Comparison of PlayStation consoles

2013–present

Model PlayStation 4 PlayStation 4 Slim PlayStation 4 Pro PlayStation Classic PlayStation 5 PlayStation 5 Digital Edition
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Key dates First released November 2013 September 2016 November 2016 December 2018 November 2020
Discontinued September 2016 In production January 2021 In production
Dimensions (WxHxD) 275 mm × 53 mm × 305 mm (10.8 in × 2.1 in × 12.0 in) 265 mm × 39 mm × 288 mm (10.4 in × 1.5 in × 11.3 in) 295 mm × 55 mm × 327 mm (11.6 in × 2.2 in × 12.9 in) 149 mm × 33 mm × 105 mm (5.9 in × 1.3 in × 4.1 in) 390 mm × 104 mm × 260 mm (15.4 in × 4.1 in × 10.2 in) 390 mm × 92 mm × 260 mm (15.4 in × 3.6 in × 10.2 in)
Weight 2.5–2.8 kg (5.5–6.2 lb) 2.1 kg (4.6 lb) 3.3 kg (7.3 lb) 170 g (6.0 oz) 3.9–4.5 kg (8.6–9.9 lb) 3.4–3.9 kg (7.5–8.6 lb)
Storage Capacity 500 GB or 1 TB 1 TB 1 TB or 2 TB 16 GB 825 GB
Type HDD eMMC Flash SSD
Bandwidth 50-100 MB/s 132 MB/s 5.5 GB/s
Optical drive Yes No Yes No
CPU Cores 8 4 8
Threads 8 4 16
Clock speed 1.6 GHz 2.1 GHz 1.5 GHz 3.5 GHz
GPU Cores 18 36 2 36
Threads ? ? ?
Clock speed 800 MHz 911 MHz 660 MHz 2.23 GHz
Ray tracing No Yes
Memory 8 GB GDDR5 1 GB DDR3 16 GB GDDR6
Ports 1x AUX

2x Front USB 3.0

1x HDMI 2.0a

1x AUX

2x USB 3.1

1x HDMI 2.0a

1x AUX

3x USB 3.1

1x HDMI 2.0b

1x HDMI 1x Front USB 2.0

1x Front USB-C

2x Back USB 3.1

1x HDMI 2.1

Power supply 165 W 310 W 5 W 350 W 340 W
Network Ethernet Gigabit Ethernet No Gigabit Ethernet
Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n) 5 (802.11ac) No 6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth 2.1 4.0 No 5.1
Storage

expansion

Upgradable Yes (up to 8 TB) With Modifications No
Expandable No With Modifications M.2 NVMe PCIe 4.0 (up to 4 TB)
USB (up to 8 TB)
External via USB Yes (up to 8 TB) With Modifications Yes (up to 8 TB and can only play PS4 and PlayStation VR games directly. PS5 games can only be stored
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1994–2006

Model PlayStation PlayStation 2 PlayStation 2 Slimline PlayStation 3 PlayStation 3 Slim PlayStation 3 Super Slim
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Key dates First released December 1994 March 2000 October 2004 November 2006 September 2009 September 2012
Discontinued March 2006 October 2004 January 2013 October 2009 September 2012 May 2017
Dimensions (WxHxD) 275 mm × 63.5 mm × 190 mm (10.8 in × 2.5 in × 7.5 in) 302 mm × 78 mm × 183 mm (11.9 in × 3.1 in × 7.2 in) 231 mm × 152 mm × 28 mm (9.1 in × 6.0 in × 1.1 in) 325 mm × 98 mm × 274 mm (12.8 in × 3.9 in × 10.8 in) 290 mm × 65 mm × 290 mm (11.4 in × 2.6 in × 11.4 in) 290 mm × 60 mm × 230 mm (11.4 in × 2.4 in × 9.1 in)
Weight 1.5 kg (3.3 lb) 2.2 kg (4.9 lb) 900 g (1.98 lb) 4.99 kg (11 lb) 3.2 kg (7.1 lb) 1.95 kg (4.3 lb)
Storage Capacity 128 KB 8 MB Memory Card, 40 GB HDD 8 MB Memory Card 20/60/80/160 GB 120/160/250/320 GB 250/500 GB
Type Memory Cards Memory Cards, HDD Memory Cards HDD
Bandwidth — 22-66 MB/s — 50-100 MB/s
CPU Cores 1 1 two-way superscalar in-order RISC CPU core 1 Power Processor Element (Primary), 8 Synergistic Processing Units (Secondary)
Threads ? ? ?
Clock speed 33.9 MHz 294.9 MHz 299 MHz 3.2 GHz
GPU Cores ? ? ?
Threads ? ? ?
Clock speed 53 MHz 147 MHz 550 MHz
Ray tracing No
Memory 2 MB System RAM

1 MB VRAM

32 MB System RAM

4 MB VRAM

256 MB XDRAM

256 MB VRAM

256 MB XDRAM

256 MB GDDR3 SDRAM

256 MB XDR System RAM

256 MB GDDR3 VRAM

Ports 1x Serial I/O

1x Parallel I/O (excluding SCPH 900x)

2x USB 1.1

1x i.LINK (excluding SCPH 5000x)

2x USB 2.0 4x USB 2.0 (CECHAxx-CECHExx)

2x USB 2.0 (CECHGxx-CECHQxx)

2x USB 2.0
Power supply 15 W 50 W 24 W 380 W 250 W 190 W
Network Ethernet — Dial-up or broadband with Adapter

via PCMCIA slot (SCPH 1000x-SCPH 1800x)

via Expansion Bay (SCPH 3000x-SCPH 5000x)

Dial-up or broadband

(Built-in)

Gigabit Ethernet
Wi-Fi — — — 802.11b/g Wi-Fi (excluding CECHBxx) 802.11b/g Wi-Fi
Bluetooth — — — Bluetooth 2.0
Storage

expansion

Upgradable — Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Expandable Memory Cards Memory Cards,

HDD via Expansion Bay

(SCPH 3000x-SCPH 5000x only)

Memory Cards CECHAxx-CECHExx:

Flash memory card readers

(excluding CECHBxx), USB flash drive

CECHGxx-CECHQxx: USB flash drive

USB flash drive
External via USB — No No Yes Yes Yes
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