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PLAYSTATION 3 Specifications

CPU

  • Cell Processor
    • PowerPC-base Core at 3.2GHz
    • 1 VMX vector unit per core
    • 512KB L2 cache
    • 7 x SPE at 3.2GHz
    • 7 x 128b 128 SIMD GPRs
    • 7 x 256KB SRAM for SPE
    • 1 of 8 SPEs reserved for redundancy
    • Total floating point performance: 218 GFLOPS

GPU

  • RSX at 550MHz
    • 1.8 TFLOPS floating point performance
    • Full HD (up to 1080p) x 2 channels
    • Multi-way programmable parallel floating point shader pipelines

Memory

  • 256MB XDR Main RAM at 3.2GHz
  • 256MB GDDR3 VRAM at 700MHz

AV Output

  • Screen size: 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p
  • HDMI: HDMI out x 2
  • Analogue: AV MULTI OUT
  • Digital audio: DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL)

Sound

  • Dolby 5.1ch, DTS, LPCM (Cell-base processing)

System Bandwidth

  • Main RAM: 25.6GB/s
  • VRAM: 22.4GB/s
  • RSX: 20GB/s (write) + 15GB/s (read)
  • SB: 2.5GB/s (write) + 2.5GB/s (read)

System Floating Point Performance

  • 2 TFLOPS

Storage

  • HDD
  • Detachable 2.5" HDD slot

I/O

  • USB: 4 x USB2.0
  • Memory Stick: standard/Duo, PRO (only 60 GB model)
  • SD: standard/mini (only 60 GB model)
  • CompactFlash: (Type I, II) (only 60 GB model)

Communication

  • Ethernet (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T) x3 (input x 1 + output x 2)
  • Wi-Fi: IEEE 802.11 b/g
  • Bluetooth: Bluetooth 2.0 (EDR)

Controller

  • Bluetooth (up to 7)
  • USB2.0 (wired)
  • Wi-Fi (PSP)
  • Network (over IP)

CD Disc Media

  • PlayStation CD-ROM
  • PlayStation 2 CD-ROM
  • CD-DA (ROM), CD-R, CD-RW
  • SACD Hybrid (CD layer), SACD HD
  • DualDisc (audio side), DualDisc (DVD side)

DVD Disc Media

  • PlayStation 2 DVD-ROM
  • PLAYSTATION 3 DVD-ROM
  • DVD-Video: DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW

Blu-ray Disc Media

  • PLAYSTATION 3 BD-ROM
  • BD-Video: BD-ROM, BD-R, BD-RE