KazeoHin
[H]F Junkie
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The CPU that'll end up in the PS5 would likely be clocked much lower than your traditional Ryzen 8 core. I wouldn't be shocked if it ran at 1.8Ghz or around there. HBM makes sense, even though its expansive. Console makers tend to like to avoid price fluctuation and would rather get a contract that guarantees them a fixed cost for the production of HBM. We're also years away from when a PS5 is released, so who knows what'll happen in the memory market by then.
It definitely won't be a 4+GHz part, however I would imagine it being over 2.5 GHz with HT. Already, AMD can get 4-core with HT alongside 10 core VEGA GPU parts in a 35w envelope on 14nm, and clock it reasonably high. So getting a high-clocked 8-core + HT + VEGA GPU in the ~200w of a console on 7nm should be completely doable.