ASUS ROG ALLY 2 to arrive this year
The company would update their system two years after the first generation.
According to the interview with ASUS India Vice President for Consumer and Gaming PC, Arnold Su, the company is ‘likely’ to launch a second generation of the gaming handheld this year. In a short quote provided by Techlusive, the company representative says that the next generation of Ally will focus more on gaming, rather than Windows 11 features, presumably this refers to the gaming software.
“We most likely will launch a second generation [handheld gaming console] this year. We will still keep the Windows features, but we will focus more on gaming,”
— Arnold Su, ASUS India
Arnold further confirmed that in India alone, the company has shipped over 70K units, with most of these users being early adopters. No official figures are known for other countries, but given that this was the first high-end Windows handheld on the market, ASUS is probably pleased with the sales of the first generation handheld.
The fact that ASUS is working on a second generation device should not be a surprise to anyone. MSI, who just announced their Claw console, said they are working on 2nd, 3rd and even 4th generation of the Claw, even though the first version hasn’t been released yet.
It’s too early to say what hardware the next-generation ROG Ally could have, but this information seems to match what AMD has planned for 2024, which is the Strix Point APU series. Not only it would have more cores (4x Zen5+ 8x Zen5c) but also more GPU power thanks to 16 CU RDNA3.5 graphics subsystem.
AMD plans for the 2025 APUs also include Kraken Point, considered an update to Phoenix2. As we know, the current Ryzen Z1 series are based on Phoenix1 and 2. So while the Phoenix1 is likely to be replaced by Strix1, the budget-oriented APU would fall on Kraken APU. In this case that would also be a considerable upgrade from 6 cores (2x Zen4 & 4xZen4c) to 8 cores (4xZen5 & 4x Zen5c). More importantly, this APU will have twice as many GPU cores.
| (RUMORED) Handheld Gaming Consoles Specs | |||||
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| VideoCardz | ASUS ROG Ally 2 | ASUS ROG Ally | MSI Claw | Lenovo Legion Go | Valve Steam Deck |
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| Architecture | AMD Zen5(c) & RDNA3.5 | AMD Zen4 & RDNA3 | Intel Redwood Cove, Crestmont & Xe-LPG | AMD Zen4 & RDNA3 | AMD Zen2 & RDNA2 |
| APU | Ryzen Z2 Extreme 12C/24T or Ryzen Z2 8C/16T |
Ryzen Z1 Extreme 8C/16T up to 5.1 GHz or Ryzen Z1 6C/12T up to 4.9 GHz |
Core 7 Ultra 155H 16C/22T up to 4.8 GHz or Core 5 Ultra 135H 14C/18T up to 4.6 GHz |
Ryzen Z1 Extreme 8C/16T up to 5.1 GHz or Ryzen Z1 6C/12T up to 4.9 GHz |
AMD Van Gogh 4C/8T up to 3.5 GHz |
| SoC GPU | AMD iGPU 16CU [Z2E] 8CU [Z2] |
AMD iGPU 12CU @ 2.7 GHz [Z1E] 4CU @ 2.5 GHz [Z1] |
Arc Graphics 8 Xe-C @ 2.25 GHz [155H] 7 Xe-C @ 2.20 GHz [135H] |
AMD iGPU 12CU @ 2.7 GHz [Z1E] 4CU @ 2.5 GHz [Z1] |
AMD iGPU 8CU @ 1.6 GHz |
| SoC TDP | TBC | 9-30W | 28W | 9-30W | 4-15W |
| External GPU | TBC | ROG XG Mobile (up to RTX 4090) | Thunderbolt 4 | USB4 | Not officially |
| Memory Capacity | LPDDR5X | 16GB LPDDR5-6400 | 16GB LPDDR5-6400 | 16GB LPDDR5X-7500 | 16GB LPDDR5-5500 |
| Storage Capacity | TBC | 512GB | 1TB/512GB | 1TB/512GB | 256GB/512GB SSD 64GB eMMC |
| Storage Type | TBC | M.2 NVMe 2230 SSD PCIe 4×4 | TBC | M.2 NVMe 2242 SSD PCIe 4×4 | M.2 NVMe 2230 SSD PCIe 3×4 eMMC PCIe Gen2x1 |
| Display | TBC | 7″ 1920×1080, 120Hz, 500 nits, 7ms | 7″ 1920×1080, 120Hz, 500 nits, VRR | 8.8″ 2560×1600 IPS, 144Hz, 500 nits | 7″ 1280×800, 60Hz |
| Connectivity | TBC | Wi-Fi 6E, BT 5.2 | Wi-Fi 7 + Bluetooth 5.4 | Wi-Fi 6E, BT 5.2 | Wi-Fi 5, BT 5 |
| Battery | TBC | 40 Wh, 4S1P, 4-cell Li-ion | 6-Cell 53 Battery (Wh) |
49.2 Wh, 900 mAh (controllers) | 40 Wh |
| Weight | TBC | 608g / 1.34 lbs | 675 g | 854g / 1.87 lbs | 669g / 1.47 lbs |
| Dimensions (LxWxH) | TBC | 28.0 x 11.3 x 3.9 cm 11.0 x 4.5 x 1.5 in |
29.4 x (?) x 1.17 cm | 29.9 x 13.1 x 4.1 cm 11.8 x 5.2 x 1.6 in |
29.8 x 11.7 x 4.9 cm 11.7 x 4.6 x 1.9 in |
| Default OS | Windows 12 | Windows 11 | Windows 11 | Windows 11 | Steam OS/Win 11 |
| Retail Price | TBC | $599/€699 [Z1] $699/€799 [Z1E] |
$799 (Core 7U+16G+1TB) $699 (Core 5U+16G+512GB) |
$699/€799 [1E+512GB] $749/€799 [Z1E+1TB] |
$399/€419 (16G+64GB) $529/€549 (16G+256GB) $649/€679 (16G+512GB) |
| Release Date | 2024 [Z2E] 2025 [Z2] |
June 2023 [Z1E] September 2023 [Z1] |
1H 2024 (?) | October 31, 2023 | February 2022 |
Source: Techlusive
Laura Adams is a tech enthusiast residing in the UK. Her articles cover the latest technological innovations, from AI to consumer gadgets, providing readers with a glimpse into the future of technology.
