The AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme is the chip inside the Asus ROG Ally X, Asus ROG Ally, and Lenovo Legion Go — and in early 2025, AMD will announce its successor, the Z2 Extreme, for future PC gaming handhelds.

AMD confirmed that it's working on the Z2 Extreme chip for handheld gaming PCs, and the chip should arrive in early 2025.

If the AMD Z2 Extreme lives up to the hype, we could see some major increases to battery life and overall performance on the next wave of PC gaming handhelds.

Intel’s next chips will likely be most likely be built by TMSC. AMD is teasing plans for a next-gen chip for handheld gaming PCs. There’s a new Linux laptop on the market (that looks a lot like the previous-gen version of the same laptop). And Spec5’s new NOMAD handheld device is a Raspberry Pi 5-powered LoRA communicator.

In a joint Q&A session at IFA 2024, AMD and Microsoft confirmed to Digital Trends that they expect the Z2 Extreme APU to debut early next

In a Q&A session that Tom's Hardware attended at IFA 2024, AMD revealed that the next generation of its Ryzen handheld gaming processor, AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, will arrive early next year. The Z2 Extreme is the successor to AMD’s current Z1 Extreme,

The AMD Z1 Extreme changed the game for PC gaming handhelds, but the firm isn't done there. The Z2 Extreme was just confirmed, and AMD has big ambitions for battery life.