Connect with us

Tech

AMD Debuts New SoC With 60 Compute Units, Faster GDDR6 Memory, Advanced Raytracing & PSSR AI Upscaling In PlayStation 5 Pro

Published

on

AMD Debuts New SoC With 60 Compute Units, Faster GDDR6 Memory, Advanced Raytracing & PSSR AI Upscaling In PlayStation 5 Pro

AMD has developed a new custom SoC for Sony’s PlayStation 5 Pro, featuring 60 Compute units based on the RDNA architecture & other improvements.

AMD’s Latest SoC With RDNA 4 GPU Features Debuts In Sony PlayStation 5 Pro: 60 Compute Units, Faster GDDR6 Memory & AI Enhancements

Sony today announced its new PlayStation 5 Pro gaming console which will feature an upgraded SoC from AMD with upgraded capabilities, especially on the GPU side which confirms previous reports.

Following are some of the highlights of today’s release:

  • Upgraded GPU: With PS5 Pro, we are upgrading to a GPU that has 67% more Compute Units than the current PS5 console and 28% faster memory. Overall, this enables up to 45% faster rendering for gameplay, making the experience much smoother.
  • Advanced Ray Tracing: We’ve added even more powerful ray tracing that provides more dynamic reflection and refraction of light. This allows the rays to be cast at double, and at times triple, the speeds of the current PS5 console.
  • AI-Driven Upscaling: We’re also introducing PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution, an AI-driven upscaling that uses a machine learning-based technology to provide super sharp image clarity by adding an extraordinary amount of detail.

The company didn’t go into a lot of details but from what was officially mentioned, the GPU side will be getting a 67% uplift in compute units which ends up to 60 CUs versus the 36 CUs featured on the PlayStation 5, a 28% increase in memory speed which will clock at 18 Gbps speeds for 576 GB/s of total bandwidth, all delivering up to 45% faster rendering performance.

The company also announced some brand new features thanks to the new AMD SoC which include advanced ray tracing capabilities to further boost the RT performance on consoles. A few of the RT upgrades are said to be coming from the RDNA 4 IP which will deliver a nice boost to consoles and next-generation discrete GPUs.

These changes include the following:

  • Double Ray Tracing Intersect Engine
  • RT Instance Node Transform
  • 64B RT Node
  • Ray Tracing Tri-Pair Optimization
  • Change flags encoded in barycentric to simplify the detection of procedural nodes
  • BVH Footprint Improvement
  • RT support for OBB and Instance Node Intersection

Another major feature being announced today is PSSR or PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution which is an AI-driven upscaling method. XDNA 2, the same IP that is powering the NPU for AMD’s Strix Point APUs will be used to handle the AI processes on the PS5 Pro. These are being referred to as the main three pillars of the next-gen Sony PlayStation 5 Pro console.

Console Xbox Series X Sony PS5 Sony PS5 Pro
Codename Scarlett Obreon Viola
Process TSMC 7nm TSMC 7nm TSMC 4nm
SoC Die Size 360.5mm² 308.0mm² TBC
CPU AMD Zen2 based 8-Core AMD Zen2 based 8-Core AMD Zen2 based 8-Core
CPU Clock speed Up To 3.8 GHz Up To 3.5 GHz Up To 3.8 GHz
GPU 52 CUs RDNA 2 GPU 36 CUs RDNA 2 GPU 60 CUs RDNA 3 GPU
NPU N/A N/A XDNA 2
Peak GPU Clock Speed 1.825 GHz 2.23 GHz TBC
Peak FP32 Performance 12.1 TFLOPs 10.3 TFLOPs TBC
Sustained GPU Clock Speed 1.825 GHz 2.0 GHz TBC
Sustained FP32 Performance 12.1 TFLOPs 9.2 TFLOPs TBC
Memory 16 GB GDDR6 320-bit bus 16 GB GDDR6 256-bit bus 16 GB GDDR6 256-bit bus
Memory Bandwidth 10GB 560 GB/s / 6GB 336 GB/s (14 Gbps) 448 GB/s (14 Gbps) 576 GB/s (18 Gbps)
Internal Storage 1 TB Custom NVME SSD 825 GB Custom SSD TBC
I/O Throughput 2.4 GB/s (Raw) / 4.8GB/s (Compressed) 5.5 GB/s (Raw) TBC
Expandable Storage 1 TB Expansion Card NVME SSD TBC
External Storage USB 3.2 External HDD Support USB External HDD Support TBC
Optical Drive 4K UHD Blu-Ray Drive 4K UHD Blu-Ray Drive TBC
Display Connector HDMI 2.1 (Variable Refresh Rate) HDMI 2.1 (Variable Refresh Rate) TBC
Audio TBC “Tempest” 3D AudioTech TBC
Launch Price $499 $499
$399 (Slim)
TBC
Launch November 2020 November 2020
November 2023 (Slim)
November 2024

With the upgraded AMD SoC featuring a bigger GPU, the PlayStation 5 Pro console will allow users to be able to play their favorite AAA games at maximum fidelity mode without compromising the overall performance. Other technologies featured on the Sony PlayStation 5 Pro console include WiFi 7, VRR, and 8K resolution. Other specs such as the CPU will remain the same, offering 8 “Zen 2” cores but with higher clock speeds.

The console will be available on 7th November with pre-orders on the 26th of September. For more details, head over to our official PlayStation 5 Pro post here.

Share this story

Facebook

Twitter

Continue Reading