Bear in mind that the ram type is faster than that of the ram in PS4. While the number may only double, the performance is much higher.
Likewise with TF. They aren't comparable.
176GB/s vs 440GB/s (+2.5x)
My point is that hardware is not moving like it moved before.
Chips are not becoming smaller.
We can talk about the Moore Law... it say you need double the numbers of transistors each 2 years... basically in the past a move from a node to a new node allowed you to have double the transistors using the same space... and that happened each 2 years.
Today that doesn't happen anymore.
Moving from 7nm to 5nm that physical should cutting the size in half or putting twice the transistor in the same size because a marketing name only... what happens today in the 7nm to 5nm are just improvements in the same process node and not actually a new node.
7nm to 5nm is like 10 to max 20% more transistors in the same size... it is far way from double (100%).
That is a big issue to the hardware industry that slowed down and are having to put bigger and bigger chips to reach the desired performance.
But hey... what you expect from PS6?
40TFs RDNA3? That is less than 20TFs from RDNA2 that means less than double of PS4 is.
We are taking at very small increase in raw power compared with previous generations... hell it is even small compared with mid-gen refresh PS4 Pro.
Memory? Do you believe the memory size will reach 64GB or the speed reach 2TB/s anytime in the future? No it will probably be around 24-32GB with 700-900GB/s sppeeds.
CPU? We know each new Zen add like less than 10% IPC increase.
They try to counter that with both clock and core count.
I can't see they putting more than 16 cores CPU on PS6... and that is like 2x increase in CPU power... added the higher clock you will have something like 2.5x to 3x max.
The hardware is basically stagnated with minor improvements.
Why GPU manufacturers pushed DLSS, TAA, FSR, etc... these techs were all created to free up GPU because the couldn't envolve GPU hardware at the paces they need anymore... and most of these techs give worst results in terms of image quality than what you had before.
But they can't stop to release new hardware because... if they wait 4-5 years to release a new GPU they will be dead as company.... so they have to do what they are doing... minor improvement in raw power but with new software techs to help to mitigate the gap. and give the ideia of big upgrade (when I say big I mean 30% max in a new GPU generation in each 2 years... that is what is considered big nowdays).
I said in 2018 in GAF that we didn't have tech to a Switch Pro or Switch 2 release.
We are in 2024 and Nintendo is still suffering to release a successor that was again delayed to 2025 by the rumors.
And you can already expect the Switch 2 will have small improvement over Switch... it will at max reach the same raw power found in Steam Deck and similar... to be fair for that Steam Deck had to be big in size something that Switch 2 can't.
So I expect Switch 2 to have less raw power than Steam Deck.
Because that where hardware is today.
PS6... either Sony push a not ever seem giant size of console (and finally breaks that 250W power draw limit... something hard because that is what most common plugs give you in the world... and use special plugs requires changes in most people homes)... or they will have not even close jump in performance like previous generations.
