After months of expectations and rumors, Sony has finally decided to offer a detailed look to the heart of its new PlayStation 5 Pro console, which was launched on November 7, 2024 worldwide.
This through an extensive post in its official PlayStation blog, where the Japanese company breaks down the technical improvements of this advanced version, with which it has promised an increase in power and optimization in aspects such as cooling, internal architecture and memory performance.
An outdoor design with technical purpose
Before entering the technical depths, those responsible for the electrical and mechanical design of the PS5 Pro, Shinya Hiromitsu and Shinya Tsuchida, explained the first visible differences with respect to the standard model.
The PS5 Pro has three black side slots that are not merely aesthetic, which starts from a redesign designed to optimize the air flow inside the device. In the engineering team they refer to these elements such as “wings”, since they channel the air more efficiently.
Another significant change is the incorporation of an internal “air gate” located between the housing and the main body of the console. This piece fulfills a key acoustic function: it prevents the noise generated by the fans to project towards the front, thus reducing the general sound level of the console in operation.
Also in the rear, the surfaces of air exits have been extended, improving the expulsion of heat generated by the components. In addition, due to the greater density of the new circuit design, Sony has been forced to relocate the rear ports, which are now slightly higher with respect to the standard PS5.
Renewed internal architecture for greater power and efficiency
Along with the above, one of the first elements highlighted by Hiromitsu and Tsuchida inside the console, are the extension of the size of the motherboard. Although there are no exact comparative figures, it is indicated that this new design has been necessary to accommodate a more complex distribution of components and allow improvements in refrigeration and processing.
Another of the most notorious technical decisions has been the improvement of the cooling system through the use of liquid metal, a compound already present in the original PS5, but now applied with greater precision.
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Sony has added fine slots in the contact area of the liquid metal, a modification that stabilizes thermal performance and helps maintain constant temperatures even under high workloads.
Another remarkable point is the restructuring of the motherboard itself, with conductive clues in this that are practically invisible to the naked eye, a clear signal of the redesign at the internal layer level. As Tsuchida explains, the new multicapa system allows a more efficient conduction of internal signals, which translates into a direct improvement in data performance and data processing.
A more versatile and prepared memory for the future
In the memory section, Sony introduces an exclusive novelty of the PS5 Pro: an additional chip of DDR5 memory, absent in the standard model. This component is dedicated to the management of lower priority processes, which relieves the burden of the main modules and contributes to greater general efficiency.
On the other hand, the eight GDDR6 modules already present in the original version have also received improvements focused on performance, although Sony has not specified concrete figures on the transfer speed or bandwidth. Chip capacity remains in 2 GB, according to comparative unofficial data, which implies that the improvements are more focused on optimization than in gross memory expansion.
Characteristics of the PS5 pro that to close, although many believe that they do not represent a total break with their predecessor, but a carefully designed technical evolution, each modification, from external ventilation to internal architecture and memory management, has been implemented with a clear objective: to offer a more fluid, silent and powerful game experience.
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