That's where AMD's Ryzen Z2 processors come into play for CES 2025. The new Z2 family has the Ryzen Z Extreme, Ryzen Z2, and Ryzen Z2 Go. The latter has just four cores, offering a more affordable CPU that should get slightly more battery life out of a device.

Leading the charge for the Ryzen Z2 family is the Z2 Extreme, featuring eight cores, a 5GHz max clock speed and 16 RDNA 3 graphics cores. The least powerful model is the Z2 Go with four CPU cores and 12 graphics cores. That could be a useful chip for cheaper handhelds, especially those that tout game streaming capabilities over local play.

With Ryzen Z1 chips, AMD made it very black and white in terms of picking between a mid-range and a top tier APU. For 2025, Ryzen Z2 has three different versions for three very different target audiences.

CES 2025 has seen plenty of announcements for desktop, laptop, and handheld PC hardware, and a new rumor suggests MSI could be joining the party, potentially announcing a new Claw handheld gaming PC, powered by AMD 's Ryzen Z2 APU.

Three new AMD Ryzen Z2 processors are on the way, and they'll help your handheld gaming PC of the future reach new frame rate heights.

Steam Deck Pro confirmed? It definitely looks like it as AMD announces that Valve's Steam Deck will use its new Ryzen Z2 Processor.

AMD has announced three new Ryzen Z2 processors for gaming handhelds ahead of its CES 2025 keynote presentation. All three APUs will target different power levels, though only the highest-tier chip, the Z2 Extreme,

AMD announced its upcoming Ryzen Z2 line of processors at CES 2025, with the halo Z2 Extreme sporting an 8-core, 16-thread CPU and a 16 CU RDNA 3.5 GPU. The other two models are a step down in various ways and full specifications aren't yet available.

AMD's hotly anticipated Ryzen Z2 range is finally here, and it'll start showing up in handhelds within months. The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox