News Ryzen Z2 Go APU is allegedly exclusive to the Lenovo Legion Go S — chip reportedly offers four Zen 3+ cores, 12 CU RDNA 2 iGPU, and LPDDR5X-6400 su...

[Admin]

Today, renowned leaker Golden Pig Upgrade Pack, with a proven track record, alleges that the Z2 Go will be exclusive to Lenovo's forthcoming Legion Go S handheld and mentions its specifications.

Ryzen Z2 Go APU is allegedly exclusive to the Lenovo Legion Go S — chip reportedly offers four Zen 3+ cores, 12 CU RDNA 2 iGPU, and LPDDR5X-6400 su... : Read more

 

[usertests]

I didn't expect this thing to be a quad-core. It should be directly comparable to the Steam Deck APU with 2/3 of the CUs.

It's going to be fascinating to see what APU Valve chooses to upgrade to. They might hold out for Zen 6(c), and might stick with quad-core if it's custom.

 

[Amdlova]

The 13100t with the 6700xt use the GPU almost 100% . Some newer games may struggle with the quad core. A quad core machine can push gaming without issues.

 

[thestryker]

If the core count is accurate that would indicate that AMD is taking the handheld market more seriously. The leaks regarding the Zen 5 one also feature a lowered core count compared to the laptop alternative with the same IGP. Hopefully they'll also optimize the power profiles so third party software isn't required to optimize for best performance when gaming.

 

[usertests]

If the core count is accurate that would indicate that AMD is taking the handheld market more seriously. The leaks regarding the Zen 5 one also feature a lowered core count compared to the laptop alternative with the same IGP. Hopefully they'll also optimize the power profiles so third party software isn't required to optimize for best performance when gaming.

I had very low expectations for "Z" APUs after the first round that were carbon copies of Phoenix. AMD is stuffing refreshes in there but they are mixing it up.

I think we'll see 8 cores in basically everything soon though since they make so many APU dies with 8 cores, with the mainstream APUs moving to 12 cores. Kraken with 8 cores is the tiny Strix Point.

This Z2 Go is obviously a Rembrandt die with half the cores disabled, which is not ideal. But they have probably accumulated a lot of suitable dies from years of Rembrandt and Rembrandt-R refreshes. Unless it's custom, most things will end up with over 4 cores.

 

[thestryker]

This Z2 Go is obviously a Rembrandt die with half the cores disabled, which is not ideal. But they have probably accumulated a lot of suitable dies from years of Rembrandt and Rembrandt-R refreshes. Unless it's custom, most things will end up with over 4 cores.

I think the question with this one is what all ended up fused off because if they're able to keep the full 16MB L3 these will probably end up being better than the Z1. Even if it's cut down to 8MB they'll still probably be better in a lot of games due to the increase in CUs.

I had very low expectations for "Z" APUs after the first round that were carbon copies of Phoenix. AMD is stuffing refreshes in there but they are mixing it up.

The rumors point to 3 Z SKUs with the regular Z2 just being the Z1E with a new name. The Z2E is supposed to be Strix Point in 3/5 form as opposed to the 4/8 of the HX 370/375. I assume these are just binned CPUs as well, but none of the leaks have indicated cache etc.