificing performance on the console.
3D sound: this is how we will hear the games on PS5
PlayStation 5 wants to make a difference also in sound work. 3D Sound is something that was announced some time ago, but obviously we do not know what it will materialize until the console is in our homes. The Cerny team is taking this into account and will make the console’s audio unit use just a fraction of a Jaguar core to deliver 7.1 surround sound. The new PlayStation 5 Tempest Engine will be able to support hundreds of sound sources in superior quality.
According to the explanation, that Tempest Engine is actually a modified AMD GPU computing unit – its caches have been removed to use only DMA transfers. In short and in Spanish: a revolution for sound on consoles, especially if we play with headphones thanks to this new surround
The importance of SSD memory on PlayStation 5; 825 GB
Given the SoC and the key features of the PlayStation 5, Cerny has explained two aspects that will make a difference in the next generation of Sony consoles both in speed and efficiency: SSD memory. According to the British media, 2 GB of data can now be loaded in a quarter of a second; In this way, the 16 GB of RAM of PlayStation 5 can be loaded in just two seconds. He explains: “As video game creators we went from having to distract the player during the journey – like Spider-Man subway rides – to being so fast that we may have to slow down the transition a bit.”
Let’s talk about performance without getting lost in data. The PS5 flash drives will link the SSD modules through a twelve channel interface with a performance of 5.5 GB / s with a total of 825 GB of space. It is a rare number (different from 512 GB or 1 TB, as it will have in the latter case Xbox Series X), but according to Sony it is the optimal figure. “We can search among the NAND flash components available on the market and build something with an optimal performance / price ratio. Someone who makes an M.2 unit doesn’t have that much freedom, and it would be difficult to sell it if it didn’t have those standard sizes, ”they argue. This will serve to adjust the price to what is estimated right now by the Japanese publisher
