PlayStation 5

PlayStation 5
Original PlayStation 5 in upright position, with DualSense controller sitting on right side
The original PlayStation 5 console with optical drive, and DualSense controller
Also known asPS5
DeveloperSony Interactive Entertainment
ManufacturerSony, Foxconn
Product family
PlayStation
TypeHome video game console
GenerationNinth
Released
November 12, 2020
    • AU/JP/KR/NA/NZ: November 12, 2020
    • WW: November 19, 2020
    • PHI: December 11, 2020
    • INA: January 22, 2021
    • IND: February 2, 2021
    • VIE: March 19, 2021
    • CHN: May 15, 2021
Introductory price
Units sold95 million (As of June 30, 2026)
Media
CPUCustom AMD 8-core Zen 2
  • Base & Slim: Max clock speed is 3.5 GHz
  • Pro: Max clock speed is 3.85 GHz
Memory
  • 16 GB GDDR6 SDRAM
  • 512 MB DDR4 RAM (used as SSD controller cache)
  • 2 GB DDR5 RAM (used for system; Pro only)
Storage

Expandable up to 8 TB via M.2 NVMe PCIe Gen4 x4 port
USB-based, up to 8 TB
Display
Graphics
  • Custom AMD Radeon
  • Base & Slim
  • RDNA 2-based architecture
  • 36 CUs at max clock 2.23 GHz
  • 10.28 TFLOPS peak
  • Pro
  • RDNA 2 & RDNA 3-based with RDNA 4 RTRT cores mixed architecture
  • 60 CUs at max clock 2.35 GHz
  • 18.05 TFLOPS peak
Sound
Controller input
DualSense (Edge), DualShock 4, PlayStation Move, PS5 Media Remote, PlayStation VR2 Sense controllers
Connectivity
Online services
PlayStation Network
PlayStation Plus
Dimensions
Dimensions
  • Base: 390 × 260 × 104 mm (15.4 × 10.2 × 4.1 in)
  • Base Digital: 390 × 260 × 92 mm (15.4 × 10.2 × 3.6 in)
  • Slim: 358 × 216 × 96 mm (14.1 × 8.5 × 3.8 in)
  • Slim Digital: 358 × 216 × 80 mm (14.1 × 8.5 × 3.1 in)
  • Pro: 388 × 216 × 89 mm (15.3 × 8.5 × 3.5 in)
Weight
Mass
  • Base:
  • 2020: 4.5 kg (9.9 lb)
  • 2021: 4.2 kg (9.3 lb)
  • 2022: 3.9 kg (8.6 lb)
  • 2023: 3.2 kg (7.1 lb)
  • Digital:
  • 2020: 3.9 kg (8.6 lb)
  • 2021: 3.6 kg (7.9 lb)
  • 2022: 3.4 kg (7.5 lb)
  • 2023: 2.6 kg (5.7 lb)
  • Pro: 3.1 kg (6.8 lb)
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 (17 million) (list)
PlayStation 4 games, PlayStation VR games
PredecessorPlayStation 4
Websiteplaystation.com/ps5

The PlayStation 5 (PS5) is a home video game console developed by Sony Interactive Entertainment as the fifth iteration of their PlayStation brand. It was announced as the successor to the PlayStation 4 in April 2019, and was launched in Australia, Japan, New Zealand, North America, and South Korea on November 12, 2020, and worldwide a week later. The PS5 is part of the ninth generation of video game consoles, along with Microsoft's Xbox Series X/S consoles, which were released the same month.

The base model includes an optical disc drive compatible with Ultra HD Blu-ray discs. The Digital Edition lacks this drive, as a lower-cost model for buying games only through download. The two variants were launched simultaneously. Slimmer hardware revisions of both models replaced the original models on sale in November 2023. A PlayStation 5 Pro model was released on November 7, 2024, featuring a faster GPU, improved ray tracing, and introducing an AI-driven upscaling technology.

The PlayStation 5's main hardware features include a solid-state drive customized for high-speed data streaming to enable significant improvements in storage performance, a GPU by AMD capable of 4K resolution display at up to 120 frames per second, hardware-accelerated ray tracing for realistic lighting and reflections, and the Tempest Engine for hardware-accelerated 3D audio effects. Other features include the DualSense controller with haptic feedback, backward compatibility with the majority of PlayStation 4 and PlayStation VR games, and the PlayStation VR2 headset.

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