According to leaker Hoang Anh Phu, AMD is working on a Ryzen Z2 A processor based on Van Gogh, the APU used in the Steam Deck. This model would feature a Zen 2 CPU with 4 cores and an RDNA2 GPU with 8 compute units.
The Ryzen Z2 series, designed for portable consoles, already includes various architectures: Rembrandt, Hawk Point, Strix Point, and soon two new references – Z2 A and AI Z2 Extreme.
Despite earlier leaks denying a Ryzen Z2-powered Steam Deck, the situation could be reversed: other portable devices will adopt the Deck APU under a new trade name.
The Z2 range is becoming increasingly difficult to follow, mixing several CPU architectures (Zen 2 to Zen 5) and GPUs (RDNA2 to RDNA3.5). It still has no launch schedule, but the Z2 Extreme is said to be planned for the MSI Claw, and the Z2 A could be aimed at systems running SteamOS.
