If you’re thinking of buying a new console this Christmas but aren’t sure whether to go for the PS5 or the PS5 Pro, keep reading as we’ll tell you in this article everything you need to know make this very important decision.

During the presentation of the PS5 Pro, it was clear that this new console was a bet on brute force by Sony and that the Japanese company continued same approach as PS4 Pro. That was something I told you back then and it finally came true.

What improvements does the PS5 Pro bring over the PS5

Hogwarts Legacy on PS5 and PS5 Pro.

The most important change from PS5 it’s on the GPUwhich is much more powerful, uses a new architecture and has more advanced technologies, among which we can highlight PSSR, hardware-accelerated intelligent rescaling.

The rest of the improvements this console brings They are minors. It has more GDDR6 memory available for gaming and is faster. Its CPU also runs at a slightly higher frequency and its SSD has a capacity of 2 TB.

How these improvements affect the user experience

We’ll start with the minor tweaks because they’re the simplest and easiest to understand. Having a 2 TB SSD allows us to do this have multiple games installed at the same time and prevents us from having space problems in the short and medium term. It’s a welcome improvement, although most users were fine with 1TB.

The increase in CPU speed allows for better performance in games that are more CPU dependent, and is particularly noticeable in more stable frames per second.

Most memory GDDR6 allows you to use higher graphics quality settings that consume these types of resources, such as shadows, textures, and anisotropic filtering, and use a higher base resolution. With PSSR technology, more graphics memory is also consumed, which is used as a buffer for scaling applications.

Faster graphics memory increases bandwidth improves performance and complements the new GPUwhich, as I said, is stronger. Greater performance of the new graphics core allows:

• Play in higher resolution.
• Use higher graphics settings.
• Higher performance.
• Better support for ray tracing.

PSSR technology improves performance and maintains higher image qualityalthough this technology still has room for improvement because It causes problems in some games.

Reality: limitations and things to keep in mind

On paper, the PS5 Pro seems much better than the PS5, but in practice there are differences they are not that big as expected because:

• It can’t always push games at a higher resolution with a higher graphics quality and is forced to choose between one option and the other.
• It is also unable to offer higher image quality and higher performance in all cases, again forcing you to choose between one or the other.
• With the PS5 Pro, you won’t get rid of 30 FPS gaming forever.
• The ray tracing it offers is still very limited, as we will tell you in this article.
• PSSR has very limited availability, and as I said before, it causes problems in some games.

The PS5 Pro processor uses the same architecture as the PS5. It just works a little better because it has a small frequency increase, so in CPU-bound scenarios it is still a limiting factor at the performance level.

Five reasons to buy a PS5

The high price of PS5 Pro is the most important reason to choose PS5.

1.- You will have access to the same games

Sony will not discriminate with the PS5 and we will find ourselves in the same reality we had in the previous generation. That means PS5 and PS5 Pro will receive the same gamesthe only difference is that these will perform better in the other, either for graphic quality, fluidity, or both.

Whichever console you choose, you won’t have to worry about the possible launch of exclusive games, both consoles They will have the same catalog.

2.- Its life cycle will be the same as PS5 Pro

And it makes sense because both are included same generation. The lifespan of the PS5 will be the same as that of the PS5 Pro, meaning that when one stops receiving new games, the other will also find itself in the same situation.

Sony isn’t going to kill one console before the other, both will have the same lifespan and They “die” at the same time.

3.- Games are already making full use of it

Silent Hill 2 Remake on PS5 Pro in Performance Mode. We are seeing very serious graphical issues caused by a very pronounced shimmering effect.

It is a fact that the PS5 has long since hit its technical ceiling, namely your hardware is already fully utilized in each of the games that come to market. This means that it is a mature and polished platform that can no longer provide surprises, and this has a positive side if we talk about bugs, optimization problems.

The opposite is happening with the PS5 Pro, it’s a console that He still has a lot to prove. It wasn’t done persuading and actually caused more than one problem with its star technology, PSSR.

4.- All games are optimized for this

In most cases, the PS5 allows us to play demanding triple A titles without any problems, and finally, we must not forget that the games They develop based on their abilitiesmeaning they will always be optimized to run acceptably on PS5.

This also represents a guarantee for the future, namely games that will arrive in the following years will continue to be optimized to work acceptably on PS5.

5.- It is cheaper and offers more interesting value

That, in my opinion, is the most compelling reason to buy a PS5 over a PS5 Pro, and that is that it offers value stronger in price-performance ratioespecially if we look at the price of the digital model with offers that are still active.

The PS5 Pro costs 799 euros and the PS5 without an optical drive can be purchased from 374 euros. The price difference is 425 euros, i.e. more than doubleand the improvements offered by Sony’s new console do not justify this huge price difference.

Five reasons to buy a PS5 Pro

1.- PS5 Pro allows you to play in quality mode at 60 FPS

This is one of the biggest attractions that this new console offers, that we can enjoy with it the same graphic quality as on PS5 at 60 FPS. In some games he can do it too improve graphics quality original and keep 60 FPS.

The difference between playing at 30 FPS and playing at 60 FPS it is very bigand there are titles in which the difference between quality mode and performance mode is also noticeable, so the most demanding players will like it.

2.- PSSR technology has shown that it has potential

The best example we have is in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, which completely changes when PSSR is used in performance mode. The difference in sharpness and image quality is so great that It’s pretty close to quality mode.

There are also games that look worse due to graphical issues and glitches caused by PSSR technology, but that doesn’t change the fact that this technology It has many options.

3.- Better tolerate the transition to the next generation

It is evident that the more powerful hardware will be able to push more games better and that when the PS6 comes, the differences between it and the PS5 Pro they won’t be that big like the ones you will have with PS5.

The PS6 will have smart upscaling technology, which should be an improved version of PSSR, so that should also help make it PS5 Pro is aging better.

4.- It is closer to the mid-range PC gaming experience

We can’t compare it to what a high-end gaming PC can offer, that’s clear, but it’s true that given the power and performance It’s closer than the PS5 on a mid-range device, and it shows both in terms of graphic quality and fluidity.

It also gives us access to ray tracing even in such demanding games as Alan Wake 2, albeit much more limited than we could get with the PC equivalent included.

5.- The PS5 Pro is the most powerful console out there

This is something that does not allow for discussion. PS5 Pro is the most powerful console and That won’t change until the next generation comes along consoles. If you want to enjoy the highest possible graphics quality and performance on a console, this should be your choice.

However, remember this the price to pay will be very highmore than double what a PS5 would cost you.

Final Notes: Which console would I buy and why?

If I had to choose between PS5 and PS5 Pro, it’s pretty clear to me I would buy a PS5 because the price difference between the two is too great and because it is not justified in any way in terms of performance or image quality.

I stand by what I said then and that is the PS5 Pro It’s too expensive for what it offers. If Sony launched this console at 599 euros, my opinion would be completely different, but at 799 euros it doesn’t make much sense at the moment and offers very poor value for money.