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PlayStation 5 thermal imaging gallery

Screenshots by Eurogamer staff, Contributor

Updated on 6 November 2020

A thermal overview of the console after an hour at max load. Sony's outsize console is clearly decent at heat dissipation.

A side-on view of the machine. The location of the SoC is visible, but even so the external 'wings' are still very cool.

Temperatures rise at the centre 'core' of the machine - but mid 40s on a heat outlet is still impressive stuff.

The entire rear of PlayStation 5 is essentially a heat exhaust - and things start to hot up here.

PlayStation 5 is hottest at the bottom and temperatures hit the low 50s - but this is standard for consoles and the machine is still nigh-on silent.

57 Celsius is the max recorded temperature in the thermal analysis, but it's heat retention in the metal LAN port here that's the culprit.

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