According to notorious hardware snoop KeplerL2, the hardware configuration of the PS6 has been “taped out”.
In industry terms, this means Sony’s completed design of the chip and locked down the specs, and it’s now ready for manufacturing. This all points to a November 2027 launch.
The sneak says PlayStation’s new console will deliver 40 teraflops, compared to the new Xbox’s 56 teraflops.
However, it’s worth noting this isn’t always a reliable measure of performance, as various factors can contribute to how games run. If the Helix will still function like a PC, for example, then it’ll need additional horsepower to manage those functions.
System architect Mark Cerny has also spoken at length about “flopflation”, and how this measure isn’t always the best way to determine the power of a device.
The PS5 is technically around 20% less powerful than the Xbox Series X, although in real-terms this rarely ever factors.
Speaking specifically about the PS6, KeplerL2 says it’ll offer roughly double the power of the PS5, with 12x faster ray tracing and a much more efficient RDNA 5 architecture.
It’ll also presumably benefit from an upgraded version of the platform holder’s proprietary PSSR upscaler, which will massively reduce computational overhead without sacrificing image quality.
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