# Sony QSSR Upscaling Tech for PS5

> Sony's QSSR AI upscaling boosts PS5 games without Pro's performance cost.
- Title: Sony QSSR Upscaling Tech for PS5 · Digitalfoundry | Shortify
- Summary: Sony's QSSR AI upscaling boosts PS5 games without Pro's performance cost. Sony's QSSR provides machine learning upscaling for standard PS5, improving image…
- Keywords: qssr, ps5, playstation 5, ai upscaling, machine learning, wolverine, ghost of yotei, ps5 pro, fsr 3, fsr 4, daniel craig, sie
- Source: Digitalfoundry — https://digitalfoundry.net/news/2026/10/hands-on-with-qssr-ai-driven-upscaling-for-the-standard-ps5
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- Topics: qssr, ps5, playstation 5, ai upscaling, machine learning, wolverine, ghost of yotei, ps5 pro, fsr 3, fsr 4, daniel craig, sie
## Sony reveals QSSR
Sony has revealed QSSR - Quick Spectral Super Resolution - bringing machine learning based upscaling to the standard PlayStation 5.
## Initial game support
QSSR is available initially for Marvel's Wolverine and Ghost of Yōtei.
## Hands-on testing
We had the chance to go hands-on with the technology for around six hours a couple of weeks back.
## Image quality improvements
Temporal stability is substantially improved, detail level increases, sub-pixel integrity is considerably superior.
## Ghost of Yōtei results
Ghost of Yōtei saw less dramatic improvements despite already decent image quality.
## QSSR vs PSSR performance
PS5 Pro has 300 TOPS of dedicated hardware for upscaling, while QSSR runs at 1.5ms to 1.8ms frame-time.
## Daniel Craig's insights
Daniel Craig, Principal Engineer for Graphics R&D at SIE says QSSR enables developers to make better-looking games.
## QSSR implementation details
QSSR leverages packed math instructions and FP16 math to maximize efficiency on standard PS5 hardware.
## QSSR frame-rate impact
QSSR causes 8-10fps difference in 1440p upscaling but less impact in 60Hz performance mode.
## Ghost of Yōtei comparison
Ghost of Yōtei's performance mode uncapped with VRR sees QSSR running almost identically to its stock FSR 3 implementation.
## Key takeaway

Sony's QSSR provides machine learning upscaling for standard PS5, improving image quality while maintaining performance for most games.