Forget Steam Deck and Asus Rog Ally, the AOKZOE A1 Pro Is Faster Than RTX 2050 and On Par With GTX 1650 Ti!

AOKZOE has recently unveiled its brand-new handheld gaming console. Named the AOKZOE A1 Pro, it is currently up for grabs for just $799. Although that is a promotional price and only available through Indiegogo, the gaming handheld delivers some serious value for the money.

To be exact, the recent gaming performance videos that AOKZOE shared show that the Z1 Pro can offer a smooth gaming experience across some of the major AAA titles. To be exact, it performs better than the RTX 2050 and is neck and neck with the GTX 1650 Ti.

AMD Radeon 780M iGPU Inside the AOKZOE A1 Pro Is a Beast!

In the recent benchmark results shared by AOKZOE, the performance of the Z1 Pro in 3DMark and Cinebench R23 has come to light. And before you get to the numbers, you need to know that the gaming handheld comes with AMD Ryzen 7 7840U, which has 8 cores and 16 threads. The single-core frequency of that chipset is 5.1 GHz.

On the GPU side, the AOKZOE A1 Pro comes with AMD Radeon 780M that boasts 12 CUs, running at a max frequency of 2.7 GHz. Overall, the package has a base TDP of 28W, but AOKZOE offers the option to configure it between 15W and 30W. So you can fine-tune the performance according to your needs.

Cinebench R23

The AOKZOE A1 Pro gets super close to the Intel Core i7 12700H in Cinebench R23. Most importantly, it has managed to beat the last-gen flagship, the AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX. The lead against the Ryzen 9 6900HX is pretty impressive, which comes at 4.5% in multi-core and 12% in single-core tests.

To give you a perspective, the Ryzen 9 6900HX runs at a much higher TDP, at 45W. On the other hand, the Intel Core i7 12700H runs way higher than that. So, the efficiency of the AOKZOE A1 Pro is no joke!

3DMark and Fire Strike

Both the FireStrike and Time Spy results came to light in the 3DMark results. AOKZOE goes head-to-head with some of the popular discreet GPUs in these tests too. And the results? The AOKZOE A1 Pro is faster than all the Radeon 680M, GTX 1050TI, and, most importantly, the RTX 2050.

Moreover, the Z1 Pro performs pretty much neck and neck against the GTX 1650 TI. In case you are wondering, the GTX 1650 Ti and RTX 2050 are two of the most popular laptop chips at the moment. They are shipped with pretty much all the modern affordable gaming laptops.

But the key takeaway here is that the AOKZOE A1 Pro delivers the same level of performance or better with much higher efficiency. This is a game changer for iGPUs, and it means AMD will be able to snatch a large chunk of market share from the green team.

On that note, all of these performance results of the AOKZOE A1 Pro come from the device running at 28W TDP. That means there’s more room for performance, which you can squeeze out by changing the config. Also, it means that the higher-end Ryzen 7040 H and HS will deliver even more performance as they allow the GPU to pull more power at much higher TDPs.

Gaming Performance of AOKZOE A1 Pro

Performance benchmarks are one thing, and gaming performance is another. Well, the AOKZOE A1 Pro is a beast in terms of gaming too. You can easily get 55 to 60 FPS in almost all modern gaming titles. To be exact, the handheld can even play Cyberpunk 2077!

All in all, it’s clear that AMD is in control of the entire handheld gaming market. Now, we just need to see more handhelds such as AOKZOE A1 Pro to come out that challenge the Steam Deck in terms of pricing.