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The video teardown of the PlayStation 5 Pro ahead of its street release date appears to come from a Portuguese console repair shop, with the process revealing an internal layout very similar to that of the PlayStation 5 Slim model. Other sources have noted that these similarities would make the PlayStation 5 Slim faceplates compatible with the Pro if the interlocking mechanisms were apparently not changed specifically to prevent that functionality, so this teardown also appears legitimate.
Aside from some well-known similarities to the PS5 Pro, there’s not much else that’s immediately noticeable about this PlayStation 5 teardown unless you specifically want to to see the inside. However, you can’t estimate exactly how these internals will perform based on a teardown, as you only have to look at circuit boards rather than numbers that might raise certain expectations. To that end, we look at a Twitter message that has also attracted a lot of press attention this week.
The PS5 Pro specs are officially out thanks to early shipments to buyers abroad. Has 16 GB RAM for developers, 2 GB module for the system (18 GB RAM) and a 16.7 teraflop GPU. Can’t wait to see what Rockstar cooks up with this hardware pic.twitter.com/XCGqhQc3GBNovember 2, 2024
This alleged PlayStation 5 Pro specs leak was posted to Twitter yesterday afternoon by user @videotechuk_, previously known for posting Rockstar Games leaks. This leak mainly contains information we already knew or expected, including that PlayStation 5 Pro will still use the same Zen 2 architecture as its direct PlayStation 5 predecessor. Sticking with Zen 2 is likely a deliberate choice due to strict compatibility with the base PlayStation 5, although some previous reports have mentioned that the PS5 Pro could potentially support increased clocks compared to the base.
What’s most notable about this alleged spec leak is that the PS5 Pro GPU is now expected to perform at an expected 16.7 teraflops and have a full 16GB of dedicated GDDR6 VRAM, without having to share it with the CPU like on base PlayStation 5 models. Rumors also indicate that the PlayStation 5 Pro will have 2GB of dedicated DDR5 RAM system memory. This is quite a departure from previous PS5 models with unified memory.
Four years after the PlayStation 5’s original November 2020 release date, it’s clear that gamers are more excited than ever to get their hands on the new PlayStation Pro console, even though it’s Sony’s second mid-generation ‘Pro’ upgrade. If Xbox isn’t cutting it and you’re not willing to dabble in PC gaming, the PlayStation 5 Pro still makes sense, and early benchmarking of the improvements in PSSR image quality and support for real-time ray tracing graphics looks promising .
