A stunning OLED screen - Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 Gaming Handheld Review

Name: Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20
Brand: Asus

The OLED screen is a game changer.

The new Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 gets a slightly updated chassis including a stunning new 7.4-inch OLED screen with 120 Hz and VRR. It does not hurt the battery life, either, but inside you still get the old AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme SoC, which cannot keep up with Intel's Arc G3 Extreme chip.
Andreas Osthoff 👁 Published 10/16/2026

Verdict - Stunning screen, but somewhat disappointing performance

The new Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 is a significant upgrade compared to last year's model, but at the same time a bit disappointing. The changes to the chassis with rubberized grips, improved sticks and buttons are great and it also looks amazing with the semi-translucent chassis and yellow/golden accents. It simply feels like a premium device. The biggest change, however, is the new and larger 7.4-inch OLED screen. The image quality is simply stunning and it improves the overall gaming experience significantly. We are also happy to report that the battery runtime did not suffer and you can expect between 2-4 hours of gaming depending on the power profile.

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The connectivity is also great overall and you now get a significantly faster microSD-Express card reader. The big issue is the processor, because you still get the familiar Ryzen Z2 Extreme (Zen 5) from last year's model. The gaming performance is therefore pretty much identical and it cannot keep up with the Intel Arc G3 Extreme, which is almost 30 % faster. The price has increased to $1299, but it is still much cheaper than the MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ with the Intel SoC.

Pros

+ improved ergonomics

+ access to fans and M.2-2280 SSD

+ 24 GB RAM (LPDDR5x-8000) & 1 TB SSD

+ stunning 120 Hz VRR OLED

+ excellent software integration

+ comprehensive configuration options

+ good battery runtime

+ fast Wi-Fi and microSD-Express card reader

+ improved sticks, triggers & buttons

+ 2x USB-C (1x USB 4.0)

Cons

- loud fans in Turbo mode (mains)

- no WiFi 7

- PWM flickering

- gaming performance was not improved

Price and Availability

The new Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 is available for $1299 from BestBuy.

$1,099.99
HIDevolution [2025] ASUS ROG X B O X Ally X RC73XA 7" FHD 120Hz, 2.0 GHz Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme, AMD Radeon, 24 GB LPDDR5 RAM, 1 TB PCIe SSD, Windows 11 Home
$734.99
ASUS ROG Xbox Ally Gaming Handheld 7" 120Hz, AMD Ryzen Z2 A, 16GB / 512GB | IPS Touch Display, AMD RDNA 2 Graphics, Fingerprint, WiFi 6E, Bluetooth 5.4, Win 11 Home with DKZ USB Hub Accessory
$1,449.99
ASUS ROG Xbox Ally Gaming Handheld 7" 120Hz Touch, Ryzen Z2 A, 16GB / 4TB | IPS Touch Display, AMD RDNA 2 Graphics, Fingerprint, WiFi 6E, Bluetooth 5.4, Win 11 Home with DKZ USB Hub Accessory

Verdict - Stunning screen, but somewhat disappointing performance
Specifications
Case, Connectivity and Input Devices
Display - Stunning OLED
Performance - Ryzen Z2 Extreme
Emissions & Power Consumption
Notebookcheck Rating
Potential Competitors in Comparison

Specifications

Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 (ROG Ally Series)

Processor

AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme 8c/16t, 3 x 5.0 GHz AMD Zen 5, 5 x 3.3 GHz AMD Zen 5c, 55 W PL2 / Short Burst, 35 W PL1 / Sustained, Strix Point (Zen 5)

Graphics adapter

AMD Radeon 890M, Core: 2900 MHz, RAM: 1000 MHz, 26.20.15.05

Memory

24 GB

, LPDDR5x-8000, Dual-Channel, onboard

Display

7.40 inch 16:9, 1920 x 1080 pixel 298 PPI, capacitive, AMS740LS02-0, OLED, glossy: yes, HDR, 120 Hz, Adaptive Sync

Mainboard

AMD Promontory/Bixby FCH

Storage

Samsung PM9C1b MZVL81T0HFLB-00BTW, 1000 GB

, 897 GB free

Soundcard

AMD Zen - Audio Processor - HD Audio Controller

Connections

1 USB 3.1 Gen2, 1 Thunderbolt 4, USB-C Power Delivery (PD), 2 DisplayPort, 1 Docking Station Port, Audio Connections: 3.5 mm stereo, Card Reader: microSD-Express 8.0, 1 Fingerprint Reader

