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PlayStation 5: It appears to be confirmed to use an 8-core, 16-thread AMD processor

A Japanese media seems to confirm that Sony's PlayStation 5 console will be based on an 8-core, 16-thread AMD Ryzen processor.

This past week it was officially announced that the PlayStation 5 will arrive at the end of 2020. Sony will launch it thinking about Christmas, a time when a lot of technology is usually given away. The company's new console promises 4K @ 60FPS resolutions and Ray Tracing, something that seems quite complicated. A console that will be based on AMD processor and graphics.

A few weeks ago an AMD official dropped that the Sony console graphics would be a custom RX 5500. If this is confirmed, 4K and Ray Tracing will not be a reality in the next Sony console. Maybe later there will end up being several levels of console, thinking about all pockets.

Sony confirms the PlayStation 5 processor

Famitsu, a Japanese magazine has confirmed that the PlayStation 5 will carry an 8-core and 16-thread processor. It would be a custom version of the Ryzen 7 3700X processor possibly. Something that had already been rumored and that makes a lot of sense, since the 8 cores have been installed as the most logical option.

If we do a little recap, we know that this console in addition to this processor, will use an SSD and GDDR6 memory. The only item that is yet to be revealed is the graphics card.

There is also a lot of talk that all the specifications of the PlayStation 5 will be revealed in February 2020. At the moment they are all speculation and cross-information. Let's also remember that a few months ago it was ready in MediaMarkt Sweden for a price of 1 euros.

The most logical thing is to get away from all the hype and wait quietly for Sony to reveal the specifications in February. And there are times when it seems that it will be more powerful than a desktop computer and there are other times when it seems that it will have the same performance as a Raspberry Pi.

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Robert Sole

Director of Contents and Writing of this same website, technician in renewable energy generation systems and low voltage electrical technician. I work in front of a PC, in my free time I am in front of a PC and when I leave the house I am glued to the screen of my smartphone. Every morning when I wake up I walk across the Stargate to make some coffee and start watching YouTube videos. I once saw a dragon ... or was it a Dragonite?

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