When Sony unveiled the PlayStation 3 console back in 2005 at E3, it was an impressive machine. The much-anticipated device and multimedia hub offered a new experience, allowing users to not only play games, but view photos, browse the Internet, and watch Blu-Ray discs all in glorious 1080p. Here we are seven years later and we’re equally impressed by Sony’s next-generation console — which pretty much blows its predecessor out of the water in a couple key areas.

Now officially called the PlayStation 4, the new machine represents an enormous leap forward for the Japanese company, even if the specs don’t necessarily outshine even that of a typical gaming PC. The equipped eight-core 64-bit processor could help eradicate console optimization issues, while the additional low-powered chip will certainly help better process the lengthy background tasks that the PS3 is notoriously known for. Although the PS3′s RSX “Reality Synthesizer” — the proprietary GPU designed in conjunction with Nvidia — was a standout at the time of its release, the new PS4 GPU can seemingly run virtual laps around the outdated device. The system also touts a whopping eight gigabytes of GDDR5 RAM, sixteen times more raw memory than the PS3, and a robust graphics card capable of pushing 1.84 TFLOPS. Couple all that with a Blu-Ray drive with up to 6x speed and a few other notable enhancements, and you have a machine that is inherently more powerful than its predecessor.

Below is our side-by-side spec breakdown so you can be the judge;

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Aren't the Bluray and DVD read speeds a lot faster too? Also I thought the wifi was better in PS4 but it looks exactly the same there. Nice to see those little improvements like better blue tooth and USBs too. I hope the controller life is extended (it's already pretty damn good on PS3). It's these little improvements that I think I'm going to really appreciate along with the big ones like controller, power, UI, and social capabilities.

I'm glad they improved the camera, it was my only dispointment with things like Move and wonderbook.

HD cam finally haha. I loved it with singstar :D

Faster bluray read speeds means faster loading of bluray movies too?

ah excellent then (I don't have netflix sub anymore but I'm sure it'll help with other parts and maybe with game streaming)

Not as rounded as I had hoped, but a good looking console nonetheless.

it's a low res pic I mean the dot is obviously the controller

PS4 shitty anti aliasing confirmed.