The latest PlayStation 5 specs leaks suggest that the next PlayStation console should be equipped with a Zen-based Ryzen CPU. Browsing through PlayStation 5 specs leaks, you can find how much more powerful its GPU may be but it’s difficult to find anything on the CPU side of things. So let’s explore how the Ryzen CPU compare to the Jaguar based AMD Kabini CPU that is very similar to CPU you find in both the base PS4 and PRO models. How much more powerful could a potential PS5 ZEN base CPU be over current PS4 PRO’s Jaguar based CPU?
For starters, there is no 8 core laptop base CPUs that we could use for this comparison, so I selected 2 four core CPUs:
Ryzen 5 2500U is a ZEN based laptop CPU clocked at 2GHz. A6-5200 is a Jaguar based Kabini CPU closed at 2GHz as well
One thing to note here is that Ryzen CPU has a boost clock of 3.6 GHz for one core so it may be a 3.2 GHz boost for all 4 cores.
Clock boost should be present in the console CPUs as per the latest PS5 Gonzalo APU leak where it’s being speculated that PS5 boost clock should be 3.2 GHz
So lets check benchmarks.
According to HWBench.com, Ryzen CPU beats Jaguar CPU on average by 362% in Synthetic Performance, 396% in Multi Thread Performance and 328% in Single Thread Performance. That should lead to a significant boost in performance. Single Thread Performance is very important here as games do depend on a single thread performance a lot still even though in the future this should change and multi thread performance should matter more. But if we look an these charts we see 328% to almost 400% boost in performance.
That kind of performance boost should be more than enough to allow all games to run at 60 FPS and handle all kinds of AI and physics calculations. This doesn’t necessary mean that all games will run in native 4K and 60 FPS of course as it really depends on how developers utilize the technology. Some may decide to push for such realistic and fantastically looking graphics and high resolution that GPU may be a bottle neck and we may end up with 30 FPS. What I’m saying though is that if developers adjust graphics fidelity and resolution right, the CPU should be able to handle all games in 60 FPS no problem.
But as always, this is all speculation as the Ryzen CPU has not been confirmed for PS5 officially yet but if Sony happens to confirm it you know what sort of performance boost to expect from it. Almost 4 times more powerful CPU than what we have now available in current consoles would be great news and I will stick to it. Let me know what you think about this in the comment section bellow.
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All consoles from now on hopefully are 60FPS .
That should have been the initial goal . BUt i can understand why Graphics was pushed . Console gamers never had to think about 60FPS before .
I sure hope so.
trashstation5 won’t be anything worth buying
Every generation brings more power, and it’s always a developer choice of what to do with it. So far with every new leap, the majority still chooses 30fps and more effects that sell on TV.
I think anyone expecting a majority 60fps generation will be let down, though we’ll get somewhat more games with it with devs who wanted to but were held back with Jaguar.
It’s a lot more standard that’s for sure.
Your not getting gonzalo haha you’re kidding yourself and that leak is for Xbox-X2 you can speculate all you want but your trashstation5 will be underpowered hardware and fail out of the box especially with that garbage being built inside the box haha
lol what do you have to say for yourself now fanboy. You sound like the type of person who was truly agonized over Xbone’s 720p native limitations. And now look at XboneX lol. Talk about doing everything wrong. The great Scorpio is barely out a year before it’s eclipsed by PS5 and the next box news. While PS4 Pro got to enjoy 2 1/2 years, released $100 less & of course has the actual games to showcase it’s power.
– And of course XboneX can’t play all games in Native 4K. So you waited a year longer, paid $100 more, put up with having no true exclusives or good console exclusives and it’s still just a checkerboard 4K upscaler same as PS4 Pro is. My side is hurting I’m giggling so much over here.
https://lordsofgaming.net/2019/06/first-playstation-5-benchmark-just-leaked/
“One thing to note here is that Ryzen CPU has a boost clock of 3.6 GHz for one core so it may be a 3.2 GHz boost for all 4 cores.”
The 2500U runs at an all core turbo of 2.6-2.7GHz (search the techspot review for the Ryzen 5 2500u, not sure if a link would delete this comment)
Further, you didn’t scale the percentage gains between the two chips to the expected clock speeds.
Thx for your feed back. My point was to give an estimate rather an exact performance numbers. Also I just compared Zen first generation CPU while PS5 may be using 2nd gen ( may ) so there is still a lot of unknown. But there should a huge leap over what current consoles offer.