Sony PlayStation 5 Pro to launch in autumn 2024 with modular disc drive as CPU and GPU performance upgrades over regular PS5 leak

Tom Henderson has weighed in on the state of the PlayStation 5 Pro (PS5 Pro), only a few days after Moore's Law Is Dead (MLID) disclosed various details about the same game console. According to Henderson, MLID's earlier leaks are accurate, including a much improved GPU aided by Sony's PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution (PSSR) upscaling technology. Writing on Insider Gaming, the analyst asserts that the PS5 Pro's GPU delivers 45% faster rendering performance than the RDNA 2-based equivalent inside all current PS5 units.

Additionally, the new GPU is said to integrate 30 Work Group Processors (WGPs), a 66% increase that converts to 60 Compute Units (CUs). Henderson adds that the GPU will also provide a 2x or 3x uplift in ray tracing performance thanks to RDNA 4-derived ray tracing hardware that could even extend to a 4x performance increase in some instances. On top of that, the new GPU will offer 300 TOPS AI and 33.5 TFLOPs FP32 of theoretical performance, compared to 10.3 TFLOPs FP32 for the regular PS5.

Conversely, the PS5 Pro is expected to feature the same octa-core and Zen 2-based CPU as non-Pro models. With that being said, Sony will integrate a 'High CPU Frequency Mode' that boosts that CPU's clock speed from 3.5 GHz to 3.85 GHz at the expense of 1% lower GPU performance. Currently, Henderson believes that the release of the PS5 Pro will coincide with firmware version 10.0.0, which is due in autumn 2024. Incidentally, Sony just published firmware version 9.0.0 for all PS5 consoles. Also, the analyst expects the PS5 Pro to arrive with a detachable disc drive and 1 TB of built-in storage, just like the current PS5 Slim.

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