With rumors of the PS5 Pro circulating, the biggest advantage the new console revision could bring with it is Gen 5.0 SSDs.
Now that Sony’s latest console has been available for two years, some are turning their attention towards the potential of a PS5 Pro. A revised edition of the console could bring with it more horsepower to ensure that the system is able to keep up with more demanding titles, but the most important change it could bring would be the adoption of Gen 5.0 NVme SSDs.
If you’re familiar with SSDs for PS5 then you will know that they are currently NVMe Gen 4.0 and match that of the internal drive found within the PS5 itself. Even at the end of 2022, these drives are still incredibly capable and have yet to be replaced wholesale by the emerging Gen 5 SSDs that should be more common in 2023 and beyond. That’s what makes the possibility of PS5 Pro so exciting.
With the current standard of Gen 4.0, you’re looking at maximum sequential read speeds of up to 8,000 MB/s, with many top-performing models, such as Samsung 990 Pro and Corsair MP600 Pro LPX, coming close to that performance cap.
