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Zippy6 said:
Two ROG Ally 2 models leaked, and one of them appears to be the Xbox "partner device" that's coming this year. Looks a bit funky with those massive grips added. Appear to have different specs as one is 65w charging and one is 100w charging according to the tweet? Possibly black is Z2 Extreme and the white is Z2 or Z2 Go powered. From the measurements looks like it's an 8" 16:9 screen and it's slightly bigger than a steam deck in size lol. A bit bulky. |
Looking through the technical specs and benchmarks of the Z1 Extreme chipset vs the Z2 Extreme chipset, I personally wouldn't recommend upgrading from the ROG 1 to the ROG 2, I'm seeing only a modest 14% gap in single-threaded CPU performance and an even smaller gap of 7% in multi-threaded CPU performance, while the GPU goes up from 4.14 tflops to 5.5 tflops. TDP seems a bit higher on the Z2 Extreme as well, so probably lower battery life. Current owners are better off waiting a few more years before upgrading to a new PC handheld.
Not sure about the comparison of the lower end Z1 vs the Z2, but probably no bigger an upgrade than Z1 Extreme to Z2 Extreme is.
Last edited by shikamaru317 - on 07 May 2025
