Ayaneo Unveils Next-Gen Gaming Handheld with Strix Halo GPU and Built-In Battery – Introducing the Second Ryzen AI Max+ 395 Model

Alright, so here we go. Ayaneo’s up to something wild again – announcing yet another handheld gaming gizmo, they’re calling it the Ayaneo Next 2. Why “Next 2”? Did they skip “Next 1”? Or is that just me being weird? Anyway, here’s the kicker: it’s got this fancy dedicated GPU thingy right inside. Yes, inside. Not hanging out awkwardly like an oversized backpack or something. And it’s packing AMD’s rather impressive Ryzen AI Max+ 395 APU, with a Radeon 8060S GPU – 40 CUs, folks. Don’t ask me what CUs are, but it sounds enormous.

So, this model is shaping up to be a pioneer, I tell ya. There’s also this GPD Win 5 thing, which has the same price sticker, but it’s kind of cheating with, like, an external battery. Like, c’mon. Meanwhile, Ayaneo’s got a built-in “high-capacity” power brick. Battery, I mean. Speaking of which, ever wonder why batteries never seem to keep up with everything else? But then, maybe I’ve just been unlucky with my gadgets. Who knows.

Oh, and the images – they’re pretty slick. All courtesy of Ayaneo’s Discord, apparently. Not sure why that’s relevant, but hey, fair credit. There’s all this mumbo-jumbo about the internal PCB (a super cool abbreviation that makes me sound tech-savvy). Ayaneo’s showing off dual-fan cooling – sounds like my old PlayStation after three hours of Destiny. And 12-phase what now? Power delivery something. Don’t sweat the details. I’m already lost on step two.

Now for more surprises! The Next 2’s revamped interface is channeling its inner Steam Deck, sporting joysticks and touchpads flanking the screen. Steam Deck does it, now they’re all doing it, y’know? By contrast, the old Ayaneo just had lonely joysticks, no pads. Booooring. Ayaneo’s hinting at some surprises: larger screens, juicier battery life, and supposedly, a thermal design that’ll knock your socks off. Skeptical? Me too.

All this wizardry is brought to life by this Ryzen AI Max+ 395, rocking a codename “Strix Halo” (sounds epic, right?). It’s got 16 CPU cores and a mega 64MB of L3 cache. What’s L3 again? Never mind. TDP is flexible from 45-120W, which is just another way of saying “power hungry as heck.”

The Radeon 8060S in here is like, beast mode. Honestly, it’s like the geeky cousin of RTX 4060 or 4070, if you catch my drift. But fitting this into a handheld? It’s like trying to jam an elephant into a Mini Cooper. Yet, here Ayaneo is, doing magic with that APU inside the chubby handheld design. They’ve already tripped over delays once – probably all those design headaches. But won’t it be a hoot to see how that battery holds up against all this power when it finally makes its debut? Exciting times, eh?

Anyway, don’t forget to follow Tom’s Hardware – they’ve got the goods on all this jazz. Just saying.