Alright, here we go. So, imagine this unfolding: GPD dropped some hints way back in July about their new handheld console, all powered by this AMD Strix Halo. They sort of made this grand entrance at ChinaJoy over in Shanghai. Now everyone’s buzzing about it, right? You’ve got these creators in China getting their mitts on it, doing all sorts of tests on the thing. Jobs_Bao, a dude who knows his stuff, put the Win 5 through its paces on the event floor, and why not — running Cinebench R23 and Time Spy? Those numbers though — 30,495 on the first one, which is pretty nuts. We’re talking Intel Core i9-13900HX desktop vibes here. Imagine the CPU all hot and bothered at 80.3 degrees Celsius, but somehow only 45-ish degrees outside the vents. How? Who even knows.
Now, when it comes to graphics, it hit 9,680 points on Time Spy — almost knocking on the RTX 4060’s door. But here’s the kicker: GPD decided, hey, 70 watts is good enough for the AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395. That’s 50 watts shy of its full potential, mind you. So yeah, it’s like having a beast in a cage. Still, you could game on Ultra at 1080p, no probs. Oh, and there’s this other creator, PureDIY, who put it to the test with Black Myth: Wukong. Over 80 FPS? That’s pretty slick on a handheld if you ask me.
Okay, sidebar over, let’s talk batteries. The Win 5’s got this beefy 5,170mAh power pack. Not built-in, but swappable. Just… dangling off the back. Adds some heft, sure — about 340 grams worth. But you can switch it out whenever. Or just clip it off if you’re hooking up to its massive 180-watt power brick. Options, right?
Two variants of the GPD Win 5 are floating around. One’s top-notch, with all the bells and whistles wrapped around the AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 and the Radeon 8060S GPU, with up to 128GB memory. Then there’s the budget-friendly version with the Ryzen AI Max 385 and Radeon 8050S. Unfortunately, nobody’s spilling the beans on prices just yet. So we’re all a bit in the dark there.
Oh, and before I forget, hit up Tom’s Hardware on Google News if you’re into that — they’re always dropping the latest news and deep dives. Just thought I’d mention.
