Current PS5 games push console power consumption up to 212W peak maximum. The tests conducted by DDAY.it reveal a console that can still give a lot (the power supply has a power of 350 W), but which already demonstrates that at medium loads it does not overheat and makes no noise.
The most curious note, however, is that PS5 consumes more when powered off (but plugged in) than when in rest mode. The latter is a situation in which the console, while “still”, is receptive: it can download games and updates and load controllers, for example.
Compared to PS4 Pro, which with games like The Last of Us: Part 2 and Red Dead Redemption 2 got very hot forcing the fan to work at maximum, to date PS5 looks like a decisive leap forward. Of course, more energy-intensive games will come and it will be these that will test the console’s cooling system.
Also for this reason, comparing the current situation of PS5 with the late period of PS4 can be misleading: the hardware of the new console is still partially used and it is normal that it does not reach temperatures that are difficult to manage.
Consumption of PS5
In idle mode, the PS5 consumes around 2.1W. Our laboratory tests have shown that when switched off PS5 consumes more: about 5.1 W, with instantaneous power peaks 6 W. In practice a cost, at the best energy rates, of 10 euros per year, just to keep the console connected to power. But what is most striking is the accumulated waste: if over time a million PS5 were sold in Italy, we would have a committed power of 6 megawatts, a small hydroelectric power station dedicated only to keeping the consoles … off!
PS5 games are the ones that push the most, especially Spider-Man: Miles Morales.
| Application | Maximum consumption (in Watts) |
|---|---|
| Astro’s Playroom | 205 |
| Dashboard | 67 |
| Days Gone | 147 |
| Dirt 5 | 111 |
| Spider-Man: Miles Morales | 212 |
| The Last of Us: Parte 2 | 104 |
We also tested some PS4 games in backward compatibility. Days Gone, among the very few to have already received a dedicated update on PS5, is the most energy-intensive: it reaches a maximum of 147 W.
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