CPU

• Cell Processor
  • PowerPC-base Core at 3.2GHz
  • 1 VMX vector unit per core
  • 512KB L2 cache
  • 7 x SPE at 3.2GHz
  • 7 x 128b 128 SIMD GPRs
  • 7 x 256KB SRAM for SPE
  • 1 of 8 SPEs reserved for redundancy
  • Total floating point performance: 218 GFLOPS

GPU

• RSX at 550MHz
  • 1.8 TFLOPS floating point performance
  • Full HD (up to 1080p) x 2 channels
  • Multi-way programmable parallel floating point shader pipelines

Memory

• 256MB XDR Main RAM at 3.2GHz
• 256MB GDDR3 VRAM at 700MHz

AV Output

• Screen size: 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p
• HDMI: HDMI out x 2
• Analogue: AV MULTI OUT
• Digital audio: DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL)

Sound

• Dolby 5.1ch, DTS, LPCM (Cell-base processing)

System Bandwidth

• Main RAM: 25.6GB/s
• VRAM: 22.4GB/s
• RSX: 20GB/s (write) + 15GB/s (read)
• SB: 2.5GB/s (write) + 2.5GB/s (read)

System Floating Point Performance

• 2 TFLOPS

Storage

• HDD
• Detachable 2.5" HDD slot

I/O

• USB: 4 x USB2.0
• Memory Stick: standard/Duo, PRO (only 60 GB model)
• SD: standard/mini (only 60 GB model)
• CompactFlash: (Type I, II) (only 60 GB model)

Communication

• Ethernet (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T) x3 (input x 1 + output x 2)
• Wi-Fi: IEEE 802.11 b/g
• Bluetooth: Bluetooth 2.0 (EDR)

Controller

• Bluetooth (up to 7)
• USB2.0 (wired)
• Wi-Fi (PSP)
• Network (over IP)

CD Disc Media

• PlayStation CD-ROM
• PlayStation 2 CD-ROM
• CD-DA (ROM), CD-R, CD-RW
• SACD Hybrid (CD layer), SACD HD
• DualDisc (audio side), DualDisc (DVD side)

DVD Disc Media

• PlayStation 2 DVD-ROM
• PLAYSTATION 3 DVD-ROM
• DVD-Video: DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW

Blu-ray Disc Media

• PLAYSTATION 3 BD-ROM
• BD-Video: BD-ROM, BD-R, BD-RE