The first Intel Meteor Lake CPU-powered handheld gaming console has been revealed by Emdoor & features an Arc-integrated GPU.
Intel Meteor Lake Handheld Gaming CPUs Are On The Way: 20-35W TDP With Arc Graphics 5 GPU Featuring Alchemist Architecture
There's no doubt that AMD has secured a lot of traction within the handheld gaming console space with its Ryzen 5000, Ryzen 6000 and the most recent Ryzen 7000 APUs being offered in various new devices. But that might change soon with the launch of Meteor Lake CPUs at the end of this year.
A Chinese company, Emdoor, has now revealed its brand-new handheld gaming console which is the first design to feature Intel's next-gen Meteor Lake-H CPUs. While the details on the SKU are a bit slim, it could include a vast array of options. The Meteor Lake CPU is said to feature a TDP of 20 to 35 Watts which is within the nominal operating ranges of handheld processors.
One of the major components of any handheld gaming device is the GPU since its main purpose is to play games. AMD's strong iGPU performance is what has led them to become so successful in this space plus support for the latest modern APIs and upscaling technologies. With Meteor Lake, Intel will be using its latest Arc Alchemist iGPUs and the specific variant used on this handheld is an Arc Graphics 5 chip so this also confirms the branding that Intel will be using for its integrated GPU products. Once again, there is no information on the amount of cores but Meteor Lake iGPUs offer 8 and 4 Xe-Cores or 128/64 EUs.
Other specifications of the intel Meteor Lake-H CPU-powered handheld gaming console include an 8" LCD with up to 1200*1920 resolution (16:10), up to 32 GB of LPDDR5x memory, a single M.2 SSD slot that supports up to 2 TB of PCIe Gen 4x4 (2280) storage devices and Windows 11 OS. Emdoor also seems to have had plans to offer an Android variant but that has been marked out.
Intel Meteor Lake-P GPU Performance (Compute TFLOPs)
Note: AMD RDNA 3 architecture features dual-issue shader design which leads to twice the actual TFLOPs. So do keep that in mind when comparing the TFLOPs figures of different GPU architectures above.
Intel Meteor Lake vs AMD Ryzen Z1 Handheld Chips:
| CPU Name | Intel Meteor Lake | AMD Ryzen Z1 |
|---|---|---|
| Process Node | Intel 4 (7nm EUV) | TSMC 4nm |
| Max Cores/Threads | 16/22 | 8/16 |
| Max Clocks | 5.1 GHz | 5.1 GHz |
| Max Cache | 22 MB | 16 MB |
| TDP Range | 20-35W | 9-30W |
| GPU Architecture | Arc Alchemist | RDNA 3 |
| Max GPU Cores | 8 Xe-Cores | 12 CUs |
| Peak TFLOPs | 4.5 TFLOPs (Arc Graphics 5) | 8.9 TFLOPs (Radeon 780M) |
| Launch | Q4 2023 | Q3 2023 |
The device was touched upon in detail by Notebook Italia and we can see that the back features a large vent to push hot air out of the console. It looks pretty good and we are obviously looking at an early design so expect more updates in the future. What's obvious is that the handheld gaming space is going to get even more heated in 2024.
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