Console Information

PS4 - Xbone - next to each other

PS4 ready for use

PlayStation4 - box angle

PlayStation4 with DualShock4 quickstartguide Earset USB-cable HDMI-cable and powercable

PlayStation4 - first look

PlayStation4 - second look

PlayStation4 - console and controller

PS4 logo

PS4 colorlogo

Console

Product Code

Release model product code: CUH-1000A

Specifications

• size: 30.5cm x 27.5cm x 5.3cm

APU

• Main Processor (APU):
  • CPU: low-power x86-64 AMD "Jaguar", 28nm, 8 cores at 1,6GHz
  • GPU: AMD's Graphics Core Next : Radeon HD 7850 based graphics engine with 18 Compute Units = 1152 GPU cores -> peak shader throughput = 1.84 TFLOPS

	PS4	Xbox One	WiiU	PC: Tesla K80	PC: GeForce GTX 790	PC: Radeon HD 8970	Notes
Compute Units	18	12	5	96	96	32
Unified Shaders	1152	768	320	4992	4992	2048
Texture Mapping Units TMU	72	48	16
Render Output Units ROP	32	16	8	416	480
peak shader throughput (TFLOPS)	1.84	1.23	0.351	2.9 (SP) / 8 (DP)		4.3

notes:

• there was some mention of 30K polygon count in historical reference of how detailed the renderings will be, but if you crosscheck it with other references it is just empty marketing phrasing.
• http://www.videogamer.com/news/microsoft_outlines_performance_difference_between_xbox_one_and_ps4.html
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_AMD_graphics_processing_units

Memory

• Memory
  • Controller : 40 bits per channel, with 8bit error correcting (32bit RAW)
  • Modules: 8GB unified GDDR5 RAM at 5500MHz in ?x?=256bit configuration / 8x32bit channels -> 176Gbit/s bandwidth
  • note: 2.5GB of RAM will be reserved/used by the system, leaving 4.5GB for Content/Games and 1GB of Flexible memory.

	PS4	Xbox One	WiiU	Notes
Total size	8GB	8GB	2GB
Address-ability	unified	unified	unified
Configuration / Bus-width	?x?=256bit	16x16bit=256bit	4x16bit=64bit
Channels	8x32bit	4x64bit	?1x64bit?
Module Type	GDDR5	DDR3	DDR3
Speed (effective)	5500	2133	1600
Cache	-	32MB 6-T eSRAM 102GBit/s	-
Bandwidth (Gbit/s)	176	68.3	12.8
System Reserved / Application+Game Free (GB) / Flexible Memory	2.5 / 4.5 / 1	3 / 4 / -	1 / 1 / -	Flexible Memory is used by games and games only, the OS cannot use it.

Southbridge

See Southbridge.

Storage

• Harddrive storage built-in (competition Xbox One uses 2.5mm SATA 500GB HDD)

	PS4	Xbox One	WiiU	Notes
Internal	500GB HDD Upgradable	500GB HDD Non-Removable	8GB eMMC    or 32GB eMMC

• Optical drive, BD 6xCAV / DVD 8xCAV (8.5MB/s)

Connectors

• USB 3.0
• Auxiliary (for PlayStation 4 Eye)
• HDMI Out (competition Xbox One also features HDMI Input)
• Analog-AV out (backwards compatible with ancient PS1/PS2/PS3 MultiAV) second pressreleases removed all mention and console presentation did not show AV_Multi connector
• Digital audio output: TOSLINK (optical)
• C7/C8 coupler? [1]

Wireless / Networking

• GbLAN (10base-T, 100base-TX, 1000base-T)
• Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11 b/g/n)
• Bluetooth 2.1 EDR (3mbit)

Wi-Fi on E3

Knowing the WiiU loses connection easily with its 5GHz Wi-Fi, how does the Wi-Fi on PS4 relate on a crowded environment? :

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  Wi-Fi on E3 - picture by http://www.joystiq.com/2013/06/11/seen-e3-a-console-war-joke-in-wi-fi-form/

"Always On" feature

There seem to be no requirement for a continious internet connection (ofcourse unless you want to use services that require them, like PSN/SEN, online mediaservices, share button etc.).

Same requirements as WiiU - while in the Xbox field there was some discussion about the need of it. See also : http://games.yahoo.com/blogs/plugged-in/microsoft-exec-stirs-controversy-always-xbox-twitter-tirade-173337715.html

Comparison With PS3 Slim

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  PS3 vs PS4 Top

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  PS3 vs PS4 Bottom

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  PS3 vs PS4 Front

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  PS3 vs PS4 Back

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  PS3 vs PS4 Left

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  PS3 vs PS4 Right