Enlarge / Previous PS5 heatsink on the left, new “11-series” PS5 heatsink on the correct. (credit score: Austin Evans)
Final month, Sony started delivery a calmly revised model of its PlayStation 5 console with a smaller, lighter heatsink and a handful of different tweaks. An earlier teardown and evaluation of the revised PS5 made headlines as a result of it advised that the brand new PS5 ran hotter than the outdated one, primarily based on the temperature of the air being exhausted from the console. This does make some intuitive sense in case you assume {that a} smaller heatsink will routinely be worse at dissipating warmth. However extra detailed and exact testing from the YouTubers at {Hardware} Busters Worldwide backs up our skepticism of that declare, exhibiting that the PS5’s exhaust air is hotter as a result of the brand new cooling system is doing a greater job of eradicating warmth from the console, as cooling programs are supposed to do.
The {Hardware} Busters testing measured the temperature of the APU, reminiscence, voltage regulator modules (VRMs), and exhaust air whereas Satan Could Cry 5 was operating on each PS5 fashions. The exhaust air is certainly a number of levels hotter within the new PS5 than the outdated one, however on common, the brand new PS5’s APU ran about 11°C cooler, dropping from about 51°C to 40°C.
The reminiscence and VRM temperatures within the new PS5 rise a bit—the reminiscence temperature goes up by round 7°C and the VRM temperature goes up by round 1.3°C—however neither enhance ought to have a big impact on the console’s reliability or longevity. The a lot bigger drop in APU temperature is well worth the tradeoff.
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