PS6 Tipped to Feature Up to 30GB of Unified Memory With Higher Bandwidth to Support Next-Gen Features

In 2024, Sony said that the PS5 had reached the end of its life cycle. Earlier this year, the ninth-generation console will be six years old and early development of its alleged successor, ubiquitously called the PlayStation 6 (PS6), is said to have already started. A new leaking has suggested that Sony’s next-generation gaming console could have significantly increased system memory, according to a recent leak. PS6 could ship with up to 30GB of unified memory, which is a significant leap over both the PS5 and the higher-end PS4 Pro.

More Memory on PS6

The new rumor stems from leaker KeplerL2’s post on a community forum, which suggests Sony is looking into memory configurations beyond what the current memory of the PS5 and PS5, Pro models use. While both gaming consoles have 16GB of unified memory, PS5 Pro has more bandwidth and increased RAM for developers.

The leak suggests that the PS6, on the other hand, could provide up to 30GB of unified memory. Ideally, it will have 3GB GDDR7 memory modules in a clamshell configuration with ten 16-bit memory channels. The leaking also suggests that Sony will be arriving at a total 30GB memory capacity, without using larger individual memory chips.

Similarly, this configuration would mean 160-bit memory bus (with 32Gbps memory chips) with approximately 640GB/s of memory bandwidth according to the same claim. PS5 448 GB/s of memory bandwidth for context, and the PS5, Pro 576 gb/.

Hypothetically, the expanded unified memory would allow Sony’s next-generation gaming console to support more complex game worlds, higher-resolution textures and advanced AI-driven features as it does in line with the scaling game engines. The higher memory bandwidth would allow the PS6 to stream textures, geometry and other world data faster (and possibly eliminate stuttering) while it is still in its prime.

A Digital Trends report further argues that the configuration, which is believed to be an “unstandard” memory split may include some of the total memory for system operations and most of it dynamically allocated for games.

The PlayStation 6 has not been officially announced by Sony, nor was released with any details of its specifications or release timeline. Sony recently reported that the next-generation gaming console could be ‘deadly delayed beyond 2028’ as Sony plans for a longer life cycle for PS5, possibly lasting at least eight years before PlayStation’s next generation was released.