It took about half a year, but now Sony gives deep insights into the interior of the PlayStation 5 Pro for the first time. On thePlayStation BlogIf the manufacturer takes the pro console in the Teardown and gives new details about the improvements that have been made under the hood.
First, Shinya Hiromitsu (PS5 Pro Electrical Design Lead) and Shinya Tsuchida (PS5 Pro Mechanical Design Lead) go into the exterior of the Sony console, which leads three black, striking slots on the side compared to its predecessors.
- According to Tsuchida, these are referred to as "wings" in the engineering team and serve as new air flow paths. Very casual: The PS5 Pro wants to stand out both optically and improve cooling.
- At this point there is also an "air flap" inside the console between the main unit and the console cover. This prevents part of the noise from the fans from escaping forward - in total the PS5 Pro becomes quieter.
- The back of the console is also about improved ventilation, which is achieved by larger surfaces of the exhaust air opening. Due to the high density of the circuit design, the ports also had to be newly arranged and are placed slightly higher for the PS5 Pro.
PS5 Pro: larger mainboard, larger power supply
Afterwards the two design leads go to the inner values of PlayStation 5 Pro. The two Sony employees draw attention to the larger mainboard right from the start, but do not name any comparison values.
For this, the focus is on the liquid metal, which is necessary for the increased cooling requirements of the improved console. Compared to the classic PlayStation 5, Sony has added fine grooves to the point where the liquid metal is added to keep the cooling effect stable.
When looking at the mainboard of the PS5 Pro, however, a completely different matter is noticeable: the conductor tracks are hardly recognizable with the naked eye. Tsuchida explains the change as follows:
This is because the PS5 Pro-Motherboard has been equipped with additional internal layers, which means that signal pathways can be more efficiently guided through the inner layers, which leads to an even faster memory.
PlayStation 5 Mainboard PlayStation 5 Pro MainboardThe Pro mainboard is a bit larger. In addition, the conductor tracks are almost invisible.
On the back of the Pro mainboard, on the other hand, there is a simple expansion of the working storage. The previous eight GDDR6 modules have been expanded to include an additional DDR5 memory chip that is responsible for processing more slow processes.
In addition, Sony improves the GDDR6 chips itself in the context of the speed, but does not provide any information about the data rates. The capacity of a single chip is both on the regular PS5 and the PlayStation 5 Pro on 2 GB-but that does not reveal you the official Sony Teardown, but JANS comparison of the two consoles:
Finally, Sony calls two more, significant upgrades: the network module is on the top of the mainboardplaced.
At the release time of the PS5 Pro, the standard was not yet officially outside, which made the validation process "a major challenge" according to Hiromitsu. The successful certification made the Sony console become one of Wi-Fi 7's "early adopters" for game consoles.
The power supply of the PlayStation 5 Pro is also larger in view of the more energy -hungry features such as PSSR ("Playstation Spectral Super Resulting"). Compared to the PS5, up to 48 watts should be available here.
