The PS5 and PS5 Pro are reportedly getting a new developer mode that signals a major development, according to insiders. A known Sony leaker has gotten hold of documents which suggest that the company is rolling out a “low power mode” for both consoles, enabling which would draw less power and lower energy consumption while running games.
New PS5/PS5 Pro mode further hints at PlayStation handheld, insiders say
The leak comes from none other than YouTuber Moore’s Law Is Dead (MLID), who was the first insider to leak the PS5 Pro and internal Sony documents with its specs, prompting an official copyright strike. Now, MLID claims that they have similar documents with information about the said low power developer mode.
Without going into too much technical jargon, it seems that this mode will run games with reduced specs. MLID is convinced that this mode is designed for games to run on the rumored new PlayStation handheld.
Here’s what the low power mode will reportedly do (thanks, ResetEra):
- Limit CPU to 8 threads
- Reduces GPU clocks by ~15%
- Cut GDDR 6 bandwidth in half
- Reduce 3D Audio Processing performance by 75%
- Limits PS5 Pro to 36 Compute Units
- No PSSR (PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution) or VR support
The idea here is that targeting this mode mode will ensure that there is a version of each game that runs on the upcoming handheld as well.
Another known leaker, Kepler_L2, agrees with MLID’s theory.
“This is 100% an emulated performance profile for the handheld since the biggest weakness of that APU is memory bandwidth, and this profile is reducing PS5 bandwidth,” they tweeted.
Fingers crossed for a new PlayStation handheld!