After the success of the Steam Deck, we could expect the major manufacturers to start creating competitors. This is how it is possible to enter the market of players who want a device to play but does not have the limitations of an ecosystem of consoles such as Xbox, PlayStation or Nintendo. Asus has been the first to respond with its ROG Ally, of which all its details have already appeared, and even a benchmark.
Generally, those who have tried it have liked the idea. But they haven't been thrilled with its dependence on Windows, nor with its surprisingly short battery life, offering around two hours of gameplay , which severely limits its portability.
This is the Asus ROG Ally
According to press releases, it will start at a price of $699 in the United States for the model with the APY Ryzen Z1 and $799 for the one with a Ryzen Z1 Extreme.
ASUS has officially worked with AMD on the Ryzen Z1 series processors. They are primarily designed for portable game consoles and are available in two versions: the standard Z1 and the high-end Z1 extreme. Both chips feature the Zen 4 CPU and RDNA 3 GPU. Specs include 8 cores, 16 threads, 12 RDNA 3 cores, and 24MB cache for the Ryzen Z1 Extreme, and 6 cores, 12 threads, 4 RDNA 3 cores, and 22 Cache MB for the Ryzen Z1.
Asus ROG Ally Features
- Operating system: Windows 11 Home
- CPUs; AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme on Zen 4 architecture with 8 cores and 16 threadsup, clocked up to 5,1 GHz.
- GPU: RDNA 3 with 12 CUs up to 2.7 GHz, 8,6 TFlops and 4 GB of VRAM.
- APU Consumption: 9 to 30W
- Display: 7-inch IPS touch panel, 500 nits maximum brightness lighting, 7 ms response time, and screen
- Litigation, Arbitration: 1920×1080 with a 120Hz refresh rate with AMD FreeSync Premium
- RAM: 16 GB in dual-channel LPDDR5 at a frequency of 6400 MT/s
- Storage: 2GB NVMe m.512 NVMe SSD
- Ports: 3,5 mm audio jack, USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 combined with DisplayPort 1.4, microSD UHS-II card reader
- Weight: 608 grams
Asus ROG ALLY benchmark
The Verge has reported the following table of performance results for the Asus ROG Ally:
| Game | Steam deck | Asus Rog Ally (Performance Mode) | Asus Rog Ally (Turbo) | Asus Rog Ally (Turbo and Powered) | Asus Rog Ally (Silent Mode) |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 39 | 48 | 65 | 66 | 19 |
| Deus Ex: Mankind Divided | 49 | 65 | 76 | 82 | 26 |
| Elden Ring | 25 (at 720p and medium quality) | 30 (at 720p and medium quality) | 22 (at 1080p and low quality) | 33 (at 1080p and low quality) | 16 (at 720p and medium quality) |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 57 | 63 | 77 | 82 | 25 |