CPUEmbeddedReleased Nov 12, 2020

AMD PlayStation 5 APU (Oberon)

8C/16T · 3.5 GHz

Oberon is the semi-custom AMD system-on-chip in Sony's PlayStation 5, launched on 12 November 2020. It combines eight Zen 2 cores running at up to 3.5 GHz with a 36-CU RDNA 2 GPU at up to 2.23 GHz (10.28 TFLOPS) and hardware ray tracing, using variable clocks within a fixed power budget. CPU and GPU share 16 GB of GDDR6 at 448 GB/s.

General

Manufacturer: AMD
Model: AMD PlayStation 5 APU (Oberon)
Segment: Embedded
Generation: Semi-custom (Zen 2)
Codename: Oberon
Architecture: x86_64
Microarchitecture: Zen 2
Release date: Nov 12, 2020
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Cores & clocks

Cores / threads: 8 cores / 16 threads
Base clock: —
Boost clock: 3.50 GHz
TDP (design W): —
Unlocked: ✕ No
L2 cache: —
L3 cache: —
Technology (nm): 7 nm
TSMC 7 nm

Platform

Socket: —
2-CPU (multi-socket): ✕ No
Integrated GPU: Custom RDNA 2 36 CU
Clock: 2,230 MHz
Memory type: GDDR6 (16 GB, 256-bit)
Memory size: —
ECC memory: —
PCIe: —

Instructions & AI

Instruction extensions: —
NPU: None

OS support

Notes: A semi-custom console processor that runs only the PlayStation system software; it is not offered for general-purpose operating systems.

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