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PlayStation handheld leak suggests PS5 support via low-power mode, upscaling support, and extra cache


Prominent tipster KeplerL2 recently provided new details regarding Sony's plans for a handheld console. Although the device would be far weaker than a PlayStation 5, the company...

Kepler previously reported that the portable system, due for A0 tape-out later this year, will feature a custom SoC based on AMD's upcoming Zen 6 CPU and UDNA GPU architectures. Developers are being told to prepare their games to support an energy-saving setting that limits the CPU to eight threads, halves the GDDR6 RAM speed, cuts clock frequencies by between 10 and 20%, and restricts the PS5 Pro to the original console's 36 GPU compute units. If Sony launches a handheld, the rumored specs will easily outperform the Switch 2 and Steam Deck, so titles running on it might face fewer compromises.

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