Two versions of the ASUS ROG Ally have appeared on Geekbench, one with fewer CPU cores and GPU compute units than the other version. Two variants of the gaming handheld have been rumored for some time.
The Geekbench listings mention a ROG Ally with Ryzen Z1 soc and a version with Ryzen Z1 Extreme soc . Both socs contain a Zen 4 based Ryzen Z1 APU with an integrated RDNA3 GPU. However, the Extreme-soc has more cores that run at a higher clock speed, and a GPU with more compute units.
The Extreme version has eight CPU cores with a base clock of 3.3GHz and a turbo clock speed of 5.1Ghz, according to the Geekbench listing. The regular variant would have six cores with a base clock of 3.2 GHz. The turbo clock speed here would be 4.9GHz.
The difference would be even greater with the GPU. The Geekbench listing lists six compute units for the Extreme variant, but Geekbench halves the actual amount of CUs. In practice, the ROG Ally Extreme would therefore get twelve compute units. The regular ROG Ally would get a total of four compute units, three times less than the Extreme variant.
Previously ROG Ally appeared at an Indonesian inspection authority, whose specifications match the Extreme- version that has now appeared on Geekbench. According to the inspection body, the handheld would get 16GB of memory. ASUS has said that the device will have a 7″ screen with a resolution of 1920×1080 pixels, a refresh rate of 120Hz and a brightness of 500cd/m².
ASUS has not yet announced the arrival of two variants with different specifications, so it is not known whether they will both be released worldwide and what the price difference will be, as the manufacturer recently said that the handheld should be released worldwide ‘soon’.