Networking

MediaTek Wi-Fi 6E MT7922 160MHz Wireless LAN Card (a/b/g/n = Wi-Fi 4/ac = Wi-Fi 5/ax = Wi-Fi 6/ Wi-Fi 6E 6 GHz), Bluetooth 5.4

Size

height x width x depth (in mm): 51.3 x 300 x 121 ( = 2.02 x 11.81 x 4.76 in)

Battery

80 Wh, 5130 mAh Lithium-Polymer

Operating System

Microsoft Windows 11 Home

Additional features

Speakers: Stereo, 24 Months Warranty

Weight

756 g ( = 26.67 oz / 1.67 pounds)

Price

1399 Euro

Links

Asus homepage
Asus notebook section

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Case, Connectivity and Input Devices

The basic chassis construction is similar to last year's model, which means the ROG Xbox Ally X20 is once again an extremely comfortable gaming handheld thanks to the large grips. They are now slightly rubberized at the back, so it feels even better to hold, even though we are not sure how the surfaces will cope with hundreds of hours of gaming. Asus also improved the sticks (now magnetic TMR) as well as buttons and they feel amazing. The sticks are super precise and perfectly weighted, just like the triggers. The buttons are nice and tactile, the only exception on our test unit is the d-pad. While it is tactile as well, our particular unit was a bit loose on the left side, so there is a bit of travel before you actually hit the button. The chassis is now slightly translucent, which looks great with the golden buttons and the yellow LED lighting for the sticks. The new Xbox button is illuminated, but honestly pretty redundant, as it opens the control center just like the button next to it.

You can still replace the SSD (be aware of the cable that runs to the rear cover) and you now get a speedy microSD-Express card reader with transfer speeds of 800 MB/s. Wi-Fi 7 is not supported, but the Wi-Fi 6E module still performs very well. Our test unit was bundled with the XREAL R1 glasses, but we will have a closer look at it in a separate article.

Size Comparison

MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 Asus ROG Xbox Ally X Lenovo Legion Go 2 MSI Claw 8 AI+ DIN A4 ❌

Top: Power button w/ fingerprint scanner, 3.5 mm stereo jack, microSD-Express, volume buttons, USB-C 3.2 Gen.2 (10 Gbps, DisplayPort 2.1, Power Delivery 3.0), USB-C 4.0 w/ Thunderbolt 4 (40 Gbps, DisplayPort 2.1, Power Delivery 3.0)

Networking
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 MediaTek Wi-Fi 6E MT7922 160MHz Wireless LAN Card
iperf3 receive AXE11000 6GHz	1914 (min: 1899) MBit/s ∼100%
iperf3 transmit AXE11000 6GHz	2006 (min: 1888) MBit/s ∼100%
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Intel Wi-Fi 7 BE213 160MHz
iperf3 transmit Wi-Fi6/7 RT-BE96U	2337 (min: 1197) MBit/s ∼100%
iperf3 receive Wi-Fi6/7 RT-BE96U	1846 (min: 1655) MBit/s ∼100%
Lenovo Legion Go 2 MediaTek Wi-Fi 6E MT7922 160MHz Wireless LAN Card
iperf3 receive AXE11000	1714 (min: 849) MBit/s ∼99%
iperf3 transmit AXE11000	1784 (min: 1707) MBit/s ∼100%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X MediaTek Wi-Fi 6E MT7922 160MHz Wireless LAN Card
iperf3 receive AXE11000	1723 (min: 1685) MBit/s ∼100%
iperf3 transmit AXE11000	1775 (min: 1719) MBit/s ∼99%
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Intel BE201 320MHz
iperf3 receive AXE11000	1561 (min: 1517) MBit/s ∼91%
iperf3 transmit AXE11000	1663 (min: 1554) MBit/s ∼93%

Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20; iperf3 receive AXE11000 6GHz; iperf 3.1.3: Ø1913 (1899-1929) MBit/s

Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20; iperf3 transmit AXE11000 6GHz; iperf 3.1.3: Ø2006 (1888-2093) MBit/s

Display - Stunning OLED

This is the game changer, because the new 7.4-inch OLED touchscreen with VRR support and 120 Hz (1920 x 1080 pixels) simply looks stunning and transforms the whole gaming experience. While the previous IPS panel was good for gaming, you do not want to go back once you have experienced the OLED model. Image quality is superb and brightness levels are also amazing, both for SDR (more than 600 nits) and especially HDR (more than 1500 nits). Response times are blazing fast and even though there is PWM flickering, the behavior was a bit strange with a very low amplitude, so it should not be an issue in practice. You also get very accurate color profiles for sRGB and P3.


