AMD Revealed Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme and Ryzen Z2 A, Chips Catered for Handheld Gaming

AMD introduced two new processors to the Ryzen Z2 Series, a series catered for handheld gaming. The Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme is an upgrade of the preexisting Ryzen Z2 Extreme APU, and is nearly identical to its predecessor. The main difference is that the AI Z32 Extreme has a dedicated NPU for performing AI workloads. As for the Ryzen Z2, this is AMD’s new entry point for the Ryzen Z2 lineup.

AMD Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme

• Architecture: Zen 5
• Cores/Threads: 8 cores/16 threads
• Graphics architecture: RDNA 3.5
• Graphics cores: 16
• Cache: 24MB
• NPU TOPS: 50 TOPS

AMD Ryzen Z2 A

• Architecture: Zen 2
• Cores/Threads: 4 cores/8 threads
• Graphics architecture: RDNA 2
• Graphics cores: 8
• Cache: 6MB
• NPU TOPS: N/A

In an interview with PC Gamer, AMD said that adding an “NPU in the Ryzen Z2 Extreme brings low-power, on-device AI capabilities to handheld gaming for the first time. [..] Offloading these tasks to the integrated NPU allows the CPU and GPU to stay focused on core game performance.”

As of June 9, 2025, AMD has not revealed the performance of these new chips. The Lenovo Legion Go S and Legion Go 2 Pro Prototype are currently the only two handheld devices that use AMD’s Z2 series chips.