In its latest discussion, Digital Foundry weighed in on rumors surrounding the PlayStation 5 Pro, adding new specifics to the ongoing chatter. The analysis points to a price point around 600, reflecting expectations for the upgraded system in North American markets.
Initial breakdown from Digital Foundry focused on the hardware refreshes seen in early leaks. The PS5 Pro is projected to carry an AMD Zen 2 based eight core, 16 thread CPU, identical in core design to the base PlayStation 5. The notable change lies in clock speed, with a rise from 3.5 GHz to 3.8 GHz. This bump is expected to yield a modest gain in processor-bound titles rather than a sweeping leap across the board.
Graphics duties would shift substantially with an upgraded RNDA 3 GPU featuring 60 compute units, a move away from the RDNA 2 baseline. The result is a dramatic jump in raw compute power, from roughly 10.23 teraflops to about 33.5 teraflops, alongside a real-world performance uplift estimated around 45 percent. Memory remains at 16 GB of GDDR6, but bandwidth is rumored to increase to 576 GB per second, enhancing data throughput and texture handling for demanding games.
One more notable change involves on-board rendering improvements like hardware support for PlayStation Spectral Resolution and Variable Rate Shading. These features are aimed at upscaling visuals to a quality on par with technologies similar to NVIDIA DLSS, delivering crisper imagery and smoother frame presentation without a heavy toll on performance.
Preliminary price projections place the PS5 Pro at a starting point near 599, with speculation that a diskless version will be offered at this lower tier. This aligns with a broader industry shift toward digital-first bundles and a potential drop in overall cost to consumers who opt for downloadable games and services over physical media.
In another note tied to the platform ecosystem, Sony’s catalog has recently included Helldivers 2, which has gained notable attention across European markets in recent months. This context helps illustrate the kind of titles that could benefit from the PS5 Pro’s performance enhancements, particularly in multiplayer and co op experiences that demand steady frame rates and high resolutions. Source attribution: Digital Foundry notes and analysis on hardware revisions and market expectations.