The PS5 Pro is now shipping earlier than expected to retailers in the US and EU which means people are getting their hands on all the unannounced features. Thanks to early leaks, we know that the PS5 Pro includes 16.7 TFLOPS of performance and an additional 2GB DDR4 RAM. However, if you want to know what that RAM looks like, there’s now a teardown for you to look at too.
A retailer managed to get their hands on the PS5 Pro and wasted no time tearing the console down. The retailer seemingly also acts as a repair shop. The video shows a number of PS5 consoles in the background likely in for repair. So the team seemingly had experience tearing down consoles.
But the video gives us a good look at the PS5 Pro and its internal workings. The teardown shows that Sony has greatly reduced the console’s heatsink. In comparison to the launch phat PS5, the PS5 Pro has a fraction of the heatsink with only a few racks of fins.
The teardown also shows off a new fan design. The fan is narrower than the PS5 and includes extra fins that are shorter in distance. There’s also the vapor chamber which is similar to the current PS5 models. However, the chamber is condensed down and again, linked to fewer heatsinks.
It is a stark difference between the launch PS5 model. That model included more heatsinks than it needed. Sony cut down the number of heatsinks on that model by half a year later and further reduced them again the year after that. The PS5 Slim included even fewer and now the PS5 Pro has followed that. Given the power of the console, it is technically impressive to see a cooling solution so refined in this unit.
Watch the teardown below (it is not in English).
The same team then put together an unboxing if you want to watch that. The video shows off the differences between the PS5, PS5 Slim and PS5 Pro. They also attach the disc drive.
The PS5 Pro is expected to be released in South Africa on 13 December. The console was delayed in the country following regulator clearance. Pre-orders for the console are now available at retailers across SA.
