Sony Reveals the Full Specs for PlayStation 5

Microsoft recently revealed the specs for their upcoming Xbox Series X series, so of course, Sony had to share the full specs for the highly anticipated PlayStation 5. The announcement came during a live-stream that you can watch below. In it, they offered an overview of what to expect from the CPU, GPU, and other parts of the console.

Thanks to Eurogamer, we have some details of the PlayStation 5’s specs, which you can check out below:

PlayStation 5 Specs:

• CPU: 8x Zen 2 Cores at 3.5GHz (variable frequency)

• GPU: 10.28 TFLOPs, 36 CUs at 2.23GHz (variable frequency)

• GPU Architecture: Custom RDNA 2

• Memory/Interface: 16GB GDDR6/256-bit

• Memory Bandwidth: 448GB/s

• Internal Storage: Custom 825GB SSD

• IO Throughput: 5.5GB/s (Raw), Typical 8-9GB/s (Compressed)

• Expandable Storage: NVMe SSD Slot

• External Storage: USB HDD Support

• Optical Drive: 4K UHD Blu-ray Drive

For more information, you can watch the presentation below, which goes into more in-depth detail on what to expect. It’s more focused on the hardware than the games, and it looks like it’s going to be a great console!

The PlayStation 5 is scheduled to be released sometime during the holiday season.

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