One of the big news presented by AMD this year is the arrival of its specialized processors for gaming, variants for both desktop computers and portable devices. In this regard, one of the company's most anticipated SKUs are the new Ryzen Z2 APU models, a series of processors designed to consoles laptops which offer a performance exceptional. These AMD processors will arrive with three different models, the Ryzen Z2 Extreme, the Ryzen Z2 and the Ryzen Z2 Gothe latter being the least efficient version of the three.
For a device to offer gaming-related capabilities, it must have quite specific specifications, and even more so if we are talking about models that seek to have relatively good power in a portable system. Most of consoles laptops use processors AMD as a central core due to the company's great advances in terms of integrated graphics, without leaving aside the fact that the CPU itself has very good performance, something that they have managed to improve in the new generation since Even the less powerful version of the Z2 has a very small difference compared to the Z1 Extreme.
Z1 Extreme vs Z2 Go, which generation will win?
The Z1 Extreme processor has managed to become one of the main winners in all possible comparisons in terms of portable consoles, but now there is another variant on the market that tries to offer similar performance, will it succeed? In this case we refer to the Ryzen Z2 Gothe first model launched by AMD of the new range of processors created for this type of systems and which is now available in a portable console, the Lenovo Legion Go S.
But apparently the first tests that have been carried out on this console do not provide very good data against the ASUS ROG Ally first you have to see the specifications of each processor:
| Model | Basic setup | Maximum frequency | Total hidden | cTDP | GPU |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryzen Z1 Extreme | 8 hearts 16 threads |
5.1GHz | 24 MB | 9-30W | 12 hearts |
| Ryzen Z2 Go | 4 hearts 8 wires |
4.3GHz | 10 MB | 15-30W | 12 hearts |
In this case we can see that the Ryzen Z2 Go This is a much less powerful version than the Z1 Extreme variant, that is to say it has practically four cores minus something which should imply a very big loss in performance. And although it is true that it has lower performance, the difference is not as great as you might think, since it offers on average 10% less FPS, but this shows that when it is configured at 30 W, it is capable of reaching a stable 60 FPS in titles as demanding as Black Myth: Wukong.
This is an important step given that we are talking about a model that, with the Windows 11 configuration, has a base retail price of $800 ($700 with SteamOS) while it offers 32 GB of LPDDR5X RAM- 6400 compared to the 900 $ that the ASUS ROG Ally X costs with a configuration that includes Windows 11, the Z1 Extreme processor and 24 GB of LPDDR5 RAM.
