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Sony PS5 Digital Edition May be Priced at $399 in view of the Xbox Series S Launch

After the official launch of the Microsoft Xbox Series S for just $299, certain sources claim that Sony has revised the pricing of its next-gen console. As per Gamereactor, the Digital Edition of the PS5 will be priced at $399 while the Standard Edition will cost the same as the XSX at $499.

Both the Xbox Series S and X will launch on the 10th of November. In terms of features, there seems to be a parity between the two. Not surprising considering that both consoles leverage the same RDNA 2 GPU architecture and the DX12_2 API (DX12 Ultimate). With the Series S, you get DXR (ray-tracing), VRS (Variable Rate Shading), DirectStorage (NVIDIA RT IO equivalent) for super-fast load times, 4K upscaling, and streaming, and an All-Digital platform.

PS5XSXXSS
Price$399/$499$499$299
Release dateNov 202010th Nov 202010th Nov 2020
Processor8 Zen 2 Cores @ 3.5GHz (variable)8 Zen 2 cores @ 3.8GHz (3.6GHz with SMT)8 Zen 2 cores @ 3.6GHz (3.4GHz with SMT)
GPU36 CUs up to 2.23GHz (variable)52 CUs @ 1.825GHz20 CUs @ 1.5GHz
Memory16GB GDDR616GB GDDR610GB GDDR6
Memory Bandwidth448GB/s10GB @ 560 GB/s, 6GB @ 336 GB/s10GB @ 560GB/s, 8 GB @ 224 GB/s, 2 GB @ 56 GB/s
Storage825GB SSD1TB custom NVMe SSD500GB NVMe SSD
I/O5.5GB/s2.4 GB/s (uncompressed)2.4 GB/s (uncompressed)

The Series S packs just 20CU which is almost the same as the Radeon RX 5500 XT, a 1080p capable graphics card. The CPU has the same octal-core Zen 2 with mobile cache hierarchy, but with as already predicted, lower operating clocks: 3.6GHz vs 3.8GHz on the Series X. As for the GPU clocks, the clocks are lower as well at 1.565GHz. While the Series X packs a 1TB SSD, the Series S gets half as much at 512GB. Basically, with the Series S, you’re mostly getting everything halved on the GPU side and storage, with the CPU and memory largely unchanged.

Areej

Computer hardware enthusiast, PC gamer, and almost an engineer. Former co-founder of Techquila (2017-2019), a fairly successful tech outlet. Been working on Hardware Times since 2019, an outlet dedicated to computer hardware and its applications.

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