I may be wrong, but lets compare another situation: A dodge demon has a V8, with an engine as big as 6.2 L, plus 2.7 L from the supercharger. The McLaren 720s has a 4.0L with twin turbo. In the paper, the demon should eat alive the McLaren, but it turns out it doesnt...

Well Mark Cerny own words are that variable frequency = continuous boost. If you look at the presentation you even see the graphs in the background doing the boost , UP and DOWN constantly. But the gpu will not be constant at 2.23ghz, it will reach that output if it needs on a given moment, but by underclocking the cpu. This means Gpu clock may be boosting from 1,8 to 2.23ghz. He didn't want to give base clock speed , but i can assure it exists. If we use early leaks, base clock should be around 2ghz (9tflops).

We have to wait and see how this approach is played out. AMD smart Shift technology can indeed be something. It doesn't convince me yet, I see stability problems everywhere. And we have yet to see the cooling solution, it must be a robust one.

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Because the games won't need that frequency all the time and also there is CPU and GPU, so it can't keep both 100% all the time. But it certainly can keep any of those at 100% with the other not at it.

Watch the video again or wait for games to launch.

There is something about the PS5 audio solution that just hit me, and it actually could make sense to Sony's approach.
Is not that Tempest audio will change gaming experience. Is about not paying licensing fees and universal reception. Since 4k became a new standard, audio decoders needed to evolve into different solutions for a deeper immersion, each requiring a different setup and with it licenses.

Sony wants to provide a great experience without limiting it to certified devices. Obviously quality will vary from setup to setup.
You are going to get the best based on the speaker specifications you have (tv speakers, soundbar, full audio system, etc)

This can provide Sony control over a license fee that they do not need. It will be dumb and stupid to pay a license to dolby or others if you have Tempest. That is why the tempest strategy is an universal one. Is about reaching and cutting costs.

Say you have an XBOX SX, with dolby support, but you don't have a dolby sound system, you are stuck with standard audio transcoding through your tv speakers. In Viceversa, lets say you have a dolby audio system but your XBOX sx doesn't support it. Then again you're stuck with Standard transcoding. Tempest 3d Audio wants to change that and deliver the best transcoding possible using your available speakers.

The take into this is that is not going to be that much better that what is already available. It will be a virtual solution for cheap/integrated speakers. This is not going to convert your tv speakers into a 1000 watts sound system, but it will send better audio modulation and flexibility to them.

I may be (will be) wrong on this, so feel free to correct me, because audio is not my stronghold.

Reference
https://wccftech.com/dolby-atmos-can-also-support-hundreds-of-objects-like-ps5s-tempest-says-dolby/

You’re saying the same things we are, not sure why you’re trying to argue lol. Yes, we know it can’t keep both at max all the time and has to throttle down one or the other to increase performance of the other. Also you don’t know how long either one can stay at 100%. Follow your own advice and wait for the games to launch.

The way I understand it, they’ve come up with this solution to facilitate proper cooling of the PS5 and keep it quiet. The console’s CPU and GPU run continuously in “boost mode” with the same electrical power no matter what. But the frequency will throttle down when a “worst case scenario game” feeds the system. They designed their cooling solution based on a fixed electrical consumption budget, instead of fixed frequencies. This down throttle will happen when power required goes beyond the budget. Of which Cerny says a reduction of 10% in power consumption results in a couple % reduction in frequency. All so the console doesn’t overheat and becomes loud.

He also mentioned that he expects down-clocking to be pretty minor and that the console will be at 10.3TF most of the time.

Important to reinforce that is 10% reduction on power consumption not on performance.

What better way to evolve combat than using the mechanics from the first?

Halo Infinite will not take full advantage of Series X. People forget it's also on Xbox One.

Unfortunately, the relative cost of RAM is higher now than it was up until a few years ago.  Taking these systems up to 24gb would make a noticeable difference in production costs.  So, they've had to figure out how to make do with less (than we might prefer).