627 cd/m²	622 cd/m²	623 cd/m²
622 cd/m²	617 cd/m²	621 cd/m²
620 cd/m²	617 cd/m²	621 cd/m²

Distribution of brightness

AMS740LS02-0 tested with X-Rite i1Pro 3

Maximum: 627 cd/m² (Nits) Average: 621.1 cd/m² Minimum: 4.7 cd/m²
Brightness Distribution: 98 %
Center on Battery: 617 cd/m²
Contrast: 20567:1 (Black: 0.03 cd/m²)
ΔE ColorChecker Calman: 1.4 | ∀{0.5-29.43 Ø4.69}
ΔE Greyscale Calman: 2.7 | ∀{0.09-98 Ø4.94}
89.5% AdobeRGB 1998 (Argyll 3D)
100% sRGB (Argyll 3D)
99.4% Display P3 (Argyll 3D)
Gamma: 2.2
CCT: 6529 K

	Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 AMS740LS02-0, OLED, 1920x1080, 7.4", 120 Hz	MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM PN8007QB1-2, , 1920x1200, 8", 120 Hz	Lenovo Legion Go 2 AMS881KB01-0, OLED, 1920x1200, 8.8", 144 Hz	Asus ROG Xbox Ally X TL070FVXS01_0, IPS, 1920x1080, 7", 120 Hz	MSI Claw 8 AI+ PN8007QB1-2, IPS, 1920x1200, 8", 120 Hz
Display		-17%	2%	-22%	-16%
HDR Peak Brightness (cd/m²)	1515
Display P3 Coverage (%)	99.4	69.4 -30%	99.7 0%	66 -34%	71.1 -28%
sRGB Coverage (%)	100	99 -1%	100 0%	93.1 -7%	98.5 -1%
AdobeRGB 1998 Coverage (%)	89.5	71.5 -20%	94.6 6%	68.3 -24%	72.9 -19%
Response Times		-1406%	-33%	-849%	-1780%
Response Time Grey 50% / Grey 80% * (ms)	1.09 ?(0.55, 0.54)	21 ?(9.4, 11.6) -1827%	0.57 ?(0.27, 0.3) 48%	11.4 ?(5.4, 6) -946%	23.7 ?(11, 12.7) -2074%
Response Time Black / White * (ms)	0.94 ?(0.5, 0.44)	10.2 ?(4.1, 6.1) -985%	0.7 ?(0.39, 0.31) 26%	8 ?(4.2, 3.8) -751%	14.9 ?(7.8, 7.1) -1485%
PWM Frequency (Hz)	120 ?(120)		720 ?(85)
PWM Amplitude * (%)	11		30 -173%
Screen		-191%	-28%	-171%	-185%
Brightness middle (cd/m²)	617	539 -13%	488 -21%	490 -21%	524 -15%
Brightness (cd/m²)	621	527 -15%	493 -21%	459 -26%	514 -17%
Brightness Distribution (%)	98	91 -7%	98 0%	86 -12%	93 -5%
Black Level * (cd/m²)	0.03	0.36 -1100%		0.33 -1000%	0.33 -1000%
Contrast (:1)	20567	1497 -93%		1485 -93%	1588 -92%
Colorchecker dE 2000 *	1.4	3.3 -136%	2.5 -79%	2.8 -100%	3.5 -150%
Colorchecker dE 2000 max. *	4	6.8 -70%	4.9 -23%	6.5 -63%	7.3 -83%
Greyscale dE 2000 *	2.7	5.3 -96%	3.3 -22%	4.2 -56%	5.9 -119%
Gamma	2.2 ^100%	2.18 ^101%	2.18 ^101%	2.22 ^99%	2.22 ^99%
CCT	6529 ^100%	7724 ^84%	6459 ^101%	7381 ^88%	7852 ^83%
Colorchecker dE 2000 calibrated *		1.2	1.4	1.5	1.3
Total Average (Program / Settings)		-538% / -338%	-20% / -22%	-347% / -241%	-660% / -391%

* ... smaller is better

Display Response Times

ℹ

Display response times show how fast the screen is able to change from one color to the next. Slow response times can lead to afterimages and can cause moving objects to appear blurry (ghosting). Gamers of fast-paced 3D titles should pay special attention to fast response times.

