Sony recently released a teardown video of the PS5, showing off the console and all the hardware that powers it in incredible detail.

It's going to take quite a while to digest the information revealed in this video, but so far many key points have already been revealed, and as VG247 discovered, the PS5 hardware has a few key surprises.

Wi-Fi 6 hardware is still quite expensive at present. However, it is a good way to future-proof the current PS5 hardware, given that this current console is likely to last at least a few years. In particular, the Xbox Series X still has the Wi-Fi 5 chip. While this helps keep costs down, it provides none of the benefits of Wi-Fi 6 when upgrading a home network.

Another thing to note is that the USB ports on the PS5 are quite fast. The front USB-C port and the rear USB 3.0 port (blue ports) are SuperSpeed compliant and can provide speeds of up to 10 Gbps. The front USB 2.0 port is only "HiSpeed" standard and is limited to 480 Mbps; the Xbox Series X has no USB-C port and the remaining USB 3.1 Type-A port is only 5 Gbps.

Nevertheless, slower USB ports would not be a major issue; neither the PS5 nor the Xbox Series X can play games made for next-generation game consoles from USB storage. However, backward-compatible Xbox games should work.

Would these differences be significant to you? Unlikely, but it does mean that the PS5 is somewhat better hardware-wise. At least, this is true for wireless and wired connectivity, and the more years that pass since its release date, the greater the advantage will be.