AMD really surprised us Ryzen Z1 Extremea very powerful APU that is designed to be easily integrated into very compact portable devices and that is able to offer a good level of performance even at very low consumption and with significant cooling limitations.

We already had the opportunity to learn more about it in our analysis of the ASUS ROG Ally, a portable console that is configured with the mentioned APU, and that is it can run even demanding games like Cyberpunk 2077 with a resolution of 1080p without a problem if we adjust the level of graphic quality and that we use FSR.

There is no doubt about its strength at the GPU level, but the fact is that the Ryzen Z1 Extreme CPU is not far behind. This processor has a configuration 8 cores and 16 threads Thanks to the fully monolithic design, it has 16 MB L3 cache, 8 MB L2 cache and is clocked at 3.3 GHz with turbo mode up to 5.1 GHz. Its TDP is customizable and can go from 10 to 30 watts.

To better illustrate the potential of such a processor in my ASUS ROG Ally review, I ran the Cinebench R23 test, which focuses precisely on measuring the CPU’s single-threaded and multi-threaded potential, and the results I got were excellent. I wanted to do today a more detailed comparison of what this processor is able to offer compared to other models current ones that have higher consumption and the truth is that the Ryzen Z1 Extreme ranks really well.

As we can see in the attached graph, the Ryzen Z1 Extreme CPU is configured in 25 Watt mode Beats Ryzen 5 5600X and Core i5-12400 in both single-threaded and multi-threaded. Both have a TDP of 65 watts, which means there is almost double the difference in TDP. If we compare it to other older processors such as the Intel Core i9-9900K, which has a base TDP of 95 watts, the difference is even greater, reaching 1,277 points in single-threaded and 10,746 points in multi-threaded.

That AMD was able to cram all that power into such a small APU and with such a low TDP is remarkable and confirms the significant leap Sunnyvale made in IPC with the Zen 4. However, we have to bear in mind that because it’s an APU your CPU and GPU share a TDPand this means that those 25 watts are split between both elements, so the raw CPU power is reduced to favor the GPU when needed (for example games).