PS5 vs PS5 Pro – Massive, ‘night and day’ improvements revealed by Digital Foundry in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

In ‘Performance’ mode, the PS5 Pro runs the game at a stable 60 fps with crisp visuals. The base PS5’s performance mode struggles with blurry textures, ghosting, and poor particle effect clarity during the combat scenes. Comparatively, the PS5 Pro significantly improves details, including fine textures such as hair strands and foliage.

In the more visuals-oriented ‘Graphics’ mode, the PS5 Pro delivers a relatively sharp image with much better frame stability. Some temporal instability and minor artifacts are noticeable, which is to be expected from the machine learning-powered PSSR upscaling. However, the experience is far better than what was possible with the base PS5 (currently $449 on Amazon). Even in demanding sequences, the PS5 Pro maintains a rock-solid 60 fps while the base PS5 consistently drops frames. 

Digital Foundry’s original video can be found below.