The most recent ASUS ROG Ally handheld gaming benchmarks, which ASUS has provided, suggest that purchasing the AMD Z1 Extreme model over the Z1 would be a good idea. Currently, ASUS offers two versions of their ASUS ROG Ally portable computer: one comes with an AMD Z1 Extreme APU and costs $699 US, while the other comes with the basic Z1 chip and costs $599 US.
Since the higher-end model didn’t seem to target the price of an average consumer, this was an attempt to make its handheld “more affordable”. The “Extreme” Z1 APU has more CPU cores and GPU cores than the standard Z1 APU, raising the question of whether the price difference is worthwhile. ASUS has responded to this by making its official gaming benchmark scores available.
The Z1 ordinary has 6 cores, 12 threads for the CPU, and only 4 RDNA 3 cores, whereas the AMD Z1 Extreme has 8 cores, 16 threads for the CPU, and 12 RDNA 3 cores. The Z1 Extreme chip also supports faster clock rates, and both Z1 chips have variable TDPs ranging from 9 to 30W.
As part of their max 30W power design testing, ASUS put the ASUS ROG Ally models through various conditions. Numerous video games, including Forza Horizon 5 and Cyberpunk 2077, were tested.
Beginning with 1080p benchmarks, it was found that the Ryzen Z1 Extreme variant consistently outperforms the competition, delivering a stunning 30–40% performance differential across all tests.
Because the Z1 Extreme is generally well-equipped in terms of core arrangement and graphics computing capability, it exhibits complete domination at 1080p. Benchmark results show a 42% overall performance increase for the Z1 Extreme over the Z1.
The average performance improvement at 720p is 34%, which is still a significant improvement over the Z1’s standard option. Additionally, ASUS used “Radeon Super Resolution” with 720p in some circumstances, which may have contributed to the Z1’s ability to produce such “neck-to-neck” results in a few games.
The ASUS ROG Ally with the AMD Z1 Extreme CPU delivers anywhere between 35 and 40% performance benefits over the non-Extreme version for a 16% price difference. These tests demonstrate that purchasing the ASUS ROG Ally handheld for an additional $100 US is preferable to choosing the non-Z1 model because it has better internal hardware and all the tuning options necessary to make it just as efficient.
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