# Comparison of PlayStation consoles
## 2013–present

| Model | Model | PlayStation 4 | PlayStation 4 Slim | PlayStation 4 Pro | PlayStation Classic | PlayStation 5 | PlayStation 5 Digital Edition |
| Image | Image | | | | | | |
| Key dates | First released | November 2013 | September 2016 | November 2016 | December 2018 | November 2020 | November 2020 |
| Key dates | Discontinued | September 2016 | In production | January 2021 | In production | In production | In production |
| Dimensions (WxHxD) | Dimensions (WxHxD) | 275 mm × 53 mm × 305 mm (10.8 in × 2.1 in × 12.0 in) | 265 mm × 39 mm × 288 mm (10.4 in × 1.5 in × 11.3 in) | 295 mm × 55 mm × 327 mm (11.6 in × 2.2 in × 12.9 in) | 149 mm × 33 mm × 105 mm (5.9 in × 1.3 in × 4.1 in) | 390 mm × 104 mm × 260 mm (15.4 in × 4.1 in × 10.2 in) | 390 mm × 92 mm × 260 mm (15.4 in × 3.6 in × 10.2 in) |
| Weight | Weight | 2.5–2.8 kg (5.5–6.2 lb) | 2.1 kg (4.6 lb) | 3.3 kg (7.3 lb) | 170 g (6.0 oz) | 3.9–4.5 kg (8.6–9.9 lb) | 3.4–3.9 kg (7.5–8.6 lb) |
| Storage | Capacity | 500 GB or 1 TB | 1 TB | 1 TB or 2 TB | 16 GB | 825 GB | 825 GB |
| Storage | Type | HDD | HDD | HDD | eMMC Flash | SSD | SSD |
| Storage | Bandwidth | 50-100 MB/s | 50-100 MB/s | 50-100 MB/s | 132 MB/s | 5.5 GB/s | 5.5 GB/s |
| Optical drive | Optical drive | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| CPU | Cores | 8 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 8 |
| CPU | Threads | 8 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 16 |
| CPU | Clock speed | 1.6 GHz | 1.6 GHz | 2.1 GHz | 1.5 GHz | 3.5 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
| GPU | Cores | 18 | 18 | 36 | 2 | 36 | 36 |
| GPU | Threads | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| GPU | Clock speed | 800 MHz | 800 MHz | 911 MHz | 660 MHz | 2.23 GHz | 2.23 GHz |
| GPU | Ray tracing | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Memory | Memory | 8 GB GDDR5 | 8 GB GDDR5 | 8 GB GDDR5 | 1 GB DDR3 | 16 GB GDDR6 | 16 GB GDDR6 |
| Ports | Ports | 1x AUX 2x Front USB 3.0 1x HDMI 2.0a | 1x AUX 2x USB 3.1 1x HDMI 2.0a | 1x AUX 3x USB 3.1 1x HDMI 2.0b | 1x HDMI | 1x Front USB 2.0 1x Front USB-C 2x Back USB 3.1 1x HDMI 2.1 | 1x Front USB 2.0 1x Front USB-C 2x Back USB 3.1 1x HDMI 2.1 |
| Power supply | Power supply | 165 W | 165 W | 310 W | 5 W | 350 W | 340 W |
| Network | Ethernet | Gigabit Ethernet | Gigabit Ethernet | Gigabit Ethernet | No | Gigabit Ethernet | Gigabit Ethernet |
| Network | Wi-Fi | 4 (802.11n) | 5 (802.11ac) | 5 (802.11ac) | No | 6 (802.11ax) | 6 (802.11ax) |
| Network | Bluetooth | 2.1 | 4.0 | 4.0 | No | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| Storage expansion | Upgradable | Yes (up to 8 TB) | Yes (up to 8 TB) | Yes (up to 8 TB) | With Modifications | No | No |
| Storage expansion | Expandable | No | No | No | With Modifications | M.2 NVMe PCIe 4.0 (up to 8 TB) USB (up to 8 TB) | M.2 NVMe PCIe 4.0 (up to 8 TB) USB (up to 8 TB) |
| Storage expansion | External via USB | Yes (up to 8 TB) | Yes (up to 8 TB) | Yes (up to 8 TB) | With Modifications | Yes (up to 8 TB and can only play PS4 and PlayStation VR games directly. PS5 games can only be stored) | Yes (up to 8 TB and can only play PS4 and PlayStation VR games directly. PS5 games can only be stored) |
| Sources | Sources | | | | | | |

