AMD-powered OLED handheld aims to rival the Steam Deck OLED — Ryzen 9 AI HX 370 runs Black Myth: Wukong at 50-60 FPS with 1080p low settings

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AMD's Ryzen AI 300 series CPUs finally make their way into a proper handheld gaming PC.

Oneexfly F1 Pro
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Handheld maker OneXPlayer uploaded a teaser video of its next gaming device, the Onexfly F1 Pro, on YouTube. It features AMD's Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, part of the Ryzen AI 300 (codenamed Strix Point) family. The new device, dubbed the Onexfly F1 Pro, is a 7-inch handheld that was shown running Black Myth: Wukong at between 50 and 60 FPS.

The new device purportedly features a bleeding-edge HDR-supported 7-inch OLED display with a refresh rate of 144 Hz. It weighs 598 grams and has Harman Kardon speakers. The main selling point is the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 CPU, which features four Zen 5 cores, eight Zen 5c cores, and AMD's latest Radeon 890M iGPU with 16 CUs based on the RDAN 3.5 architecture. With such robust specifications, the OneXFly F1 Pro can compete against rivals like the Steam Deck OLED, ROG Ally X, or Lenovo Legion Go.

OneXPlayer showcased the device running the Black Myth: Wukong benchmark at 1080p at low-quality settings with 65% upscaling (1248 x 702 effective internal rendering resolution). The AI 9 HX 370-equipped handheld generated an average of 58 FPS at these settings. Power consumption was limited to 15W for this test.

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The Onexfly F1 Pro will be OneXPlayer's first device to sport both an OLED display and AMD's latest Zen 5-based mobile CPUs; all its current devices sport previous-gen Intel or AMD CPUs along with non-OLED-based displays. It will also be one of the first Zen 5-powered handhelds to hit the market, with the GPT Pocket 4 being the only other apparent device advertised with the Ryzen AI HX 370.

Compared to the Pocket 4, the F1 Pro is a true handheld with traditional grips and controls, while the Pocket 4 is a hybrid 2-in-1 device with a keyboard and a screen that flips 180 degrees.

OneXPlayer's benchmark teaser demonstrates that the AI 9 HX 370 is ideally suited to handheld devices and can play the most demanding AAA titles even at a mid-range 15W TDP to extend battery life. Since AMD has yet to launch its next-generation handheld-focused Z-series CPUs, handheld makers are now stuck using AMD's laptop-focused Ryzen AI 300 series CPUs.

Aaron Klotz
Aaron Klotz
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Aaron Klotz is a contributing writer for Tom’s Hardware, covering news related to computer hardware such as CPUs, and graphics cards.

14 Comments Comment from the forums
  • gg83
    The same chip with bigger cooling, storage and ram should be a powerhouse right?
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  • phxrider
    gg83 said:
    The same chip with bigger cooling, storage and ram should be a powerhouse right?
    Maybe with the "for a mobile APU" qualifier... a 7800X3D with a 7900XTX is a powerhouse, you need to look at it in context.
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  • watzupken
    “The main selling point is the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 CPU, which features four Zen 5 cores, eight Zen 5c cores, and AMD's latest Radeon 890M iGPU with 16 CUs based on the RDAN 3.5 architecture.”

    I spotted a typo. Anyway, the main problem with this PC console, they cost too much. If ROG Ally X cost USD 799, I can imagine it will cost no less than 900 or 1000 bucks for this. The new Ryzen AI chips powered devices so far looks very pricey as compared to the older 7840H/ U powered devices and rivals some reasonably good laptops with dedicated GPUs.
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  • JTWrenn
    Steam wins in general here because of optimization. They do that by having a great game store first, and then making a system based on all that data, and working with their devs on optimization. That is the primary reason for their success.

    As long as competitors focus on the hardware, and not the companies making games for that hardware and a relationship with them so that games are made with some optimizations, these will all fail.
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  • thestryker
    Unfortunately this isn't even a remotely accurate depiction of what the performance looks like. It has upscaling and frame generation on which means the experience would likely be very poor. As with all handheld devices it's imperative to wait until someone actually runs real tests with the device in hand to make any sort of determination.
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  • usertests
    Steam Deck 1.0 will be a tough act for Valve to follow, but I hope their slow release cadence approach is proven out and it manages to be impressive.
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  • Lucky_SLS
    AMD should release an 8 core zen 5c and 20CU GPU SKU for handheld. They should have scaled this for consoles as well. Why do you need a 12 core CPU in a handheld gaming device? They did zen 4c only range in their siena epyc range.

    Power usage is the main limit here in handheld. Zen 5c cores will do wonders here, considering zen 5's power efficiency.
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  • usertests
    Lucky_SLS said:
    AMD should release an 8 core zen 5c and 20CU GPU SKU for handheld. They should have scaled this for consoles as well. Why do you need a 12 core CPU in a handheld gaming device? They did zen 4c only range in their siena epyc range.

    Power usage is the main limit here in handheld. Zen 5c cores will do wonders here, considering zen 5's power efficiency.
    I think Kraken isn't a terrible idea. One CCX, 4+4 cores, somewhat like Lunar Lake. But with 8 CUs and the usual memory controller it's not going to be a game changer.

    I wouldn't discount Strix Halo for a handheld. It could be physically too large. But if you have 8 cores, you can limit the clock speeds to make them like "C" cores (there are slight voltage/efficiency curve differences). Then you have 32 CUs and 256-bit memory. The battery life may not be great, but neither are some of these handhelds using Phoenix or Strix Point at over 30 Watts.

    If we see "C-core-only", it looks like it's going to be a custom chip. Not counting Sonoma Valley.
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  • TheHerald
    Why just 12 cores? Let's push for 20 cores on a handheld.....meanwhile the majority of AMD's desktop cpus sold are 8 cores. This is madness.

    8c cores (or even 6) would be a better balance for battery life. Gaming at 30 fps (which is your target with these handhelds) don't need 12 cores, it's just a waste.
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  • Lucky_SLS
    usertests said:
    I wouldn't discount Strix Halo for a handheld. It could be physically too large. But if you have 8 cores, you can limit the clock speeds to make them like "C" cores (there are slight voltage/efficiency curve differences). Then you have 32 CUs and 256-bit memory. The battery life may not be great, but neither are some of these handhelds using Phoenix or Strix Point at over 30 Watts.

    If we see "C-core-only", it looks like it's going to be a custom chip. Not counting Sonoma Valley.

    The zen 4c cores are not just a downclocked zen core. It does not have the physical features for stacked cache, meaning 3D V cache will never come to zen c cores without a complete redesign. It also features half the L3 cache with other limitations like pcie 4.0 instead of 5.0

    But if the target fps is 60 in a handheld, the zen 5c cores can easily do that without GPU bottlenecks even in the latest AAA titles.

    And this will have to be a custom chip like you said. I just hope the zen 5 based z3 chip is well optimised for the use case instead of porting a laptop SKU for handheld.
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