The portable PlayStation 6 would surpass the Xbox Series S and arrive before Steam Deck 2

The world of consoles is also suffering the consequences of the RAM memory crisis which began at the end of last year, and which undoubtedly extends during this 2026. The new hardware Steam has suffered delays in its launch, and still does not have a recommended price due to fluctuations in memory prices. But this does not stop manufacturers from continuing with their plans, or at least trying. It is said that Sony will launch a new portable PlayStation 6 and that this will arrive before the Steam Deck 2.

The portable PlayStation 6 would surpass the Xbox Series S in power

But this is not the only news that brings us about the next portable console in which Sony is workingIn terms of power, he has also stated that the This console’s GPU slightly surpasses that of an Xbox Series S. A superior performance in rasterization, but that will also be much superior in technology of ray and path tracing. Although the Xbox has 20 CUs RDNA 2these belong to an older architecture compared to a much more recent one that will use the portable PlayStation.

We have already known other rumors about this supposed PlayStation 6 portablewhere we talk about a AMD Custom SoC with 4 Zen 6c cores and two low-power Zen 6in addition to 16 CU RDNA 5 (or CNDA). This model will also have 24GB LPDDR5X RAMenough for games and the system, with a 192 bit bus.

The portable PlayStation will bet on more current FSR to compete with DLSS in quality

Regarding scaling technology, a future solution AMD FSR 5 or perhaps one of its own (in collaboration with AMD) can offer quality in a portable device close to that offered by the recently launched one DLSS 4.5.

Regarding the next portable console Valvethe supposed Steam Deck 2this will not arrive before the portable PlayStation. The well-known leaker who has left us a lot of data about consoles is betting on the 2028 for the launch of the next Valve laptop, and it is not known if the current RAM crisis It can even alter (for the worse) this calendar.

At the moment all these are rumorsalthough a good reputation of the well-known Kepler_L2 endorses it, there is a long time left for these launches and there may be many changes before seeing a final model, both of the portable PlayStation as of the Steam Machine 2.