The Aya Neo 2 will be a new portable console from a Chinese specialist, the most powerful processor on the market AMD Ryzen 7 6800U and graphics RDNA 2.

Valve’s Steam Deck was a shock to the portable gaming machine segment, which, like other electronic products such as compact cameras, saw a sharp drop in sales as smartphones increased performance and versatility, and users bet on their versatility in gaming. in mobility.

AYA is a reference in specialized machines and has just announced news for this year, such as the Neo Slide with a sliding physical keyboard and the Neo 2, which we are dealing with.

Aya Neo 2 is betting on performance

If Steam Deck fits the hardware base based on AMD ZEN 3 SoC, Aya bets to raise the level to ZEN 3 “Rembrandt” as Ryzen 7 6800U. It is a high-performance processor and more for this type of machine with 8 cores and 16 fibers, which can work with frequencies up to 4.7 GHz.

It also improves the performance of the graphics part with the RDNA2 chip with 12 computing units (50% more than the Steam Deck) and increased frequencies up to 2.2 GHz. The LPDDR5-6400 RAM will also be faster. will have PCIe 4.0 storage, a fingerprint reader and the premiere of a new USB4 port.

AYA says the result will be a portable console that can handle any game, including AAAas well as the normal Windows 11 workloads that will preinstall.

The manufacturer did not disclose other major features such as screen size and resolution or battery capacity and autonomy. Not even a key point has progressed: its price, although don’t expect it here at Steam Deck. If the Valve has a base price of $ 399, the Aya console it usually costs more than double.

Aya is updating its range of portable machines, starting with the Neo Slide, which will be available this summer. Neo Air and Neo 2 will be available this fall. It looks very good, as you can see in the pictures, but if you are interested, prepare a budget that will be close to the $ 1,000 limit.