Every GPD Win handheld gaming PC to date has been powered by an Intel processor. The company started with low-power Intel Atom chips, but last year’s GPD Win Max shipped with a 25 watt Intel Core i5-1035G7 Ice Lake processor and this year’s GPD Win 3 is supports up to an Intel Core i7-1165G7 chip running at up to 28 watts.
But the company’s next handheld gaming computer might buck the trend – the company is reportedly testing an AMD Ryzen 7 5800U with AMD Zen 3 CPU architecture in a next-gen device that could ship as the GPD Win Max 2.
That could make the system very competitive with the AYA Neo handheld which is powered by a previous-gen Ryzen 5 4500U chip based on Zen 2 architecture. One advantage the Neo has? It’ll ship sooner – it’s up for pre-order now through a crowdfunding campaign. But the starting price keeps going up.
Here’s a roundup of recent tech news from around the web.
- GPD is testing a Win Max gaming handheld with Ryzen 7 5800U [Wild Lee/YouTube]
The next-gen GPD Win Max handheld gaming PC might be powered by up to an AMD Ryzen 7 5800U processor (8-cores, 16 threads, 1.9 GHz base clock, 4.4 GHz boost, 10-25W TDP, and Radeon Vega 8 graphics). - AYA Neo Ryzen 5 4500U gaming handheld PC update [Indiegogo]
An updated on the crowdfunding campaign: The 512GB models for $788 are sold out, if you want to pre-order now you’ve got to spend $869 or more on a 1TB model of this small PC with a Ryzen 5 4500U processor. - Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Lite? [@rquandt]
Rumor/leak: Qualcomm may have a new chip on the way for cheaper flagship phones. Unlike the Snapdragon 888 (SM8350), the upcoming SM8325 is said to lack an integrated 5G modem, so it could be 4G-only. - Surface Laptop 4 details leaked [WinFuture]
Report: Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 will be available with 13.5 or 15 inch displays, Intel Tiger Lake or AMD Renoir (4000 series) processors. - An update on Android’s audio latency [Android Developers]
Google update on audio latency for Android phones – the situation is better than it used to be, with many popular phones offering less than 40ms latency. That needs to get down to 20ms or less for many pro audio apps though, and 10ms is the long-term goal. - Mobile Linux distributions [LinuxSmartphones]
Did you know there are (at least) 18 different GNU/Linux distributions available for smartphones so far? They’re at different levels of development, and some boot only only one phone while others support dozens. Here’s a high-level summary and comparison.
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Gpd win max 2 getting 5800u? Hopefully a refresh is getting 6800u rdna 2 otherwise going to be hard to compete with steam deck.
Hopefully it’s 6800u rdna 2. It’s too late already to compete with steam deck unless it has rdna 2.
It would be a great device, but im not a fan of losing thunderbolt 😀 Its always fun seeing these small things connected to an eGPU 😀
If they could trim down the size of the keyboard, use a 16:9 7″ or 8″ screen, and make the over thing smaller and lighter than the Win Max, I think it would be a winner.
Yeah but keep the touchpad .. thats a tough one.
It’s about time GPD got with the program. A small 5800U equipped UMPC would be awesome so long as they can keep the price competitive and get it released by Q3 2021.
I wouldn’t expect GPD to put particularly cheap prices on this. In fact as how things are going I don’t think it’ll be easy to just buy this before scalpers buy them up like they buy nowdays everything that has a Ryzen or a modern GPU in it.