↔ Response Time Black to White
0.94 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined	↗ 0.5 ms rise
0.94 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined	↘ 0.44 ms fall
The screen shows very fast response rates in our tests and should be very well suited for fast-paced gaming. In comparison, all tested devices range from 0.1 (minimum) to 240 (maximum) ms. » 4 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is better than the average of all tested devices (19.6 ms).
↔ Response Time 50% Grey to 80% Grey
1.09 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined	↗ 0.55 ms rise
1.09 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined	↘ 0.54 ms fall
The screen shows very fast response rates in our tests and should be very well suited for fast-paced gaming. In comparison, all tested devices range from 0.13 (minimum) to 636 (maximum) ms. » 5 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is better than the average of all tested devices (30.7 ms).

Screen Flickering / PWM (Pulse-Width Modulation)

ℹ

To dim the screen, some notebooks will simply cycle the backlight on and off in rapid succession - a method called Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) . This cycling frequency should ideally be undetectable to the human eye. If said frequency is too low, users with sensitive eyes may experience strain or headaches or even notice the flickering altogether.

Screen flickering / PWM detected

120 Hz
Amplitude: 11 %

≤ 120 % brightness setting

The display backlight flickers at 120 Hz (worst case, e.g., utilizing PWM) Flickering detected at a brightness setting of 120 % and below. There should be no flickering or PWM above this brightness setting.

The frequency of 120 Hz is very low, so the flickering may cause eyestrain and headaches after extended use.

In comparison: 52 % of all tested devices do not use PWM to dim the display. If PWM was detected, an average of 7585 (minimum: 5 - maximum: 343500) Hz was measured.

Performance - Ryzen Z2 Extreme

Testing Conditions

Asus offers the familiar power modes (see table below). We performed our benchmarks in Turbo mode on mains. Asus allocates 8 GB RAM to the iGPU by default.

Power mode	TDP	Cyberpunk 2077 1080p Medium	Battery runtime gaming @150 nits	fan noise
Whisper	23/13 W	22.9 fps	3:48 hours	29 dB(A)
Performance	30/17 W	34.3 fps	3:04 hours	31.2 dB(A)
Turbo (battery)	35/25 W	40.3 fps	2:13 hours	34.2 dB(A)
Turbo (plugged in)	55/35 W	43.1 fps		40.2 dB(A)

Processor, System & SSD Performance

The CPU performance of the Ryzen Z2 Extreme is still very good and even better compared to the Intel Arc G3 Extreme. The Ally X20 is a very responsive system overall thanks to the fast PCIe 4.0 SSD. We did not notice any stability issues, either, and the integrated control center works very well.

Cinebench R15 Multi Loop

Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme: Ø2167 (2139.27-2279.98) Points

MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Intel Arc G3 Extreme: Ø1908 (1857.61-2191.9) Points

Lenovo Legion Go 2 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme: Ø1901 (1887.77-1911.95) Points

Asus ROG Xbox Ally X AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme: Ø2110 (2085.4-2260.78) Points

MSI Claw 8 AI+ Intel Core Ultra 7 258V: Ø1491 (1472.1-1573.87) Points

CPU Performance rating: Percent
Cinebench 2024: CPU Multi Core | CPU Single Core
Cinebench R23: Multi Core | Single Core
Cinebench R20: CPU (Multi Core) | CPU (Single Core)
Cinebench R15: CPU Multi 64Bit | CPU Single 64Bit
Blender: v2.79 BMW27 CPU
7-Zip 18.03: 7z b 4 | 7z b 4 -mmt1
Geekbench 6.7: Multi-Core | Single-Core
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2: 4k Preset
LibreOffice : 20 Documents To PDF
R Benchmark 2.5: Overall mean

CPU Performance rating
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme	83.9 pt
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme	80.7 pt
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Intel Arc G3 Extreme	80.6 pt
Average AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme	78.2 pt
Lenovo Legion Go 2 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme	77.4 pt
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Intel Core Ultra 7 258V	70 pt
Average of class Handheld / UMPC	69.2 pt

Cinebench 2024 / CPU Multi Core
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Intel Arc G3 Extreme	886 Points +10%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme	809 Points
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme	791 Points -2%
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (575 - 956, n=8, last 2 years)	746 Points -8%
Lenovo Legion Go 2 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme	740 Points -9%
Average AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme (620 - 809, n=4)	740 Points -9%
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Intel Core Ultra 7 258V	590 Points -27%

