PS5 vs XSeX: Understanding the Gap

[DonFerrari]

Pemalite said:

DonFerrari said:

Doesn`t make much sense to invest the whole gen to release on a very outdated chip. But then there are rumors that PS5 was going to launch last year.

Still AMD and Sony confirmed it is RDNA 2.0 chip.

What would be very impressive is a sustainable clock on 2.23Ghz on RDNA with 10.23Tflop, manufacturing process on a node that no other RDNA1 was made right? It is to odd for me to consider at the moment. But that could make it cheaper? I don`t think so.

The "leak" would be rather extensive and would give us all the low-laying details on AMD's graphics processors, not something to be taken lightly... The detailing is potentially large enough that it might allow the chinese to design their own competitive products...

If accurate, it would make the Playstation 5's chip a "hybrid" design, taking design elements from RDNA 1.0 and RDNA 2.0... It does not mean it is outdated by any means.

Whatever claims Sony and AMD make on this front is ultimately irrelevant, this is low-level architectural information which AMD's engineers would be using to build products.

And let's be realistic, Console manufacturers make stupid claims all the time, part and parcel of big business promoting their products, hence they should always be taken with a grain of salt with an emphasis placed on unbiased sources.

The current manufacturing node for RDNA 1.0 is irrelevant, the PS5 wouldn't be using a bog-standard RDNA 1.0 design.

The point I was making on the manufacturing node is that long term it would mean less efficiency gain on node shrink and cost reduction on scale because it would be something that is a little left behind already.

Also would potentially lose a lot of the performance and efficiency gains made on RDNA2.

Not sure Sony would have been that dumb, but who knows.