But the PS5 Pro comes with an extra 2GB DDR5 memory, more than double the storage at 2TB, and — most importantly — a 62 percent faster GPU, with 16.7 teraflops of raw graphical compute. Add an AI upscaling technique called PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution (PSSR), and it’s easily the most potent home console yet made.

Basically, if you have a gaming monitor that does G-Sync or Freesync, the PS5 Pro will benefit. The base PS5 does too, but the beefier hardware in the Pro, along with its new PSSR upscaling tech, gives you more options for how you want to apply it.

On this episode of The Vergecast, The Verge ’s Sean Hollister joins the show to talk about his experience with the PS5 Pro. We go through what you can expect from this super-powered new gaming machine, which games and which gamers might get the most from it, and why the PS5 Pro might have more in common with a gaming PC than a standard console.

The new Sony PlayStation 5 Pro is now available in-store, from Thursday, 7th November 2024. It’s priced at AUD$1,199, which is nearly twice the price of the current PS5 Slim Digital (AUD$679). It’s worth noting that the PS5 Pro does not come with a disk drive,

The launch day results are a mixed bag of impressive and easy to miss, but it’s next year’s games that really matter to the PS5 Pro’s success.

In my week of testing, the PlayStation 5 Pro delivered better visuals than the standard PS5, but it doesn't come cheap.