News Here's What the PS5 Looks Like

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It kinda makes me happy because I know that Navi/Ampere/Zen 3 are going to be ~this good.

Actually, on the CPU side of things, they're both using Zen 2. So, more like a 3700X, only underclocked, apparently with up to 3.5GHz boost on the PS5, and up to 3.8GHz boost on the Series X, which is notably lower than the 3700X's stock boost clocks. So, gaming performance-wise, these processors might perform more like the earlier Zen or Zen+ 8-cores, though it's possible that access to GDDR6 memory will give them some additional performance boost over those. Also, at least one core should be getting reserved for OS use.

Still, CPU performance should be a lot better than what any of the current consoles have. And that means games getting developed around the lowest common denominator won't need to limit themselves to what the slower, old Jaguar designs used in those consoles are capable of, at least once developers transition away from supporting those platforms, which could take a couple years. Of course, if developers start targeting 30-60fps frame rates on this new, faster hardware, then PC processors won't be as far ahead as they have been, and it will likely become harder to get 100+fps for systems with high refresh rate screens, at least in the more demanding games. We may also see less-stable frame rates on processors with significantly fewer threads, as those will likely be getting better utilized as well.