The first Strix Halo-based gaming handheld will also be the first one to feature up to 128 GB of memory, as announced by the company.
GPD Win 5 to be Available With 128 GB Unified LPDDR5X 8000 MT/s Memory Through Quad-Channel Configuration
Roughly 10 days ago, GPD launched its flagship gaming handheld called WIN 5, which is also the world's first Strix Halo-based gaming handheld to get an official release. AYANEO is also on its way to releasing a Strix Halo gaming handheld later this year, but as of now, there is no other gaming handheld that can beat the Win 5 in gaming performance. Not just gaming, but the Win 5 is also dramatically faster in everyday computing.
Packed with the flagship Ryzen AI Max+ 395 processor, the Win 5 gets 16x Zen 5 cores and a strong RDNA 3.5-based Radeon 8060S iGPU, bringing 40 Compute Units. It is roughly on par with the GeForce RTX 4060 mobile GPU and allows 60+ FPS gameplay at 1080p high/ultra. But there's more to it than just the Strix Halo chip. GPD also made a huge amount of system memory available for both the CPU and iGPU.
The company announced that the WIN 5 will have a 128 GB LPDDR5X unified memory inside the console in an X post. While this is known already from the launch, GPD's new post stresses the importance of such a high-capacity memory in a unified way. Several LPDDR5X chips are soldered on the PCB around the Ryzen AI MAX+ 395 chip, giving both the CPU and the iGPU ample memory for optimal performance.
Unified Memory Architecture (UMA) significantly enhances performance through a shared memory design. By enabling direct access to the same memory chip within the CPU, GPU, and NPU, it eliminates data migration bottlenecks inherent in traditional architectures, thereby reducing latency. With 96GB of allocated video memory, it supports 8K video rendering, scientific computing, and local inference for 70B-scale large models. The hardware-level consistency management simplifieds programming while reducing power consumption, with actual measurements showing an 87% improvement in energy efficiency for AI tasks.
- GPD
With a capacity of up to 128 GB of memory in quad-channel, the WIN 5 looks more suitable for AI tasks and can offer leading performance in both gaming and productivity workloads. On the flip side, this will add up to a significant cost to the handheld. Even with the base configuration with 32 GB RAM, it is expected to cost nearly $2,000, and with an additional 96 GB RAM, the cost may go over $2,500, considering the console also comes with higher storage capacity.
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