Difference between PS3 and PS4
Key Difference: Playstation 3 (PS3) and Playstation 4 (PS4) are the names of home video and gaming consoles produced by the company named as Sony Computer Entertainment. PS3 is the successor to PS2 and PS4 is the successor to PS3. PS3 is currently available in the market, whereas PS4 will hit the market in November 2013. They both differ in various technical specifications.
Sony Computer Entertainment is the company that is looked to as the global leader in the progression of consumer based computer entertainment devices like Playstation game consoles. These entertainment systems enable users to enjoy 3D games with a high quality video and audio setup.
PS3 and PS4 differ in many aspects like price, hardware, games, services, etc. Sony had tried to include many tech advances in the new Playstation, that have occurred since the launch of PS3. Download speeds are going to be faster in the new model. Bluetooth 2.1 would surely pair the devices easily with the PS4 as compared to PS3. Sony Japan president Hiroshi Kawano and his counterpart at Sony Worldwide, Shuhei Yoshida, had assured that support for the PS3 would be continued long, even after the release of PS4. Some of the differences are listed below in the table:
|
PS3 |
PS4 |
Dimensions |
290mm (w) x 60mm (h) x 230mm (d) |
- |
Launch |
Japan on November 11, 2006 |
Due- November 15, 2013 |
Weight |
2.1 kg |
- |
Buttons |
6 pressure sensitive buttons |
12 directional buttons |
Processor |
CPU: 3.2 GHz Cell Broadband Engine GPU: RSX “Reality Synthesizer” @ 550MHz, 1.8 T-FLOPS floating point performance |
CPU: Eight-core X86 AMD Jaguar GPU:1.84 T-FLOPS, AMD Radeon Graphics Core Next Engine |
Memory |
256MB XDR Main RAM 256MB GDDR3 VRAM |
8GB GDDR5 RAM |
Hard Disk Drive |
Built-in |
Built-in |
RAM |
256 XDR and 256 GDDR3 RAM |
8GB GDDR5 RAM |
AV Output |
HDMI, Analog-AV out, Digital Output (Optical) |
HDMI, Analog-AV out, Digital Output (Optical) |
I/O Output |
Hi-Speed USB (USB 2.0) X 2 |
Super Speed USB (USB 3.0) X 3, AUX |
Communication |
Ethernet (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T), Bluetooth 2.0 (EDR), IEEE 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi |
Ethernet (10BASE-T,100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T), Bluetooth 2.1 (EDR), IEEE 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi |
Controller |
610amAh DualShock 3 (192g, six-axis motion sensing) |
1000amAh DualShock 4 (210g, six-axis motion sensing, 2 Point Touch Pad) |
camera |
640x480 @ 60Hz, 320x240 @ 60 Hz |
Eye camera - 1280x800 @ 60Hz, 640x400 @120Hz, 320x192 @240Hz |
Price |
Approximately US$299 |
Approximately US$399 |
Availability |
Currently available |
Available from November 2013 |
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