It’s been widely reported that the next-gen Sony PlayStation 6 is in the works, with AMD once again in charge of the APU that will power gaming experiences, even if rumors suggest that the next-gen console launch may be pushed back as far as 2029. It’s also common knowledge by now that RDNA 5 will power the PS6, but a new rumor that originated from prolific leaker, KeplerL2 on the NeoGAF forum, suggest that the architecture in the PS6 will not be the full-fledged RDNA 5.
The leaker does not expand on this further, other than to remind that the PS5 doesn’t use the full RDNA 2 architecture either, but consoles have always used custom APUs, so the idea that the PS6 won’t use the full RDNA 5 feature stack isn’t unreasonable. Some have postulated that one feature that wouldn’t make the cut is the NPU, since that may not get used in a modern console. It’s also possible that certain productivity features or video encoders, although even a lot of the AI improvements in RDNA 4 have been marketed as gaming upgrades.
