Hardware: What the Leaks Suggest
One point widely considered likely is Sony’s continued partnership with AMD. Reports indicate AMD secured the contract to develop the PS6’s chipset, preserving architectural continuity with the PS5 and PS5 Pro and supporting backward compatibility.
Leaked and rumored specifications describe a custom AMD APU built on TSMC’s 2nm (N2) process. If accurate, that would represent a significant efficiency jump from the 7nm process used in the base PS5.
Rumored Core Specifications
• CPU: AMD Zen 6 architecture, replacing the Zen 2 cores in the PS5. This upgrade could reduce CPU bottlenecks in demanding open-world and simulation titles.
• GPU: RDNA 5 graphics architecture. Leaks suggest the console may not use the full desktop feature set but will incorporate major generational improvements.
• Raster Performance: Estimates point to roughly three times the rasterization power of the base PS5, with projections in the 34–40 teraflop range.
• Ray Tracing: The biggest leap may come here, with claims of 6–12 times the ray tracing performance of the PS5.
• Memory: GDDR7 memory delivering approximately 640 GB/s of bandwidth has been mentioned in leaks, though total capacity remains unknown.
