Back when the PS5 Pro was first announced, there was plenty of talk going around regarding what its GPU equivalent is. Well, some people may have hoped as high as the RX 7800 XT due to its 60 compute units, but it’s safer to say the performance lands more on par with the older RX 6800 – a card that was released just under four years ago and can be found for around $350 these days, half the price of the PS5 Pro.
Just ahead of the PS5 Pro release, reviewers benchmarked the console with popular titles from the past few years, Elden Ring being one of them. We can now see that compared to the RX 6800, the PS5 Pro falls just short of it while suffering from more frame drops and stutters. The new console is now available to buy from retailers such as Target and Best Buy.
RX 6800 compared to PS5 Pro in Elden Ring
In a video recently posted by Digital Foundry, they decided to see if the PS5 Pro Game Boost feature can offer 60 FPS at “fixed 4K with fixed quality settings”. The improvements over the original PS5 are evident; the Pro pushes closer to the 60 FPS mark, yet it rarely maintains it consistently. It’s worth noting that Elden Ring isn’t yet part of Sony’s enhanced games list.
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Compared to the RX 6800 on the PC version of the game with settings that closely reflect the console version at 4K, the 6800 offers a much smoother experience overall, rarely dropping below 60 FPS and offering a noticeably more stable frame time (and therefore fewer stutters). We’d recommend the RX 6800 for 1440p predominantly, but it has shown decent entry-level 4K performance here.
Gaming PC or PS5 Pro?
In the age-old question of gaming PC versus PS5 Pro, a lot of it comes down to personal preference and use case. Gaming PCs offer plenty more versatility, but consoles are convenient and require very little effort to set up. Not too long ago we put together a PC build that rivals the PS5 Pro at roughly the same price, while you’ll pay much more for a prebuilt system that you can’t pick and choose the parts in.
At launch, the PS5 Pro will set you back a whopping $700, and that’s without the optional vertical stand and disc drive. This high price tag has been one of the biggest complaints with the PS5 Pro, and seeing that its performance gains still don’t bring it to the level of last-gen PC hardware, it looks to be a hard sell outside of PlayStation enthusiasts.
