The PS5 Pro rumors are still ringing in our ears, and the next generation Xbox has brought another bombshell.
Rumor has it that the fifth generation Xbox wasn’t originally scheduled to launch until 2028, but has now been pushed to 2026, thus beating Sony’s PS6. A court filing by Microsoft with the FTC (US Securities and Exchange Commission) revealed that the new generation Box plans to use the AMD Zen6 CPU architecture, but is also evaluating whether to switch to the Arm architecture and will have a large balanced core and small project. But if it were to be brought forward to 2026, Microsoft will switch to the AMD Zen5 architecture, otherwise it will be too late.
Regarding the GPU, Microsoft also has two options: one is to directly purchase AMD Navi5, which is the license for RDNA5, and the other is to develop it together with AMD. Regardless of which, Microsoft will pursue a number of innovative breakthroughs in graphics, such as next-generation DirectX ray tracing, dynamic global illumination, subdivision polygon rendering optimization, machine learning super-resolution, etc.
In addition, Microsoft will also introduce the NPU neural network engine, but whether it is dedicated hardware with higher performance for specific workloads or more flexible programmable machine learning hardware, more research is still needed. However it is obvious that the next generation of Xox is still in the early planning stages and won’t be available for at least three years, and it’s too early to tell.
As for the PS5 Pro, it is rumored that the CPU part is still the Zen2 architecture and that the frequency has been significantly increased to 4.4GHz. The GPU part has been upgraded to RDNA3 architecture, and the light tracking design integrated with RDNA4 architecture has been increased to 3840 stream processors. The raster game performance can be improved by 50-60%, and the video tracking performance Original light can be enhanced doubled.
The AI NPU engine of the XDNA2 architecture is introduced to accelerate Sony’s temporal algorithm super-resolution scaling technology, which can achieve 4K resolution and a frame rate of 30+FPS. The system memory is still 16GB 256-bit GDDR6, the equivalent frequency has been increased from 14GHz to 18GHz, and the bandwidth has also reached 576GB/s.
The PS5 Pro is scheduled to release in September 2024 and launch in November.
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