[Aktualizacja] Valve may burst out laughing. The premiere of the AyaNeo Next console

When Steam Deck was announced, we knew immediately that Valve would go to battle with producers like Ayaneo, who would be forced to respond to this mobile computer of Steam owners. However, as the premiere of Aya Neo Next shows, apparently Valve has significantly jumped back from the competition.

Update [10.01] – AyaNeo Next will see a new generation of equipment at the end of 2022. Two versions will also receive the new Ryzen 7 5825U APU

Below you can read our original news about the AyaNeo Next console, which did not have such an expiration date. We are updating this post to provide you with new information about the APU that will be in this console. After sharp criticism from the media and customers, the company decided to take matters into their own hands and explain why their console, which costs twice as much as the Steam Deck, has less advanced APUs in terms of graphics.

Valve has access to the RDNA2-based GPU, while AyaNeo only has access to the Vega architecture via three chips. To defend the AyaNeo hardware, it is worth mentioning that it is based on a newer CPU architecture (Zen 3 vs Zen 2):

• AyaNeo Next Advance – Ryzen 7 5800U
  • 8 cores and 16 threads
  • Base clock of 1.9 GHz
  • Boost clock at 4.4 GHz
  • Radeon Vega 8 GPU clocked at 2 GHz
• AyaNeo Next – Ryzen 7 5825U
  • 8 cores and 16 threads
  • 2 GHz base clock
  • Boost clock speed of 4.5 GHz
  • Radeon Vega 8 GPU clocked at 2 GHz
• AyaNeo Next Pro – Ryzen 7 5825U
  • 8 cores and 16 threads
  • 2 GHz base clock
  • Boost clock speed of 4.5 GHz
  • Radeon Vega 8 GPU clocked at 2 GHz

We did not know about it at the time of the premiere, because AMD did not allow the company to mention the Ryzen 7 5825U processor, whose official specification, however, mentions an iGPU clock of 1.8 GHz, not 2 GHz. The most important thing, however, is that AyaNeo Next will receive an update at the end of 2022, as part of which the company will provide this console (probably the next release) with Ryzen 6000 systems, combining the Zen 3+ and RDNA2 architecture on a 6-nm technological process.

AyaNeo Next will be sold through social campaigns starting in February. Even so, customers cannot count on low prices

The biggest problem with Aya Neo Next comes down to the price / hardware ratio. The company failed to acquire the latest Ryzen 6000U APUs for its products, which forced it to rely on the Ryzen 7 5800U “Cezanne-U” 8-core and 16-thread APU, which, instead of Zen 3+ and RDNA2 architecture, is based on Zen 3 and the antiquated basics of Vega.

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There are as many as four different models with 16 GB to 32 GB of LPDDR4X-4266 memory and 1 TB to 2 TB of mass memory.

• AYA Neo Next: 16 GB LPDDR4X / 1 TB – $ 1,315 retail / $ 1,265 campaign
• AYA Neo Next Advance: 16 GB LPDDR4X / 2 TB – $ 1,465 retail / $ 1,365 campaign
• AYA Neo Next Advance Signature Edition (limited to 300 copies): 16 GB LPDDR4X / 2 TB – $ 1,465 retail / $ 1,345 campaign
• AYA Neo Pro: 32 GB LPDDR4X / 2 TB (500 copies) – $ 1,565 retail / $ 1,465 campaign

Unfortunately, individual versions are even more than two times more expensive than the Steam Deck, which is based on newer AMD hardware created especially for it (although Zen 2 in the case of the CPU, but RDNA2 in GPU), offers greater system support and more efficient operating memory. However, it is limited by the storage capacity itself.