Following on from the ASUS ROG ALLY, AMD introduced a series of processors Ryzen Z1 oriented to portable consoles based on the x86 architecture that have grown up in this sector mainstream computing after the relative success of Steam Deck. Among the models presented by the red giant is one that uses ASUS equipment.

AMD’s line of portable console-focused x86 processors consists of the standard Ryzen Z1 and Ryzen Z1 Extreme. Both are models that try to offer a combination of efficiency and high performance and employ Zen 4 as a processor-level architecture and RDNA 3 for integrated graphics. This combination should provide enough power to run most of the latest triple A generation video games.

He AMD Ryzen Z1 standard includes six physical cores, twelve total threads (two threads per core), four GPU-level compute units, and 22 MB of buffer memoryMeanwhile he AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme tool eight physical cores, sixteen total threads, 12 GPU-level compute units, and 24 MB cache.

In addition to hardware-level features, users can optimize the experience offered by the processors with AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition, a tool that enables features such as AMD Radeon Super Resolution 2, Radeon Chill, Radeon Image Sharpening 3, AMD Link 4 and others that allow an increase in performance while extending the autonomy offered by the battery.

Features of AMD Ryzen Z1 processors Support for USB 4 and LPDDR5 and LPDDR5X memory. And this is in addition to compatibility with Windows 11, which, together with the use of the x86 architecture, opens the door to run all the common software present for the Microsoft operating system, including all the clients of the digital video game platforms and the games themselves. . This means that users, at least on paper, will be free to use portable consoles containing these processors for any purpose, including office automation, multimedia production, etc. The use of other operating systems should also be open.

Jason Banta, responsible for OEM customers at AMD, noted that the company is moving forward “Continuously on the next generation of gaming experiences, from consoles to desktops and handhelds. Ryzen Z1 processors bring gamers an elite gaming experience and extreme portability in exciting gaming forms.”.

AMD seems all set to cement its dominance in the x86 portable console sectorand it is the red giant of the three companies the big threeFor now, it’s the one with the best combination of processor and integrated graphics on a given architecture. Ryzen Z1’s orientation will prompt the company to invest heavily in improving its upscaling technologies, where it currently lags behind NVIDIA’s DLSS and Intel’s XeSS.