PS6 specs leak as rumour claims PlayStation 6 handheld is happening

Details astir Sony’s adjacent gen PS6 console person already started to leak, arsenic much signs constituent towards a PlayStation 6 handheld.

The PS5 Pro whitethorn person lone conscionable launched, but the rumour mill has already started to rotation for Sony’s PlayStation 6.

Sony itself has teased its adjacent procreation plans successful interviews, suggesting it volition connection much than graphical improvements, but it’s unclear erstwhile the institution is readying to motorboat the console – with speculation pointing to 2026 oregon 2027.

That merchandise model whitethorn good beryllium accurate, based connected a caller rumour concerning the system’s architecture, which besides supports claims that Sony is moving connected a caller PlayStation handheld.

According to hardware leaker zhangzhonghao, who is simply a reputable insider connected Chinese forum Chiphell, the PlayStation 6 console volition usage AMD’s adjacent gen UDNA architecture.

This GPU is the successor to AMD’s RDNA 4 and AMD’s CDNA, arsenic it looks to harvester the 2 architectures. The PlayStation 5 and PS5 Pro some utilise RDNA 2, portion the second uses immoderate elements of RDNA 4 for enhanced ray-tracing.

The leaker claims the AMD Radeon RX 9000 bid volition besides usage the UDNA GPU, on with the MI400, with the graphics cards expected to participate wide accumulation successful the 2nd fractional of 2026. That suggests the earliest merchandise day of the PlayStation 6 would beryllium precocious 2026.

According to the leaker, it’s not yet been determined whether the console’s CPU volition beryllium AMD’s Zen 4 oregon Zen 5.

Interestingly, aft erstwhile rumours suggested the PlayStation 6 volition beryllium 2 models – 1 a accepted console and the different a handheld – zhangzhonghao suggests that the adjacent gen portable volition besides usage AMD hardware.

AMD’s engagement isn’t astonishing arsenic the institution has powered Sony’s consoles since the PlayStation 4, but it’s further grounds to suggest a handheld console is successful the works. It’s inactive unclear, however, whether a caller handheld volition beryllium a distant subordinate similar the PlayStation Portal, oregon a abstracted console similar the PS Vita.

The aforesaid leaker besides claims Microsoft’s planned handheld device volition either usage AMD oregon Qualcomm, but determination are nary details yet astir the specs oregon performance.

In September, a report claimed Sony chose AMD implicit Intel to powerfulness the PlayStation 6 owed to nett margins, and to debar issues with backwards compatibility.

While Sony hasn’t confirmed thing astir the PlayStation 6, oregon whether a handheld console adjacent exists, this further bolsters the thought that we could beryllium successful the adjacent procreation sooner than we expect – astatine a clip erstwhile galore players inactive haven’t jumped to the PlayStation 5 oregon Xbox Series X/S.

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