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The Sony PlayStation 5 is a ninth-generation home video game console, with the hardware of this device designed by American fabless semiconductor manufacturer, AMD. They packed an RDNA 2-based chip inside the famed console, the same architecture implemented by the Radeon RX 6000 series video cards.
At launch, the PlayStation 5 was priced competitively at $499. However, this price has increased by $100 in several regions recently due to inflation and hardware shortages.
Since the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X are the baselines for gaming in 2022, the majority of gamers look forward to building a PC that is just as powerful as these consoles. Since the latest Xbox and PlayStation consoles are not readily available in the market, the process is easier said than done.
What GPU does the PlayStation 5 pack? Official hardware and desktop equivalent
The PlayStation 5 runs on custom-made hardware designed by AMD and the GPU inside the console is called the Oberon graphics processor. It is based on the RDNA 2.0 architecture and has been built on TSMC's 7nm process node. The Oberon GPU is a high-end processor with a die size of 308 mm² and boasts a whopping 10,600 million transistors inside.
In terms of on-paper specs, the GPU packs 2,304 Shading Units, 144 Texture Mapping Units (TMUs), 64 Render Output Units (ROPs), and 36 Compute Units (CUs). The GPU has access to 16 GB of GDDR6 memory that is shared between the CPU and the Oberon graphics card.
These specs are almost equal to that of the Radeon RX 6700 10 GB graphics card, currently available for around $350 in the market. However, the PS5's GPU is slightly slower than the RX 6700. In fact, it matches the RTX 2080 or the RTX 3060 Ti in terms of processing power.
How to build a gaming PC to match the PS5
The cost of building a gaming PC that can replicate the power of the PlayStation 5 has gotten cheaper over the last few years. Now, users can build themselves a PC under $1000 that is almost equal to or more powerful than Sony's famed console.
- CPU: Intel Core i5 12400F 6C/12T ($174.99)
- CPU cooler: Deepcool AK400 ($34.99)
- Motherboard: Asus PRIME H610M-E D4 mATX ($99.99)
- Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL 16 ($52.99)
- Storage: Samsung 970 Evo Plus 1 TB M.2 2280 PCIe Gen 3 NVMe ($99.99)
- Video card: Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6700 10 GB ($369.99)
- Case: Silverstone FARA H1M mATX mini-tower ($60.64)
- Power supply: Corsair CX650M 550W 80+ Bronze certified semi-modular ($59.99)
In total, the aforementioned build will cost users $953.57, with this PC being slightly faster than the PS5.
However, it is worth noting that the RX 6700 10 GB video card has been built for 1440p gaming in high settings and that the card will have difficulties at 4K. In contrast, the PlayStation 5 delivers an optimized 4K experience for most games. This is mainly because video game developers spend a considerable amount of time fine-tuning their games to run optimally on consoles.
While users will still have to spend almost twice the price of the PS5 to put together a build that could match the console, its overall price will fall even further as the next-generation graphics cards, namely the RTX 40 series and the RX 7000 series offerings, hit the market.
