Sony to release PS6 handheld more powerful than Xbox Series S and Nintendo Switch 2

Sony has long been rumored to be quietly working on a new handheld gaming device, and now renowned leaker KeplerL2 has shared details on how powerful Sony's upcoming device will be.

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KeplerL2 became a voice of authority in the PC gaming community for accurate leaks on GPU architecture, providing SKUs, hardware specifications, and more. Now, Kepler has written in a new post on the NeoGAF forums that the GPU within Sony's PS6-generation handheld is "a bit ahead of XSS in raster (and ofc massively ahead in RT/PT)." Adding, the new handheld will also come with Sony's AI-powered upscaler, which would presumably be a version of PSSR, likely PSSR 3.

Sony is currently calling the PS6 handheld "Project Canis", and leaked specifications indicate that it will be rocking 4x Zen 6c cores, 2x Zen 6 LP cores, 16x RDNA 5 CUs, 192-bit LPDDR5X (24GB), and a 135mm² TSMC 3nm chip. According to Kepler, this device will outperform the Nintendo Switch 2, and depending on the AI upscaling performance, will beat out competing Microsoft handhelds such as the Xbox ROG Ally X. Kepler writes that Sony's new version of PSSR for the handheld will even be better than DLSS 4.5, which NVIDIA only announced at GTC 2026.

"Switch 2 only has DLSS 2 (CNN) and some games even use the worse 'DLSS Lite.' FSR5/PSSR3 will be better IQ than even current DLSS 4.5," continued KeplerL2

While these specifications are very promising, it will all come down to price. If Sony is able to sell a powerful handheld device for $449.99, which is the same price as the Nintendo Switch 2, or possibly even cheaper, Sony may have a new device on its hands that significantly impacts the handheld market.