As a mid-term upgrade, Sony’s PS5 Pro has become a new favorite among game enthusiasts with its powerful performance and excellent gaming experience. It is not only the best way to experience the rich game library of PS5, but also the pinnacle of current game consoles. PlayStation 5 Pro is one of the most powerful consoles in history, but the price is also relatively high. It is equipped with a faster GPU, supports 4K resolution and 60 frames per second game screen, and also adds ray tracing function. PSSR artificial intelligence upscaling works well, making low-resolution images look like native 4K images, which is better than AMD’s FSR upscaling technology and Nvidia’s early versions of DLSS. In terms of storage, PS5 Pro is equipped with a 2TB solid-state drive.
Core Highlights
- Performance upgrade: PS5 Pro has more powerful hardware configuration.
- Ray tracing: In supported games, the ray tracing effect is impressive.
- Introducing PSSR: PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution (PSSR) technology improves image clarity through AI-driven upsampling.
- Larger SSD: Built-in 2TB SSD, providing more storage space.
- Expensive price: For a game console, the price is relatively high.
- No optical drive: PS5 Pro does not include an optical drive by default, which needs to be purchased separately.
Let’s take a look at the improvements in the hardware configuration of PS5 Pro. The processor of PS5 Pro still uses AMD’s Zen 2 architecture, adopts a 4nm process, and has 8 cores and 16 threads, but compared with PS5, its CPU performance improvement is limited, only about 10%. This makes the frame rate of PS5 Pro in some games that rely on CPU performance, such as “Baldur’s Gate 3” or the unoptimized “Cyberpunk 2077”, not significantly improved. However, PS5 Pro has made a significant improvement in its GPU, with a 67% increase in GPU computing units, a significant improvement in graphics rendering capabilities, a 45% increase in rendering speed, and better ray tracing performance, reaching 2-3 times that of PS5.
In order to improve picture clarity and frame rate, PS5 Pro introduced PS5SR (PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution) technology. This AI-based super-resolution technology is similar to NVIDIA’s DLSS and AMD’s FSR, which can enhance picture clarity while maintaining high frame rates. This is very attractive for players who pursue extreme picture quality.
The memory configuration of PS5 Pro has also been optimized. The memory speed has been increased by 28%, and 2GB of DDR5 memory dedicated to system operation has been added to the 16GB memory, with a total memory capacity of 18GB. These upgrades significantly reduce the loading time of the game, allowing players to enter the game world more quickly. It is worth mentioning that its storage capacity has been expanded from 825GB of PS5 to 2TB, which greatly increases the storage space and can meet the storage needs of players for large games and data.
In terms of network connection, PS5 Pro supports the latest Wi-Fi 7 standard, which enhances network transmission speed and stability, and improves the experience of online games and downloading game updates. However, it should be noted that the player’s network environment also needs to support Wi-Fi 7 to make full use of this feature.
PS5 Pro’s hand in screen display is also a highlight. In addition to enhanced ray tracing capabilities, the PS5 Pro also supports HDR and 4K 120Hz display output, and even supports 8K resolution in some games. Through these technologies, the PS5 Pro is able to present a more realistic and delicate game world with richer details. Sony also provides specially adapted image enhancement functions for the PS5SR technology of the PS5 Pro, allowing PS4 games to get better visual effects when running on the PS5 Pro.
In addition to hardware limitations, the PS5 Pro also faces challenges in output capabilities. Although it supports 4K 120Hz display output, the implementation of 8K resolution seems to be inadequate due to the hardware limitations of the HDMI controller. Moreover, the popularity of 8K monitors in the market is low, and this limitation actually has little impact on most users.
In terms of game experience optimization, the PS5 Pro introduces the “Game Enhancement Mode” (PS5 Pro GameBoost), which can stabilize and improve the performance of more than 8,500 compatible PS4/PS5 games. At the time of its launch, PS5 Pro had nearly 50 games offering enhanced versions, providing better performance in terms of frame rate, resolution, image quality, etc. Some games even support up to 120fps mode, which is a major attraction for heavy gamers.
PSSR technology
PS5 Pro introduces the much-anticipated PSSR technology, a machine learning-based technology that provides ultra-clear images by adding a lot of details. This technology is expected to be even more impressive in the coming years as Sony’s own developers and third-party studios become more familiar with its implementation.
Storage space
Another advantage of PS5 Pro is that it is equipped with a 2TB internal hard drive, which is a significant improvement over the 1TB SSD of PS5 Slim (actual available space is 850GB) and more than twice that of the basic PS5 unit.
This new next-generation game console is positioned above the original PS5 and aims to provide a better choice for users who pursue higher performance and image quality. The upgrade of PS5 Pro over PS5 is more significant. PS5 Pro introduces PS5SR (PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution) technology. This AI-based super-resolution technology is similar to NVIDIA’s DLSS and AMD’s FSR, which can enhance picture clarity while maintaining high frame rates. This is very attractive to players who pursue extreme picture quality.
