Sony PlayStation 3 vs Sony PlayStation 4 (CUH-1200)

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PlayStation 3 compared with PlayStation 4 (CUH-1200)

	SonyPlayStation 3	SonyPlayStation 4 (CUH-1200)
Overview
Released
Released	March 2007	June 2015
Performance
Type
Type	Home console	Home console
CPU
CPU	Cell Broadband Engine, 3.2 GHz	AMD Jaguar, 8 cores
GPU
GPU	RSX Reality Synthesizer	AMD Radeon
GPU compute
GPU compute	–	1.84 TFLOPS
Memory
Memory	512 MB	8 GB (better)
Storage
Storage	60 GB	500 GB, 1 TB (better)
Disc drive
Disc drive	Yes	Yes
CPU
CPU	Cell Broadband Engine at 3.2 GHz, with one PowerPC-based core and seven active synergistic processing elements (Sony)	Single-chip custom processor with an eight-core x86-64 AMD Jaguar CPU
GPU
GPU	RSX graphics processor, codeveloped by NVIDIA and Sony	1.84 TFLOPS AMD Radeon-based graphics engine
Memory detail
Memory detail	256 MB XDR main RAM and 256 MB GDDR3 video RAM	8 GB GDDR5 shared system memory
Storage detail
Storage detail	60 GB 2.5-inch Serial ATA hard drive, user-replaceable; Blu-ray, DVD and CD drive (read only)	500 GB hard drive at launch; 1 TB CUH-1200BB01 released in Japan on 3 December 2015; read-only Blu-ray (6× CAV) and DVD (8× CAV) drive
Storage expansion
Storage expansion	Memory Stick, SD and CompactFlash card slots; USB storage	–
Display and video
Maximum output
Maximum output	1080p	1080p
Built-in screen
Built-in screen	No built-in screen	–
Video output
Video output	HDMI out; AV Multi Out (composite, S-Video, component); 576i, 576p, 720p, 1080i and 1080p on the UK model	HDMI out, up to 1080p
Audio
Audio	DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL); Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1 and up to 7.1-channel linear PCM over HDMI (Sony)	DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL) and HDMI audio
Design and power
Weight
Weight	5,000 g	2,500 g (better)
Power use
Power use	–	230 W maximum rating; AC 100–240 V, 50/60 Hz
Size
Size	–	275 × 53 × 305 mm (width × height × length, excluding the largest projection)
Colours
Colours	Black	Jet Black; Glacier White
Connections
Ports
Ports	4 × USB 2.0, HDMI out, AV Multi Out, DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL), Gigabit Ethernet (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T), memory card slots	2 × SuperSpeed USB (USB 3.0), AUX, HDMI out, DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL), Gigabit Ethernet
Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Wi-Fi and Bluetooth	Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11 b/g), Bluetooth 2.0 (EDR); up to 7 Bluetooth controllers	Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11 b/g/n; Bluetooth 2.1 (EDR)
Controller
Controller	SIXAXIS wireless controller at launch; later bundles came with DUALSHOCK 3	DUALSHOCK 4 wireless controller
Backward compatibility
Backward compatibility	PlayStation games; the UK and European model plays some PS2 games through partial software emulation (its PS2 Emotion Engine chip was removed)	Plays PS4 games; does not play PS3, PS2 or original PlayStation discs