Sony PlayStation vs Sony PlayStation 4 Slim

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PlayStation compared with PlayStation 4 Slim

	SonyPlayStation	SonyPlayStation 4 Slim
Overview
Released
Released	September 1995	September 2016
Performance
Type
Type	Home console	Home console
CPU
CPU	MIPS R3000A-compatible, 33.87 MHz	AMD Jaguar, 8 cores
GPU
GPU	PlayStation GPU	AMD Radeon
GPU compute
GPU compute	–	1.84 TFLOPS
Memory
Memory	3 MB	8 GB (better)
Storage
Storage	–	500 GB, 1 TB
Disc drive
Disc drive	Yes	Yes
CPU
CPU	Custom 32-bit R3000A-based CPU at 33.8688 MHz; a Geometry Transformation Engine coprocessor handles 3D calculations (Sony developer manual)	Single-chip custom processor with an eight-core x86-64 AMD Jaguar CPU
GPU
GPU	PlayStation GPU with textured and Gouraud-shaded polygons; up to 360,000 polygons per second (Sony)	1.84 TFLOPS AMD Radeon-based graphics engine
Memory detail
Memory detail	2 MB main RAM, 1 MB video RAM, 512 KB sound RAM and a 512 KB operating system ROM (Sony developer manual)	8 GB GDDR5 shared system memory
Storage detail
Storage detail	Double-speed (2×) CD-ROM drive; saves on removable 128 KB memory cards (two slots)	500 GB or 1 TB hard drive; read-only Blu-ray drive at 6× CAV and DVD drive at 8× CAV
Display and video
Maximum output
Maximum output	–	1080p
Built-in screen
Built-in screen	No built-in screen	–
Video output
Video output	AV Multi Out for composite and RGB; separate composite video and stereo audio RCA outputs on the original SCPH-1002	HDMI out, up to 1080p; HDR output supported after the PS4 system software update
HDR
HDR	–	HDR supported after the PS4 system software update, including for the original PS4
Audio
Audio	16-bit Sony sound processor, 24 ADPCM channels at up to 44.1 kHz; analogue stereo out; plays audio CDs	Audio over HDMI; no DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL) port
Connections
Ports
Ports	2 × controller ports and 2 × memory card slots on the front; serial I/O, parallel I/O and AV Multi Out on the back (serial and parallel ports dropped on later models)	2 × SuperSpeed USB (USB 3.1 Gen 1), AUX port for PlayStation Camera, HDMI out, Gigabit Ethernet
Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
Wi-Fi and Bluetooth	–	Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 4.0
Controller
Controller	PlayStation controller at launch; later bundles came with the DUALSHOCK analogue controller	DUALSHOCK 4 wireless controller (CUH-ZCT2 series)
Backward compatibility
Backward compatibility	–	Plays the PS4 game library
Design and power
Weight
Weight	–	2,100 g
Power use
Power use	–	165 W maximum rating; AC 100–240 V, 50/60 Hz
Size
Size	–	265 × 39 × 288 mm (width × height × length, excluding the largest projection)
Colours
Colours	–	Jet Black