Its technical file has the advantage of a very high speed SSD, 3D sound and a video card that, despite having fewer cores than the rival, promises to work faster. It is worth remembering that the price and the launch date in Brazil of both remain a mystery. Below, TechTudo explains these differences and what impacts you can expect. See also the features that the Xbox Series X has and that the PS5 owes.
- SSD speed Sony made it clear that part of the development effort around the PS5 was focused on creating a powerful SSD. The goal is for the component to surpass on a large scale what the best PCs offer today. For this, the new PlayStation unit can achieve data exchange speeds with the system of 5.5 GB / s in raw data or between 8 and 9 GB / s of compressed data. In terms of comparison, the Xbox Series X – which also offers a special SSD and promises to look good in front of PCs – stands at 2.4 GB / s for raw data, or 4.8 GB / for compressed data. The PS5 has the potential to be 129% faster than the competitor, that is, a very significant difference. Regarding the utilization, it is expected that SSDs eliminate long game loading intervals, in addition to contributing to a better performance. The expectation is that artifacts and failures to load graphics and textures end up in the latest generation of video games. Another effect of SSDs is the opening of new paradigms in terms of game design, since creators no longer need to fit their projects within the very limited speeds of the hard drives used so far.
- Video card speed The Xbox video card promises to be better: it has more computing units – 52 versus 36 on the PS5. For this reason, the Microsoft component tends to have a gross computational processing capacity far superior to what the PlayStation 5 offers. Despite this, the musculature of the graphics processor is defined not only by the number of components, but also by its speed. The maximum clock speed of the PS5 graphics card is 2.23 GHz – well above the Xbox 1.825 GHz. The difference may give PlayStation 5 some advantages, such as a larger pixel fillrate. It is worth mentioning that this metric refers to the speed at which the graphics processor can generate pixels and record them in memory. As it is faster, the PS5 card must do more operations per second – an asset that can have important effects on the task of competing with Microsoft ‘s more muscular card.
- Audio processing Another aspect that has been of concern to Sony engineers is audio quality. The manufacturer explains that it developed a new processor just to take care of tasks related to sound reproduction. The Xbox Series X also promises 3D sound – which is not surprising, as the current Xbox One offers compatibility with Dolby Atmos and DTS: X. Regarding the PS5, there is no way to know the level of quality offered by the Sony solution, but the idea is to allow any type of device to emit sound with greater fidelity. The advantage is that the user does not have to spend a lot of money on Dolby Atmos compatible headphones, or on extra speakers to compensate for the limitations of the TV. In one example, Mark Cerny, the architect responsible for creating the PS5, explains that a comparison would be the sound of rain today, in a game: what you hear today is compressed audio from the rain. With PS5 technology, developers could ensure that every drop has its own sound source, creating a more immersive and realistic audio environment.
