The most PSP-looking handheld PC just got upgraded with AMD's fastest APU
Everyone's favourite PSP-lookin' PC gaming handheld just got upgraded with AMD's newest APU. Yup, the same Ryzen 7000 hardware as seen in the Asus RoG Ally. But the GPD Win 4 has those Sony PlayStation Portable looks right down the lanyard hole on the bottom left, plus a keyboard hidden beneath its slide-up screen.
The other difference with the GPD Win 4 is the price. The existing GPD Win 4 model running last gen AMD Ryzen 6000 APUs kicks off at $800 for the base model with 16GB of RAM and a 512GB SSD. Meanwhile, an Asus RoG Ally with the AMD Z1 Extreme APU, which is essentially the same chip as the Ryzen 7 7840U which will be offered in the GPD Win 4, starts at $700.
GPD hasn't released pricing, and the device doesn't go on sale until August. But it's hard to imagine the upgraded GPD Win 4 actually getting cheaper. So, it's going to be one pricey handheld. But will it be worth it?
Screen-wise, you get a 6-inch 1080p IPS panel with fairly slim bezels. It's a very compact unit overall, too. At 220mm wide, it's much more narrow than the 280mm Ally and 298mm Steam Deck. Height wise you're looking at 92mm versus the 113mm Ally and 117mm Deck.
At 28mm thick, it's much slimmer than the 39mm Ally and 49mm Deck. All told, those dimensions are enough to have GPD claiming that this is the world's smallest AMD handheld device.
That's particularly impressive given the full QWERTY keyboard hidden under the screen. If there is an obvious spec shortcoming, it's the 60Hz refresh limitation. But then achieving triple-digit frame rates on a handheld with relatively limited GPU power is, shall we say, a bit hopeful.
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