AMD’s Ryzen Z1 series of gaming handhelds have been speculated to be Ryzen 7040U units that are simply called something else depending on the application. Now AMD has explained that there are actually a couple of differences between the two series.
It wasn’t long after AMD unveiled the Ryzen Z1 series that first appears in the Asus ROG Ally until they also unveiled the Ryzen 7040U series for laptops. After the two processor series had been unveiled, many people remarked that the series share a lot of their specifications. The Ryzen Z1 and Z1 Extreme chips that will power Asus’ upcoming gaming handheld look to some extent to simply be a Ryzen 7840U and a Ryzen 7540U.
Despite the fact that the specifications are very similar, there are a few aspects that set the series apart. In an interview with Tom’s Hardware AMD’s Matther Hurwitz has explained what these are.
The two series apparently share the same building blocks in the form of Zen 4 for the processor parts and RDNA 3 for the graphics chips. However, AMD has been able to validate completely new ranges for the current delivery and TDP values of the Z1 series. While the Ryzen 7040U series can range from 15 to 30W TDP, the Ryzen Z1 series can go as high but also go even lower, down to 9W.
AMD has also disabled the company’s Ryzen AI engine on the Z1 series. The hardware is still there but not in use. Presumably to reduce power consumption as much as possible. Ryzen Z1 is after all created for handheld gaming computers, extra low power consumption is critical for battery life and heat development.
2023-05-08 09:58:11
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