Although Sony has yet to confirm the upcoming PlayStation generation, whispers persist about the hypothetical PS6, said to come with a handheld variant. Last week, PS5 Pro leaker Kepler shared on NeoGAF that its SoC could be 3nm and 15W, but he also delved deeper into the rumored specifications.
According to their statement, it appears they’re suggesting that if AMD continues in the handheld APU market, which is uncertain as they seem to be dwindling interest, then their next-next generation lineup for handheld APUs might not launch until 2029. Additionally, it seems likely that any future AMD handheld device with AI upscaling capabilities will be associated with the PlayStation brand’s handheld devices. Furthermore, it’s expected that this hypothetical handheld would have 16 GB of RAM, similar to the PS5, and boast significantly improved performance and compute units thanks to RDNA 5 technology.
It’s intriguing to note that they speculate the newly revealed Low Power Mode for PS5 will emulate the performance of a handheld device. Given that it boasts only about a third of the console’s memory bandwidth, it seems logical to assume that a mode designed to halve the bandwidth is intended to mimic the experience of using a handheld device.
Additional rumored details suggest a 4 MB L2 cache and a 16 MB MALL (a feature not found in PS5 or Pro), but it appears that the use of LPDDR6 memory is still a bit far off. When pressed about whether it’s RDNA 5 or 6, Kepler replied that they are both based on gfx13 architecture (which AMD may call RDNA5/UDNA, depending on their choice of name).
Although a formal unveiling is yet to come, there’s speculation that the upcoming portable PlayStation 6 (PS6) may offer developers an advantage when moving their games over, as the transfer process is said to be relatively straightforward. For further insights on this topic, check out the provided link.
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2025-06-17 21:11