Mark Cerny, known game designer and a frequent collaborator of Sony’s technological efforts, goes on a deep dive to discuss their most ambitious <a href="https://whatoplay.com/ps5/" title="List of all PlayStation 5 games">PlayStation 5 console</a>. The Stream was in lieu of their GDC 2020 talk which was cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The stream had over half a million views and it premiered on most video platforms.

<a hre="https://twitter.com/digitalfoundry">Digital Foundry</a>’s Richard Leadbetter managed to round up the technical features and discussed the PlayStation 5’s improvement in hardware, mainly in its SSD, its custom-made CPU and RAM. <a href="https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2020-playstation-5-specs-and-tech-that-deliver-sonys-next-gen-vision">Read more here</a>.

Here are the full specifications of the PlayStation 5:
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	<li>CPU: 8x Zen 2 Cores at 3.5GHz (variable frequency)</li>
	<li>GPU: 10.28 TFLOPs, 36 CUs at 2.23GHz (variable frequency)</li>
	<li>GPU Architecture: Custom RDNA 2</li>
	<li>Memory/Interface: 16GB GDDR6/256-bit</li>
	<li>Memory Bandwidth: 448GB/s</li>
	<li>Internal Storage: Custom 825GB SSD</li>
	<li>IO Throughput: 5.5GB/s (Raw), Typical 8-9GB/s (Compressed)</li>
	<li>Expandable Storage: NVMe SSD Slot</li>
	<li>External Storage: USB HDD Support</li>
	<li>Optical Drive: 4K UHD Blu-ray Drive</li>
</ul>

Its 825 SSD is its strongest improvement yet. Players will no longer concern themselves with long-load times during fast-travel scenarios and it gives videogame developers more freedom to experiment with their level designs. PlayStation 5 owners can opt to increase their storage whenever they want, or acquire an external HDD. 

The stream also discussed <a href="https://whatoplay.com/news/ps5-backwards-compatibility-only-applies-to-ps4-games/">PS5’s backwards compatibility</a>, which Mark Cerny added that 100 <a href="https://whatoplay.com/ps4/best/" title="list of the best PS4 games">popular PlayStation titles</a> will be available during launch. 

It’s shaping up to be Sony’s most powerful gaming technology yet. Unfortunately, there’s no console shown just yet, but PlayStation 5 is inches away from its full reveal within this year. For more information about the PlayStation 5, be sure to subscribe to our <a href="https://youtube.com/whatoplaychannel/" title="whatoplay YouTube channel">YouTube Channel</a> or continue to check our <a href="https://whatoplay.com/ps5/" title="PlayStation 5 games coming soon">list of all upcoming PS5 games</a>.

<h3>Watch our list of confirmed and rumored PS5 games</h3>
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The battle for the next-gen console is on.

After months of waiting, the PS5's specs has finally been made public. Is it really powerful?

PlayStation 5 Full Specifications Unveiled

After months of waiting, the PS5's specs has finally been made public. Is it really powerful?