PlayStation 5 Pro on Track for Late 2024 Launch, Insiders Say
Earlier this year, numerous reports surfaced regarding the anticipated Sony PlayStation 5 Pro, expected to launch in late 2024. Internally codenamed “Trinity,” its SoC is referred to as “Viola,” continuing Sony’s tradition of using names from The Matrix for its codenames. However, recent rumors suggest that Sony might delay the release of the PlayStation 5 Pro until 2025.
According to Wccftech, insiders have refuted claims of a delay, stating that Sony had set a timetable 18 months ago, allowing game developers to submit their applications for PS5 Pro support to CertOps (Platform Certification and Operations) by July 30th. Furthermore, Sony has mandated that all PlayStation 5 games released after September 15th must support the PlayStation 5 Pro.
This week, Sony shared this information with game developers, indicating that the PlayStation 5 Pro is still likely to be launched later this year, possibly in late November 2024. Although no leaked documents have confirmed a postponement, skepticism persists about Sony’s ability to release the PlayStation 5 Pro this year, primarily due to the limited number of first-party games supporting the new features.
According to previous reports, the PS5 Pro’s GPU will feature 30 WGP/60 CU units, with a larger cache and a maximum frequency of 2.35 GHz. Its single-precision floating-point performance is expected to increase to between 33.5 TFLOPS and 36.1 TFLOPS, with memory speeds rising to 18 Gbps and corresponding bandwidth increasing to 576 GB/s. It will utilize the RDNA 3 architecture, incorporating some features of the RDNA 4 architecture, resulting in a rendering speed 45% faster than the standard version and ray-tracing performance three times higher. The new model will also support AI-driven PSSR (PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution) technology, enhancing frame rates and image quality.
Additionally, the CPU, continuing with the Zen 2 architecture, has been enhanced to offer a “high CPU frequency mode” 10% higher than the standard version, reaching a frequency of 3.85 GHz.
