GPD Win 5 gaming handheld announced: powered by AMD Strix Halo APU, gaming benchmarks released

GPD has just announced its new Win 5 gaming handheld, with the company claiming it's the world's fastest gaming handheld, powered by AMD's new Ryzen AI Max+ 395 "Strix Halo" APU. Check it out:

The new GPD Win 5 gaming handheld is powered by the AMD Strix Halo APU with 16 cores and 32 threads of Zen 5 processing power, and a powerful 40 GPU cores of RDNA 3.5 integrated GPU goodness with the Radeon 8060S, capable of driving 120FPS+ gaming on the go.

GPD has no physical keyboard on the Win 5 gaming handheld, but it does have a built-in (and replaceable) battery. GPD offers battery backpacks with 80 Wh of capacity, as there is no internal battery on the Win 5 gaming handheld. The company has released videos showing that it takes a few seconds to replace the battery, but there's no confirmation on how much these battery packs will cost from GPD.

You can always use the power jack on the Win 5 gaming handheld, which connects to a 180W PSU that the company calls a PSU for AI PC.

Inside, the GPD Win 5 gaming handheld packs the AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 "Strix Halo" APU, Radeon 8060S with 40 CUs of RDNA 3.5 running at up to 2.9GHz, an XDNA 2 NPU for AI workloads with a unified memory design. The Win 5 gaming handheld supports up to 128GB of LPDDR5X-8000 memory, and 96GB of that can be assignable to VRAM.

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We have a 7-inch 120Hz panel with AMD FreeSync Premium support, 6ms response time, and 100% sRGB coverage. There's an external 80 Wh removable battery that weighs 565g, FlexPower for dual mode use either backpack integrated or fully cable free. On the control side of things we've got a capacitive joystick with zero dead zone and zero drift with pixel level aiming correction, and Hall effect triggers with long or short thread modes, 0.1mm trigger accuracy, and response delay of less than 0.1ms.

Thermal-wise, GPD is using its Frostwind system with dual fans and four heat pipes inside of the Win 5 gaming handheld to keep the system cool. Storage and expansion include an M.2 NVMe 2280 PCIe Gen4 slot for up to 4TB of single-sided SSD, a built-in Mini SSD card slot supporting up to 2TB Gen4 x1 at 1.6GB/sec that can be used as a boot drive or SteamOS drive.

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The new GPD Win 5 gaming handheld also features a microSD card reader supporting up to 2TB with reads sitting at 160MB/sec, and writes of around 120MB/sec. The new GPD Win 5 handheld also supports external graphics card docks, and can be paired with Bazzite for a Steam-focused gaming setup.

GPD says that its new Win 5 gaming handheld won't be available until September, with no pricing just yet, but don't expect it to be cheap.

GPD Win 5 gaming handheld design philosophy:

• Design Philosophy of the Win5: The WIN5 is a bar-form handheld gaming console designed with maximum performance in mind. Its form factor is similar to traditional handhelds like the Steam Deck and ROG Ally, but the Win5 can reach a TDP of over 70W, delivering more than triple the performance of those devices. Achieving desktop-level GPU performance in a handheld device is truly unprecedented.
• About the Keyboard: As the most powerful gaming handheld, the Win5 focuses on top-tier gaming performance and immersive gameplay. Like the Steam Deck and ROG Ally, it does not include a built-in keyboard. However, GPD offers a range of other devices with keyboards for users to choose from - the UMPC-style Win Mini, the compact bar-form Win4, and the all-in-one Win Max.
• About the Battery: With a power draw of 70W or more, an internal battery alone would not suffice for the Win5. The benefit of using an external battery is the ability to easily swap in a new one at any time. An 80Wh battery pack is also well-balanced and not too heavy when attached. We also offer two usage modes: attached or detached. The battery doesn't have to be mounted directly on the device - you can place it nearby and connect it with an extension cable. In this setup, the device itself weighs only 570g, offering an excellent handheld feel.
• About the Power Button: The Win5 retains the same power button placement as the Win4 - located in the lower-left corner. This position was proven on the Win4 to effectively prevent accidental touches.