Sony will launch PlayStation 5 on November 12th with the price of $399.99 for the digital edition without a Blu-ray disc drive and $499.99 for the one with an Ultra HD Blu-ray disc drive that lets you use a disc drive for playing disc-based PS5 games, 4K Blu-ray movies, and compatible PS4 games. Starting on November 12, PS5 will be available in seven key markets: the U.S., Japan, Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, and South Korea, and on November 19 it will be launched throughout the world, including Europe, Middle East, South America, Asia, and South Africa. Sony is yet to finalize a release date for China.
Specifications of PS5
- CPU: AMD Zen 2-based CPU with 8 cores at 3.5GHz (variable frequency)
- GPU: 10.28 TFLOPs, 36 CUs at 2.23GHz (variable frequency)
- GPU architecture: Custom RDNA 2
- Memory interface: 16GB GDDR6 / 256-bit
- Memory bandwidth: 448GB/s
- Internal storage: Custom 825GB SSD
- IO throughput: 5.5GB/s (raw), typical 8-9GB/s (compressed)
- Expandable storage: NVMe SSD slot
- External storage: USB HDD support (PS4 games only)
- Optical drive: 4K UHD Blu-ray drive