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Granted, it’s the same Phoenix 2 die, but why use a “specialty” SKU like the Z1 instead of something like the 7440U?
This is the 4CU Z1, not the more interesting 12CU Z1 Extreme, for anyone wondering.
The author isn’t particularly clear about this, equating it interchangeably (within the very first sentence) to both the 4CU ROG Ally and 12CU Lenovo Legion Go. Towards the end, they state that the Z1 is “still firmly below the Ally,” the latter of which can be had in both Z1 and Z1E variants.
Admittedly, AMD isn’t particularly helping the situation with their disparate naming conventions, but still. Different performance tiers.
Wow, that’s super important. Clickbait tier journalism these days…
ETA’s video runs through the gamut of unboxing and a spec overview before jumping into a TDP breakdown, where things start getting interesting.
Is this just a repost of an ETA Prime video?
I thought the Z1 series were supposed to optimized for lower TDP targets for tablets, doesn’t this defeat the purpose?
Well, as you’d expect in a lower power device it would be run at a lower power level.
The Z1 series are not a great investment, they don’t get updates from AMD like the 7000 series gets.
Buy the 7840 line instead.
What do people use these things for
Media servers, Minecraft server… at least that’s what I use my Intel NUC for. It’s low powered so I can just put it in my router in my closet and it draws very little power
Can I put like emulators and all kinds of old games on it?
Oh AMD, no amount of different naming to that one lone monolithic die you have is gonna distract from the fact that it’s the same thing.
Phoenix and Phoenix 2 aren’t the same die.