## 1994–2006

| Model | Model | PlayStation | PlayStation 2 | PlayStation 2 Slimline | PlayStation 3 | PlayStation 3 Slim | PlayStation 3 Super Slim |
| Image | Image | | | | | | |
| Key dates | First released | December 1994 | March 2000 | October 2004 | November 2006 | September 2009 | September 2012 |
| Key dates | Discontinued | March 2006 | October 2004 | January 2013 | October 2009 | September 2012 | May 2017 |
| Dimensions (WxHxD) | Dimensions (WxHxD) | 275 mm × 63.5 mm × 190 mm (10.8 in × 2.5 in × 7.5 in) | 302 mm × 78 mm × 183 mm (11.9 in × 3.1 in × 7.2 in) | 231 mm × 152 mm × 28 mm (9.1 in × 6.0 in × 1.1 in) | 325 mm × 98 mm × 274 mm (12.8 in × 3.9 in × 10.8 in) | 290 mm × 65 mm × 290 mm (11.4 in × 2.6 in × 11.4 in) | 290 mm × 60 mm × 230 mm (11.4 in × 2.4 in × 9.1 in) |
| Weight | Weight | 1.5 kg (3.3 lb) | 2.2 kg (4.9 lb) | 900 g (1.98 lb) | 4.99 kg (11 lb) | 3.2 kg (7.1 lb) | 1.95 kg (4.3 lb) |
| Storage | Capacity | 128 KB | 8 MB Memory Card, 40 GB HDD | 8 MB Memory Card | 20/60/80/160 GB | 120/160/250/320 GB | 12/250/500 GB |
| Storage | Type | Memory Cards | Memory Cards, HDD | Memory Cards | HDD | HDD | HDD | HDD |
| Storage | Bandwidth | — | 22-66 MB/s | — | 50-100 MB/s | 50-100 MB/s | 50-100 MB/s |
| CPU | Cores | 1 | 1 two-way superscalar in-order RISC CPU core | 1 two-way superscalar in-order RISC CPU core | 1 Power Processor Element (Primary), 8 Synergistic Processing Units (Secondary) | 1 Power Processor Element (Primary), 8 Synergistic Processing Units (Secondary) | 1 Power Processor Element (Primary), 8 Synergistic Processing Units (Secondary) |
| CPU | Threads | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| CPU | Clock speed | 33.9 MHz | 294.9 MHz | 299 MHz | 3.2 GHz | 3.2 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
| GPU | Cores | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| GPU | Threads | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| GPU | Clock speed | 53 MHz | 147 MHz | 147 MHz | 550 MHz | 550 MHz | 550 MHz |
| GPU | Ray tracing | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Memory | Memory | 2 MB System RAM 1 MB VRAM | 32 MB System RAM 4 MB VRAM | 32 MB System RAM 4 MB VRAM | 256 MB XDRAM 256 MB VRAM | 256 MB XDRAM 256 MB GDDR3 SDRAM | 256 MB XDR System RAM 256 MB GDDR3 VRAM |
| Ports | Ports | 1x Serial I/O 1x Parallel I/O (excluding SCPH 900x) | 2x USB 1.1 1x i.LINK (excluding SCPH 5000x) | 2x USB 2.0 | 4x USB 2.0 (CECHAxx-CECHExx) 2x USB 2.0 (CECHGxx-CECHQxx) | 2x USB 2.0 | 2x USB 2.0 | 2x USB 2.0 |
| Power supply | Power supply | 15 W | 50 W | 24 W | 380 W | 250 W | 190 W |
| Network | Ethernet | — | Dial-up or broadband with Adapter via PCMCIA slot (SCPH 1000x-SCPH 1800x) via Expansion Bay (SCPH 3000x-SCPH 5000x) | Dial-up or broadband (Built-in) | Gigabit Ethernet | Gigabit Ethernet | Gigabit Ethernet |
| Network | Wi-Fi | — | — | — | 802.11b/g Wi-Fi (excluding CECHBxx) | 802.11b/g Wi-Fi | 802.11b/g Wi-Fi |
| Network | Bluetooth | — | — | — | Bluetooth 2.0 | Bluetooth 2.0 | Bluetooth 2.0 |
| Storage expansion | Upgradable | — | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Storage expansion | Expandable | Memory Cards | Memory Cards, HDD via Expansion Bay (SCPH 3000x-SCPH 5000x only) | Memory Cards | CECHAxx-CECHExx: Flash memory card readers (excluding CECHBxx), USB flash drive CECHGxx-CECHQxx: USB flash drive | USB flash drive | USB flash drive | USB flash drive |
| Storage expansion | External via USB | — | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Sources | Sources | | | | | | |