Rumors are circulating about a supposed PlayStation 5 Pro, or PS5 Pro for short. Just as we got a mid-generation upgrade with the PS4 Pro in the last console cycle, many people are expecting PlayStation to release an incrementally more powerful machine to bridge the gap between the launch unit and an eventual PlayStation 6. Leaks have surfaced from some pretty credible sources, with plenty of juicy and very specific details about what a hypothetical PS5 Pro might look like. As credible as these sources may be, we still need to take everything we see with a certain amount of skepticism until Sony officially confirms that this system even exists. Until then, here are all the PS5 Pro rumors.

Rumored release window

One consistent release window that all leaks have pointed to is sometime in fall 2024. That’s right around the corner, likely in the September-November timeframe, meaning we should get an official announcement about the console if that is indeed the plan. It looks like PS5 Pro development kits are now in the hands of more developers, who have been asked to submit PS5 Pro-enhanced games for certification in August. These developments point to a 2024 release.

Jeff Grubb even went so far as to explicitly say that it would also be released in September. It is speculated that Sony will release the console in time for or before the launch of the upcoming Grand Theft Auto 6 to boost sales of the best performances of what is undoubtedly the most successful game of the year, if not the entire generation.

With fall 2024 fast approaching and Sony yet to make an official statement on the PS5 Pro, Tom Henderson has clarified that all the documentation he’s seen hasn’t suggested any delays. He also claims that developers are still working in secret on test kits to finalize games that will take advantage of the new hardware at launch.

Price

There are no leaks on how much the PS5 Pro will cost, but it’s safe to assume it will cost more than the current models. How much more? We’re speculating on a price increase of at least $100 to $600 or more.

Technical data

This is where we need to get technical for a moment. The latest Moore’s Law is Dead leaks, confirmed by IGN and Insider Gaming, state that the PS5 Pro has 67 teraflops of processing power, compared to the base unit’s 10.28 teraflops. In terms of storage, we could jump from 448GB to 576GB and get 10% faster CPU speeds.

Tom Henderson has reported that a big focus of the PS5 Pro’s new performance will be on ray tracing and rendering speeds. Rendering speeds could be increased by 45%, and the console could even support 8K graphics. It is also highly recommended that a PS5 Pro would not force players to choose between graphics or performance modes, but would simply offer the best visuals at the highest frame rate by default.

Although no leaker has claimed it, it is a widely accepted fact that if this console is real, it will continue to run all existing PS5 games and there will be no games that are exclusive to it. We may also see better PSVR2 performance, but that is not talked about as much.

The Verge also claims to have received information on what requirements games must meet to receive the Enhanced label on the PS5 Pro. Contrary to what many hope, the label does not require an improved frame rate. Instead, any game that either increases the target resolution that runs at a fixed resolution or any game that increases the target resolution that runs at a variable resolution is eligible for the Enhanced label. Another way to receive the label is to enable ray tracing effects and no other enhancements. Finally, a game that previously ran at 30 FPS but is increased to 60 with no other changes can also be eligible for the label. This leaves developers with many different ways to qualify for the Enhanced label, which gamers will need to pay attention to in order to know exactly what kind of enhancements there will be.

The latest report comes from Digital Foundry, claiming that new information suggests the PS5 Pro will have 33.5 teraflops, compared to the base unit’s 10.23, a 227% increase. However, due to a lot of technical things we don’t fully understand, not all of that power will actually be usable, and performance will ultimately be boosted by about 45%. It was also said that the L0 and L1 caches responsible for GPU performance will double from 16KB to 32KB and from 129KB to 265KB, respectively. This means ray tracing will get a nice performance boost.