Three new Lenovo Legion Go handhelds might utilize AMD's Ryzen Z2 next year

Something to look guardant to: Lenovo's Legion Go debuted arsenic 1 of nan astir salient Windows-based Steam Deck competitors successful 2023, and rumors of 1 aliases much follow-up devices person swirled for months. Amid leaks detailing AMD's upcoming handheld gaming PC processors, caller EEC filings bespeak that Lenovo is preparing 3 caller Legion Go models.

Three caller Lenovo Legion Go handheld gaming PC variants precocious appeared successful Eurasian Economic Commission merchandise listings. Although accusation regarding nan devices is scant, nan filings adhd discourse to anterior leaks concerning Lenovo's upcoming catalog.

The listings picture a Legion Go "S 8ARP1," "8ASP2," and "8AHP2." The numbers don't opportunity overmuch by themselves, but 2 of nan listings apt picture products that emerged successful earlier leaks. Lenovo antecedently mentioned plans to travel up nan Legion Go, and nan company's website has mistakenly alluded to upcoming variants aggregate times.

An older FAQ conception connected nan handheld PC's merchandise page initially cited 7-inch and 8-inch models earlier Lenovo revised it (the presently disposable merchandise features an 8.8-inch screen). Another mention of 2 caller Legion Go variants concisely appeared successful nan method specifications for nan USB-C dock. Furthermore, YouTuber NITRXX shared photos of a chassis for an alleged "Lite" exemplary pinch integrated controls and a smaller screen.

However, 1 tin only estimate which chips will powerfulness nan upcoming Legion Go devices. The first-generation exemplary uses nan aforesaid AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme SoC arsenic nan Asus ROG Ally, which includes nan RDNA 3-based Radeon 780M integrated GPU.

The upcoming Ryzen Z2 bid is nan logical prime for a successor, but caller reports indicate that AMD is preparing 3 tiers for Z2. The fastest chip, nan Z2 Extreme, combines an eight-core hybrid CPU pinch 16 RDNA 3.5 compute units, apt utilizing nan Radeon 890M iGPU. The middle-ranked Z2 mightiness beryllium a re-binned Z1 Extreme, and nan lower-end Z2G uses an older Rembrandt CPU pinch an RDNA2 iGPU. While thing has been confirmed, it would beryllium unsurprising if each 2nd-gen Legion Go utilized 1 of them.

Compared to nan 780M, which astir handheld gaming PCs use, nan 890M displays an awesome capacity uplift successful benchmarks, resembling a desktop GeForce GTX 1070 aliases Radeon RX 580. However, nan Intel Core 258V's iGPU fares moreover better, suggesting that nan upcoming 2nd-gen MSI Claw mightiness go a beardown contender erstwhile it launches successful precocious 2024.