Discussion Will the PS5 pro have the performance of 4070 or 4070 super ?

[ToTTenTranz]

Tested: the PC GPUs that match or exceed PS5 Pro graphics performance​

Nvidia's RTX 5060 Ti and AMD's RX 9060 XT are both solid picks.

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• by Richard Leadbetter 7:30pm

Ahead of the PlayStation 5 Pro's launch in 2025, the console's high sticker price made a lot of pundits wonder: could a mainstream PC match or exceed the output of Sony's new hardware while delivering similar value? Key to the discussion was the choice of GPU, one of the more expensive elements of a prospective PC build. Once the Pro arrived, conjecture gave way to actual testing and if you're looking for Pro-equivalence or better in most areas, we'd recommend the 16GB models of AMD's RX 9060 XT (launch MSRP $349) and Nvidia's RTX 5060 Ti (launch MSRP $429).

As usual, Digital Foundry loves to undermine console GPUs. The PS5 Pro has a compute throughput that surpasses the 5060 Ti and the 9060XT by around 45%.
Remember this is the same outlet who said the PS5 was showing similar results to a RTX 2060 Super.

 

[jpiniero]

As usual, Digital Foundry loves to undermine console GPUs. The PS5 Pro has a compute throughput that surpasses the 5060 Ti and the 9060XT by around 45%.
Remember this is the same outlet who said the PS5 was showing similar results to a RTX 2060 Super.

But Sony didn't upgrade the CPU, which is a big problem. Kinda makes the PS5 Pro a waste.

 

[ToTTenTranz]

But Sony didn't upgrade the CPU, which is a big problem. Kinda makes the PS5 Pro a waste.

I'm not sure the CPU is much of a bottleneck in the PS5 Pro. The GPU driver overhead for gaming workloads has become huge in windows as of late, especially on Nvidia GPUs. However, that shouldn't be the case when Sony has full control over the whole stack for only two hardware configurations.

We should expect consoles to be very balanced systems by default. I'm sure if the CPU was to become a significant bottleneck, Sony would've preferred to go with a narrower iGPU and switch to higher performing CPU cores.

 

[jpiniero]

I'm sure if the CPU was to become a significant bottleneck, Sony would've preferred to go with a narrower iGPU and switch to higher performing CPU cores.

More likely Sony wanted to keep the CPU arch the same as the regular PS5. (And perhaps a bit of not wanting to make the PS6's improvement look lamer)

 

[ToTTenTranz]

More likely Sony wanted to keep the CPU arch the same as the regular PS5. (And perhaps a bit of not wanting to make the PS6's improvement look lamer)

And they wanted to keep the CPU arch because they didn't see enough value added to upgrade it. Especially because a console that mostly targets 30 to 60FPS is more often GPU-limited.