The latest PlayStation 5 Pro rumors suggest that its APU will have a higher clock rate and will include graphics similar to AMD’s flagship GPU. Multiple hardware information leakers have been releasing what they’ve heard to dial in the purported tech specs for the console believed to be launching sometime next fall. The latest details now have it looking like it has significant improvements being made to its core components. The PS5 Pro is said to be in development under the codename “Trinity” and further rumors suggest its custom APU is called “Viola”.
Viola vs Oberon
The custom APU has some similarities to the current APU, called Oberon/Oberon Plus used in PlayStation 5 models, in that it has 8 cores / 16 threads but is reportedly getting a clock rate of up to 4.4 GHz. This is 900 MHz higher than the current 3.5 GHz APU. Graphics for Viola are said to feature either 56 or 60 compute units. Depending on its final configuration this would mean that it would have around, or more than, 3,584 stream processors putting its performance potential in the arena of AMD’s Navi 32 RX 7800 XT desktop GPU which utilizes the RDNA 3 architecture and 3,840 stream processors. This would also explain the bumped-up rumored GDDR6/256-bit memory speeds of 18 Gbps vs the current 14 Gbps.
The power draw for the Viola could be as high as 30 WGP, which is 12 WGP higher than Oberon which operates at 18 WGP. While Viola’s silicon could have as many as 60 CUs with a TDP of 30 WGP it has also been stated that it will only use 28 WGP / 56 CUs.
This is what AMD leaker said about 56 out of 60 CUs assumption for the PS5 pro so these might be fake. https://t.co/zZmBnNpnVG
— ked | 🎮 yakuzakiwami2 (@PC_FFFAN) December 11, 2023
Kepler added, “Yeah I was actually wrong about that 😅 PS5 Pro uses 60 out of 64 CUs (Viola full config is 2 SE x 2 SA x 8 WGP).” in another reply. Other rumors (via VideoCardz) state that Viola could have a rasterization performance uptick of nearly 60% over Oberon and twice as much for ray tracing by using technology from RDNA4. Despite all these rumors, it is believed that actual specifications could be soon forthcoming due to developer kits for the PS5 Pro being sent out.