The ASUS ROG Ally is a premium handheld gaming console, featuring AMD’s upcoming Ryzen Z1 processors. There will be two APU options for buyers– Ryzen Z1 Extreme APU with 512GB and Ryzen Z1 with 256GB. The console is designed to deliver the ultimate gaming experience.
Recent reports have leaked the rumored pricing for the upcoming ASUS ROG Ally console. The 8-core variant with Ryzen Z1 Extreme will be priced at $699 whereas the 6-core Ryzen Z1 model will cost $599.
A significant difference between both the variants of the ASUS ROG Ally is that the Ryzen Z1 model will only have a third of the Extreme variant’s GPU power. The former will feature four RDNA3 Compute Units while the Extreme variant will have 12.
Nevertheless, buyers will be gifted three months of Microsoft Xbox Game Pass Ultimate membership with their purchase of the ASUS ROG Ally. This unlocks hundreds of games right away and even more so as multiple games are added every month to the Xbox Game Pass.
Since the ROG Ally runs on Windows 11, users can access all online game stores and cloud services, such as the Epic Games store, NVIDIA GeForce Now, PC Game Pass, Steam, and Cloud Gaming from Xbox.
Here’s a comparison of the ASUS ROG Ally with the Steam Deck:
| ASUS ROG Ally (Extreme) | ASUS ROG Ally | Valve Steam Deck | |
| Architecture | AMD Zen4 & RDNA3 | AMD Zen4 & RDNA3 | AMD Zen2 & RDNA2 |
| APU | AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme 8C/16T up to 5.1 GHz | AMD Ryzen Z1 6C/12T up to 5.0 GHz | AMD Van Gogh 4C/8T up to 3.5 GHz |
| SoC GPU | AMD RDNA3 12CU @ 2.8 GHz | AMD RDNA3 4CU @ 2.7 GHz | AMD RDNA2 8CU @ 1.6 GHz |
| Memory | 16GB LPDDR5 | 16GB LPDDR5 | 16GB LPDDR5-5500 |
| Storage | 512GB PCIe Gen4x4 | 256GB PCIe Gen4x4 | 64GB eMMC (PCIe Gen2x1) 256GB/512GB NVMe (PCIe Gen3x4) |
| Battery | 40 Whr, 4S1P, 4-cell Li-ion | 40 Whr, 4S1P, 4-cell Li-ion | 40 Whr |
| Dimensions | 28.0 x 11.3 x 3.9 cm | 28.0 x 11.3 x 3.9 cm | 29.8 x 11.7 x 4.9 cm |
| OS | Windows 11 | Windows 11 | Steam OS/Win 11 |
At $599, the ASUS ROG Ally is hardly affordable compared to the Steam Deck, which costs $70 less with the same memory and storage features. Whether or not the Ally will be worth the big bucks, we can only find out after the console finally launches on May 11th.
About ASUS
ASUS or ASUSTek Computer Inc. is a Taiwanese computer and electronic hardware company, based out of Beitou, Taipei. They became a common name with their EEE PC and Zenfone series. They have recently introduced Zenbo, a smart hobot robot.
ASUS continues to be one of the best motherboard and gaming brand with their leading technology and design.
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