Playstation3 Specification

This is the current reported Playstation3 hardware specification. The final specs may change as we're still months away release. This page will be updated as and when new information becomes available.

CPU (Central Processing Unit)
Cell Processor
PowerPC-base Core @ 3.2 GHz
1 x VMX vector unit per core
512KB L2 cache
7 x SPE @ 3.2 GHz
7 x 128b 128 SIMD GPRs
7 x 256KB SRAM for SPE

Total floating point performance: 218 GFLOPS

GPU (Graphical Processing Unit)
RSX @ 550MHz
1.8 TFLOPS floating point performance
Full HiDef (up to 1080p) x 2 channels
Multi way programmable parallel floating point shader pipelines

Sound Sub System
Dolby 5.1ch, DTS, LPCM, etc. (Cell- base processing)
Memory
256 MB XDR Main RAM @ 3.2 GHz 256 MB GDDR3 VRAM @ 700MHz

System Bandwidth
Main RAM 25.6 GB/s
VRAM 22.4 GB/s
RSX 20 GB/s write / 15 GB/s read
SB< 2.5 GB/s write / 2.5 GB/s read

System Floating Point Performance
2 TFLOPS

Storage
1 x Detachable 2.5" HDD slot (20 GB and 60 GB drives available)

I/O
4 x USB2 Front
2 x USB2 Rear
1 x Memory Stick standard/Duo, PRO
1 x SD slot standard/mini
1 x CompactFlash (Type I, II)

Communication
3 x Ethernet (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T) input x 1 + output x 2
1 x Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11 b/g
1 x Bluetooth 2.0 (EDR)

Controller
Bluetooth (up to 7)
USB 2.0 (wired)
Wi-Fi (PSP)
Network (over IP)

AV Output
Screen resolutions: 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p
HDMI: 2 x HDMI out
Analog: 1 x AV MULTI OUT
Digital audio: 1 x DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL)

Disc Media
CD: PlayStation CD-ROM, PlayStation 2 CD-ROM, CD-DA, CD-DA (ROM), CD-R, CD-RW, SACD, SACD Hybrid (CD layer), SACD HD, DualDisc, DualDisc (audio side), DualDisc (DVD side)
DVD: PlayStation 2 DVD-ROM, PlayStation 3 DVD-ROM, DVD-Video, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW
Blu-ray: PlayStation 3 BD-ROM, BD-Video, BD-ROM, BD-R, BD-RE

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