PlayStation 6 Console And New PS6 Handheld ‘Canis’ Specs Leak, It’s Claimed

The PlayStation 5 continues to smash it, but we all know Sony is working hard behind the scenes on the PlayStation 6 and the PS6 handheld console. Crucially, core specs for each piece of hardware have reportedly been leaked by Moore’s Law Is Dead.

Before we get into this story, due to the nature of the contents and the claims, this requires a ‘pinch of salt’ warning. While Moore’s Law is Dead has been accurate with information in the past, we’re still a couple of years out from the console’s release. Past PlayStation 5 Pro claims from the channel, while accurate, stemmed from 3rd party PlayStation developers, which at the time, leaked into many hands.

That said, YouTube channel Moore’s Law Is Dead dropped a massive video on August 1 with information on how powerful the PS6 and PS6 handheld are, potential price information, and more.

PS6 Console & PS6 Handheld Specs Reportedly Leak

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For clarity, Moore’s Law Is Dead extensively covers huge deep dives on hardware, from processors to graphics cards and console specs.

In its “PS6 Early Leak: Brutal Price below PS5 Pro!” video, the channel discusses how Sony is looking to make the PS6 more powerful than the PS5 Pro, but potentially bring the price point down, not up.

“Anyone remember the PlayStation 4? It was a console that made the choice to not go all out in specs so that it could have mass market appeal after the previous generation left some people feeling burned with how expensive it was at its launch. I’ll just say it, from what I’ve seen behind the scenes so far, it at least appears Sony is planning to do this sort of a strategy again with the PlayStation 6.”

The channel believes Sony is targeting a Mid-2027, specifically Fall 2027 or Early-2028 release for both the PS6 and PS6 handheld.

The host explains that all the spec information comes from official documents. Here’s a word-for-word summary of the early PS6 specs for each piece of Sony hardware.

PS6 Console

• Chiplet Design, with some mention of possibly utilizing “Navi 5” Desktop chiplets.

• Backwards Compatibility to PS5 and PS4 Generations. (No mention of PS3).

• Heavy Emphasis on Cost Constraints, and keeping power lower than PS5.

• Manufacturing Planned for Mid-2027, with a likely Fall 2027 or Early-2028 Release Date.

• 160W TBP.

• 8 x Zen 6 (or later) Cores.

• 40-48 RDNA 5 Compute Units @ 3GHz+.

• 160-bit or 192-bit bus w/ GDDR7@32GT/s+-.

• Rasterisation Performance estimated to be ~3x PS5 (Ray Tracing Uplift Expected to be Higher).

• Because Canis is verified to be on 3nm, and Magnus is on 3nm – It is believed this is 3nm as well.

• It’s clear that PS6 “Orion” started as a chiplet design that looked kinda like an RDNA 3 layout, but it’s also clear that AMD was trying to convince Sony to share dies with desktop…so it’s very possible that the final design could use AT3 or AT (like XBOX Magnus), and therefore it could end up getting more than 48 Compute Units…but likely the same or less than XBOX.

PS6 Canis Handheld

• Monolithic 3nm Die (He was able to verify THIS in modern documents).

• Backwards Compatibility to PS5 and PS4 Generations. (No mention of PS3).

• Canis includes a MicroSD Slot, M.2 SSD Slot, Haptic Vibration, Dual Mics, and a Touchscreen.

• Specifically, a diagram states that the USB-C port has video out capabilities.

• Manufacturing Planned for Mid-2027, with a likely Fall 2027 or Early-2028 Release Date.

• 15W TBP.

• 4 x Zen 6c Cores.

• 12-20 RDNA 5 Compute Units @ 1.6-2GHz.

• 128-bit bus w/ LPDDR5X-7500+.

• Rasterization Performance estimated to be ~0.5x PS5 (RT Expected to be higher than this).

• Canis should beat XBOX Ally X in performance, but it doesn’t come off as a “powerhouse”.

Again, while Moore’s Law Is Dead has a good track record, don’t take this information granted until we learn more. We can at least check out the specs and early information and start to get an idea of where Sony and PlayStation are headed with the PS6 specs.

Do you follow Moore’s Law is Dead? Do you think the information is credible? If so, let us know your early thoughts about the PS6 and PS6 handheld via the Insider Gaming forum.