{"id":103719,"date":"2016-09-08T10:58:29","date_gmt":"2016-09-08T08:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=103719"},"modified":"2016-09-08T11:00:03","modified_gmt":"2016-09-08T09:00:03","slug":"ps4-slim-versus-ps4-pro-pricing-and-specifications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/103719-ps4-slim-versus-ps4-pro-pricing-and-specifications","title":{"rendered":"PS4 Slim versus PS4 Pro – pricing and specifications"},"content":{"rendered":"

Both the slimmer revision of the PlayStation 4 and the more powerful PS4 Pro have been officially announced<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0by Sony and are set to launch this year.<\/p>\n

As\u00a0the PlayStation 4 Slim product revision is now the new standard PlayStation 4 model, we’ve compared its specifications to the PS4 Pro specifications released by Sony in order to determine how much of an improvement the more expensive device really is.<\/p>\n

Both new PlayStation 4 models are based on AMD’s Polaris<\/strong> graphics architecture<\/strong>, which plays a large role in the reduced size of the PlayStation 4 and its\u00a0increased power efficiency.<\/p>\n

Coupled with an increased clock speed, AMD’s Polaris architecture also allows the PlayStation 4 Pro to reach a level of performance previously unexplored by consoles.<\/p>\n

If its TFLOPs measurement is accurate,\u00a0the PlayStation 4 Pro will struggle to output native 4K at a smooth framerate, and will instead rely on up-scaling<\/strong> and various performance optimisations<\/strong> at higher resolutions.<\/p>\n

Despite this compromise, the high-end\u00a0console looks to\u00a0offer both higher resolution gameplay and better performance than the base model in 1080p.<\/p>\n

Check out the specifications of the two consoles below:<\/p>\n

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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/th>\nPlayStation 4<\/th>\n\n
PlayStation 4 Pro<\/div>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Processor<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a08-Core AMD Jaguar<\/td>\n8-Core AMD Jaguar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Graphics Processor<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a01.84TFLOPS AMD Radeon<\/td>\n4.20TFLOPS AMD Radeon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Memory<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a08GB GDDR5<\/td>\n8GB GDDR5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Storage<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0500GB HDD<\/td>\n1TB HDD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Power Consumption<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0Up to 165W<\/td>\nUp to 310W<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mass<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a02.1kg<\/td>\n3.3kg<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dimensions<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0265 x 39 x 288mm<\/td>\n295 x 55 x 326mm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Price<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0$299<\/strong><\/td>\n$399<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Each console is aimed at seperate market segments, with more casual gamers opting for the revised PlayStation 4 and its affordable price point, while more performance-oriented gamers can purchase the PlayStation Pro and enjoy higher-resolution gaming and better performance using PlayStation VR.<\/p>\n

The revised PlayStation 4 base model will release on 15 September<\/strong>, while the high-end PlayStation 4 Pro will launch on 10 November 2016<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

South African pricing and release date information is currently not available for the new PlayStation console lineup.<\/p>\n

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Check out our comparison of the PlayStation 4 Pro and the PS4 Slim.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":232,"featured_media":103727,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,11681],"tags":[155,13978,1870,21811,1853,18933,14560],"class_list":["post-103719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hardware","category-playstation","tag-console","tag-performance","tag-playstation","tag-pro","tag-playstation4","tag-slim","tag-specifications"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/232"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103719\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}