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Sony's Project Canis PS6 Handheld Leaks Unveil 540p Base Rendering, Yet PSSR 3.0 Nearly Matches PS5 Pro Power
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Key Points:
- The PS6 handheld, codenamed Project Canis and dubbed "PSP 3," features a custom 3nm AMD Canis processor with six Zen 6 cores and 24 GB of shared LPDDR5X memory, operating within a 15-25W power envelope.
- Its graphics unit includes 16 RDNA 5 Compute Units supporting Dual-Issue FP32 instructions, delivering 4.91 TFLOPS at 1.2 GHz in handheld mode and up to 6.75 TFLOPS at 1.65 GHz when docked.
- The device will utilize PSSR 3.0 for Frame Generation, boosting effective teraflop performance to 10-11 TFLOPS handheld and 14 TFLOPS docked, surpassing the base PS5 and nearing PS5 Pro levels.
- In mobile mode, rendering resolution is limited to 540p and upscaled to 1080p, but advanced frame generation and upscaling tech aim to maintain high image quality, reportedly outperforming Xbox Series S and rivaling NVIDIA DLSS 4.5.
- Sony is reportedly targeting a late 2027 release for Project Canis, though the launch timing relative to the PlayStation 6 remains uncertain amid rumors of potential delays.
