If a combination gaming console / PC hybrid featuring AMD's next-generation CPU sounds interesting, hardware manufacturer Zhongshan Subor recently announced their Subor console will be launching in China within a month in the form of a Windows PC with a dedicated console running a custom Operating System arriving later this year.
Below is a specification comparison chart and some additional details from Eurogamer.net, to quote:
"First impressions suggest a hardware specification similar to PlayStation 4 Pro in terms of GPU compute power, but combined with next-gen Ryzen processor architecture."
"As you can see from the spec table, Subor's processor achieves Pro-like graphics capabilities in a very different way to PlayStation hardware. Sony's custom processor effectively doubles the base PS4's compute unit count and adds on a small amount of frequency, delivering 4.2 teraflops from 36 CUs at 911MHz.
The new chip runs faster at 1300MHz, but only features 24 CUs. It's also based on the latest AMD Vega design, whereas the Pro GPU is effectively an enhanced version of the original PlayStation 4 graphics core, with a number of additional features brought over from AMD's later Polaris and Vega designs.
Although offering less overall compute power, a 75MHz overclock on the Subor's Vega core will deliver the same 4.2 teraflops, assuming overclocking is available on the new part."
Below is a specification comparison chart and some additional details from Eurogamer.net, to quote:
"First impressions suggest a hardware specification similar to PlayStation 4 Pro in terms of GPU compute power, but combined with next-gen Ryzen processor architecture."
- | Subor | PS4 Pro | Xbox One X | Ryzen 5 2400G |
CPU Architecture | Ryzen | Jaguar | Jaguar | Ryzen |
Cores/Threads | 4/8 | 8/8 | 8/8 | 4/8 |
CPU Clocks | 3.0GHz | 2.13GHz | 2.3GHz | 3.8GHz |
GPU | 24 CUs/ 1300MHz | 36 CUs/ 911MHz | 40 CUs/ 1172MHz | 11 CUs/ 1240MHz |
GPU Compute | 3.99TF | 4.2TF | 6.0TF | 1.75TF |
Memory | 8GB GDDR5 | 8GB GDDR5 | 12GB GDDR5 | User Configurable DDR4 |
The new chip runs faster at 1300MHz, but only features 24 CUs. It's also based on the latest AMD Vega design, whereas the Pro GPU is effectively an enhanced version of the original PlayStation 4 graphics core, with a number of additional features brought over from AMD's later Polaris and Vega designs.
Although offering less overall compute power, a 75MHz overclock on the Subor's Vega core will deliver the same 4.2 teraflops, assuming overclocking is available on the new part."