PS6 and next Xbox could arrive in late 2027, new leak claims

Sony’s PlayStation 6 and Microsoft’s next-generation Xbox could launch in late 2027, according to new claims from hardware leaker Kepler_L2, who says AMD has completed the design phase for the chips that will power both consoles.

The reported timeline would put the next console generation on track to arrive earlier than some previous rumors suggested. According to information attributed to Kepler_L2 and Moore’s Law Is Dead, TSMC wafer production has already been scheduled for the second quarter of 2027, making a significant delay increasingly costly.

Kepler_L2 also shared estimates for the consoles’ graphics performance. The PlayStation 6 is said to deliver around 40 TFLOPS, while the next Xbox, reportedly codenamed Helix, could reach 56 TFLOPS. That would give Microsoft’s console roughly 40% more theoretical compute performance, though TFLOPS alone are not a reliable measure of real-world gaming performance.

Sony’s console, reportedly codenamed Orion, is said to use a monolithic chip measuring around 280 mm² and manufactured on TSMC’s N2 or N3 process. The leaked specifications point to 52 active RDNA 5 compute units clocked at up to 3.0 GHz, an eight-core Zen 6c CPU paired with two low-power Zen 6 LP cores, and 30GB to 40GB of GDDR7 memory on a 160-bit bus.

Microsoft’s Xbox Helix, also associated with the Magnus codename, is reportedly taking a different approach with a chiplet-based design totaling around 408 mm² and built on TSMC’s N3P process. The leak points to three Zen 6 cores, eight Zen 6c cores, 68 RDNA 5 compute units, 36GB to 48GB of GDDR7 memory and a dedicated NPU capable of up to 110 TOPS.

Memory prices could complicate the economics of launching both consoles. The leak claims the component cost of the PlayStation 6 has risen by 26% to around $960, potentially pushing its eventual retail price toward four figures if current conditions persist.

Xbox Helix is estimated to carry component costs of around $900 to $1,000, with speculative retail estimates ranging from $999 to $1,200. Microsoft could also have less room to subsidize the hardware if the new Xbox supports third-party game stores, since the company would have less control over software sales used to offset hardware losses.

Sony, Microsoft and AMD have not confirmed the specifications, pricing or reported late-2027 launch window.