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What you oughta know
AMDjust announcedthe Ryzen Z1 and Ryzen Z1 Extreme processors.
Both of them are high-performance chips designs for handheld gaming consoles.
AMD also revealed that theASUS ROG Allywill run on up to a Ryzen Z1 Extreme.
The Ryzen Z1 Extreme has eight cores, 16 threads, and 12 AMD RDNA 3 compute units.
It also delivers 8.6 teraflops of graphics performance.
For reference, the Steam Deck only delivers 1.6 teraflops.
The Ryzen Z1 has six cores, 12 threads, and 4 AMD RDNA 3 compute units.
Both chips are built on AMD’s Zen 4 architecture.
Both of the Ryzen Z1 Series chips support USB4 for connectivity and LPDDR5 and LPDDR5X for memory.
It promises 2.8 teraflops of graphical processing.
The processors are designed to work with Windows 11 as well as other operating systems.
That library of content includes titles available throughXbox Game Pass UltimateandPC Game Pass.
The ASUS ROG Ally will be the first equipment to run on Ryzen Z1 processors.
ASUS will announce more information about the ROG Ally’s pricing and availability on May 11, 2023.
