AMD recently released the Ryzen Z1 / Z1 Extreme processor dedicated to handhelds, which was first released by ASUS ROG Ally gaming handhelds. The parameters are similar to the Ryzen 7040U series processors.
According to information obtained by foreign media Tom’s Hardware from an official AMD source, the TDP of the Ryzen Z1 / Z1 Extreme processor can be reduced to a minimum of 9W, which is higher than the Ryzen 7040U series processor (15W) that will be used by mainstream handhelds. 40% lower, which is a big improvement for handheld battery life.
A complete parameter comparison table:
“The Ryzen Z1 series was designed specifically for gaming consoles, and to achieve this, AMD engineers had to validate a whole new power envelope and optimize the voltage profile specifically for this use case,” said Matthew Hurwitz, AMD Customer Relations Manager. So while the 7040U and Z1 The series are similar in terms of technical building blocks such as Zen4 and RDNA 3, but the resulting models have very distinct differences.”
The ASUS ROG Ally gaming handheld will be officially released on May 11, when we will know the specific performance of the AMD Ryzen Z1 series.
