Sony Playstation 5 vs AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme

Last updated: 2024-03-22

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Sony Playstation 5		AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme
CPU comparison Sony Playstation 5 or AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The Sony Playstation 5 has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.50 GHz. Up to 16 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Sony Playstation 5 was released in Q3/2020. The AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 5.10 GHz. The CPU supports up to 256 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme was released in Q2/2023.

AMD Ryzen 7 (68)	Family	AMD Ryzen Z1 (2)
AMD Ryzen 4000G (22)	CPU group	AMD Ryzen 7040 (21)
3	Generation	6
Renoir (Zen 2)	Architecture	Phoenix (Zen 4)
Desktop / Server	Segment	Mobile
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The Sony Playstation 5 is a 8 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.00 GHz (3.50 GHz). The AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme has 8 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 3.30 GHz (5.10 GHz).
Sony Playstation 5	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme
8	Cores	8
16	Threads	16
normal	Core architecture	normal
Yes	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
3.00 GHz	Frequency	3.30 GHz
3.50 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	5.10 GHz
3.50 GHz	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	--

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
Sony Playstation 5	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.
AMD Custom Radeon Graphics (Playstation 5)	GPU	AMD Radeon 780M
2.23 GHz	GPU frequency	0.80 GHz
--	GPU (Turbo)	2.70 GHz
1	GPU Generation	3
7 nm	Technology	4 nm
1	Max. displays	4
36	Compute units	12
2304	Shader	768
No	Hardware Raytracing	Yes
No	Frame Generation	AMD FSR
8 GB	Max. GPU Memory	32 GB
12	DirectX Version	12

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
AMD Custom Radeon Graphics (Playstation 5)	GPU	AMD Radeon 780M
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec VP9	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec VP8	Decode
No	Codec AV1	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec AVC	Decode
Decode	Codec VC-1	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe The Sony Playstation 5 supports a maximum of 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme can connect up to 256 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
Sony Playstation 5	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme
GDDR6	Memory	DDR5-4800, DDR5-5600, LPDDR5-6400, LPDDR5X-7500
16 GB	Max. Memory	256 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
448.0 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	120.0 GB/s
No	ECC	Yes
--	L2 Cache	8.00 MB
8.00 MB	L3 Cache	16.00 MB
4.0	PCIe version	4.0
12	PCIe lanes	20
23.6 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	39.4 GB/s
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Sony Playstation 5 has a TDP of 65 W, that of the AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme is 28 W.
Sony Playstation 5	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme
65 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	28 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	30 W
--	TDP down	15 W
100 °C	Tjunction max.	100 °C
Technical details The Sony Playstation 5 has a 8.00 MB cache, while the AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme cache has a total of 24.00 MB.
Sony Playstation 5	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme
7 nm	Technology	4 nm
Monolithic	Chip design	Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3	ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512
BGA	Socket	FP8
AMD-V, SVM	Virtualization	AMD-V, SVM
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q3/2020	Release date	Q2/2023
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

Sony Playstation 5 (55%)

AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

Sony Playstation 5 (65%)

AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Sony Playstation 5 8C 16T @ 3.50 GHz	1056 (58%)
	AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme 8C 16T @ 5.10 GHz	1807 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Sony Playstation 5 8C 16T @ 3.50 GHz	9625 (65%)
	AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme 8C 16T @ 3.30 GHz	14798 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Sony Playstation 5 8C 16T @ 3.50 GHz	992 (52%)
	AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme 8C 16T @ 5.10 GHz	1917 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Sony Playstation 5 8C 16T @ 3.50 GHz	6635 (67%)
	AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme 8C 16T @ 3.30 GHz	9977 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	Sony Playstation 5 AMD Custom Radeon Graphics (Playstation 5) @ 2.23 GHz	10300 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme AMD Radeon 780M @ 2.70 GHz	4201 (41%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	Sony Playstation 5 8C 16T @ 3.50 GHz	16095 (63%)
	AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme 8C 16T @ 3.30 GHz	25566 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	Sony Playstation 5 8C 16T @ 3.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme 8C 16T @ 5.10 GHz	2446 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	Sony Playstation 5 8C 16T @ 3.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme 8C 16T @ 3.30 GHz	10726 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Sony Playstation 5 8C 16T @ 3.50 GHz	402 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme 8C 16T @ 5.10 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Sony Playstation 5 8C 16T @ 3.50 GHz	3735 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme 8C 16T @ 3.30 GHz	0 (0%)

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