As you know, Asus surprised everyone by introducing a new console on April 1, 2023. What everyone thought was an elaborate April Fool’s joke was actually a real announcement. Since then, the manufacturer has confirmed the existence of the ROG Ally, a new machine designed to compete with and surpass Valve’s Steam Deck.
Inevitably, several leaks have revealed a lot of information about the ROG Ally in recent weeks. starting with the technical sheet. For example, we know the portable console will ship with AMD-signed Custom Ryzen Z1 processor, FHD+ 120Hz display, 512 G0 storage and a personalized version of Windows 11.
Going back to the chip developed by AMD for this event, Refreshed version of Ryzen 7 7840U SoC with Radeon 780M GPU. Therefore, we get 8 cores and 16 threads and a base frequency of 3.3 GHz. Also, the GPU will be based on AMD’s RDNA 3 architecture with 12 CUs.
Custom Ryzen Z1 chip shows up in benchmark
If you trust the tests, know that the ROG Ally custom chip has just been revealed. Geekbench’s OpenCL test. An opportunity to discover your strength.
According to Geekbench, the Ryzen Z1 Extrem therefore has 8 hyper-threaded cores with a base frequency of 3.3 GHz, in keeping with the initial rumors. At the boost frequency, We go up to 5.06 GHz. Regarding the score, the ROG Ally chip shows this result: 35,498 pointsthus placing it between a GTX 1650 Q-Max (with 34,000 points) and a mobile RTX 2050 (with approximately 39,000 points).
In other words, this confirms Asus’ ambition to deliver a portable console with the ROG Ally. To deliver good in-game performance with Full HD. Of course, it remains to see this machine in hand and see the console’s autonomy once in action, especially in coveted games like Cyberpunk 2077.
