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Sony Playstation 5 Review: Explore CPU Specs and Performance

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Sony Playstation 5
Let's talk about the Sony Playstation 5 processor, released in Q3/2020. This review covers all its specs and performance metrics, giving you a comprehensive overview. Feel free to dive into the details and compare it with other models. With its base clock frequency 3.00 GHz, core count , and memory support for GDDR6, this CPU packs a punch. It's compatible with Socket BGA motherboards and has a thermal design power (TDP) of 65 W.

Sony Playstation 5 specs

Complete list of technical specifications

CPU generation and family

Information about the Sony Playstation 5 segment (for desktops or laptops) and the CPU family, along with the sales starting date.

Specification Value
Name Sony Playstation 5
Family AMD Ryzen 7
CPU group AMD Ryzen 4000G
Segment Desktop / Server
Generation 3
Predecessor --
Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Technical and quantitative specifications of the Sony Playstation 5: number of cores and threads, base and maximum frequencies. The higher these specifications are, the more powerful your CPU will be.

Specification Value
CPU Cores / Threads 8 / 16
Core architecture normal
Cores 8x Zen 2
Hyperthreading / SMT Yes
Overclocking No
Frequency 3.00 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.50 GHz
Turbo Frequency (8 Cores) 3.50 GHz

Internal Graphics

Common specifications for the integrated graphics card in Sony Playstation 5 along with supported interfaces and connection options. This block has no effect on the final efficiency of the CPU.

Specification Value
GPU name AMD Custom Radeon Graphics (Playstation 5)
GPU frequency 2.23 GHz
GPU (Turbo) No turbo
Execution units 36
Shader 2304
Max. GPU Memory 8 GB
Max. displays 1
Generation 1
Direct X 12
Technology 7 nm
Release date Q3/2021

Hardware codec support

List of video codecs supported by the Sony Playstation 5 CPU. Hardware support of video decoding by embedded graphics cards directly affects the speed and quality of rendering videos.

Specification Value
h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
h264 Decode / Encode
VP8 Decode / Encode
VP9 Decode / Encode
AV1 No
AVC Decode / Encode
VC-1 Decode
JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

Memory type, clock frequency, multi-channel features, and PCIe version of the Sony Playstation 5. The higher these numbers are, the better your CPU will be. Keep in mind that the maximum memory and frequency may also depend on the model of the motherboard.

Specification Value
Memory type GDDR6
Max. Memory 16 GB
Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
Bandwidth 448.0 GB/s
ECC No
PCIe 4.0 x 12
AES-NI Yes

Thermal Management

Let's find out what TDP has the Sony Playstation 5? The Thermal Design Power (TDP) indicates the maximum amount of heat that should be dissipated by the chip cooling system. However, the value of TDP gives only a rough indication of the real power consumption of the CPU.

Specification Value
TDP (PL1) 65 W
TDP (PL2) --
TDP up --
TDP down --
Tjunction max. 100 \xc2\xb0C

Technical details

Here you can find a comparison of 2nd and 3rd level cache sizes for the Sony Playstation 5 CPU along with a list of ISA extensions.

Specification Value
Technology 7 nm
Chip design Chiplet
Socket BGA
L2-Cache --
L3-Cache 8.00 MB
Architecture Renoir (Zen 2)
Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Virtualization AMD-V, SVM
Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
Release date Q3/2020
Release price --
Part Number --
Documents --

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