Cinebench 2024 / CPU Single Core
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Intel Core Ultra 7 258V	120 Points +6%
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Intel Arc G3 Extreme	115 Points +2%
Lenovo Legion Go 2 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme	113.8 Points 0%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme	113.3 Points
Average AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme (112.1 - 113.8, n=4)	113 Points 0%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme	112.9 Points 0%
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (99.2 - 120, n=8, last 2 years)	112.9 Points 0%

Cinebench R23 / Multi Core
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme	15257 Points
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Intel Arc G3 Extreme	14655 Points -4%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme	14586 Points -4%
Average AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme (12151 - 15257, n=4)	13686 Points -10%
Lenovo Legion Go 2 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme	12750 Points -16%
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (4953 - 16841, n=12, last 2 years)	12251 Points -20%
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Intel Core Ultra 7 258V	10599 Points -31%

Cinebench R23 / Single Core
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme	1970 Points
Average AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme (1954 - 1970, n=4)	1963 Points 0%
Lenovo Legion Go 2 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme	1956 Points -1%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme	1954 Points -1%
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Intel Arc G3 Extreme	1862 Points -5%
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Intel Core Ultra 7 258V	1825 Points -7%
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (1071 - 2006, n=12, last 2 years)	1726 Points -12%

Cinebench R20 / CPU (Multi Core)
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme	5931 Points
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme	5825 Points -2%
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Intel Arc G3 Extreme	5762 Points -3%
Average AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme (4726 - 5931, n=4)	5362 Points -10%
Lenovo Legion Go 2 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme	4966 Points -16%
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (1904 - 6577, n=12, last 2 years)	4761 Points -20%
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Intel Core Ultra 7 258V	4092 Points -31%

Cinebench R20 / CPU (Single Core)
Lenovo Legion Go 2 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme	768 Points +1%
Average AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme (762 - 772, n=4)	767 Points +1%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme	764 Points 0%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme	762 Points
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Intel Arc G3 Extreme	715 Points -6%
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Intel Core Ultra 7 258V	711 Points -7%
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (390 - 787, n=12, last 2 years)	662 Points -13%

Cinebench R15 / CPU Multi 64Bit
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme	2280 (2139.27^min - 2279.98^max) Points
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme	2261 (2085.4^min - 2260.78^max) Points -1%
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Intel Arc G3 Extreme	2192 (1857.61^min - 2191.9^max) Points -4%
Average AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme (1912 - 2280, n=4)	2131 Points -7%
Lenovo Legion Go 2 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme	1912 (1887.77^min - 1911.95^max) Points -16%
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (855 - 2533, n=12, last 2 years)	1892 Points -17%
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Intel Core Ultra 7 258V	1574 (1472.1^min - 1573.87^max) Points -31%

Cinebench R15 / CPU Single 64Bit
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme	289 Points
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Intel Core Ultra 7 258V	285 Points -1%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme	275 Points -5%
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Intel Arc G3 Extreme	267 Points -8%
Average AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme (190.7 - 289, n=4)	249 Points -14%
Lenovo Legion Go 2 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme	241 Points -17%
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (155.1 - 304, n=12, last 2 years)	241 Points -17%

Blender / v2.79 BMW27 CPU
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Intel Core Ultra 7 258V	334 Seconds * -48%
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (189 - 588, n=12, last 2 years)	313 Seconds * -38%
Lenovo Legion Go 2 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme	252 Seconds * -12%
Average AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme (226 - 296, n=4)	252 Seconds * -12%
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Intel Arc G3 Extreme	245 Seconds * -8%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme	234 Seconds * -4%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme	226 Seconds *

7-Zip 18.03 / 7z b 4
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme	56042 MIPS
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme	52461 MIPS -6%
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Intel Arc G3 Extreme	51687 MIPS -8%
Average AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme (45321 - 56042, n=4)	51107 MIPS -9%
Lenovo Legion Go 2 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme	50602 MIPS -10%
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (23417 - 66618, n=11, last 2 years)	47438 MIPS -15%
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Intel Core Ultra 7 258V	35705 MIPS -36%

7-Zip 18.03 / 7z b 4 -mmt1
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Intel Arc G3 Extreme	5772 MIPS +3%
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Intel Core Ultra 7 258V	5662 MIPS +1%
Lenovo Legion Go 2 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme	5623 MIPS 0%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme	5602 MIPS
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme	5590 MIPS 0%
Average AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme (5434 - 5623, n=4)	5562 MIPS -1%
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (3675 - 6143, n=12, last 2 years)	5193 MIPS -7%

Geekbench 6.7 / Multi-Core
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Intel Arc G3 Extreme	13397 Points +4%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme	12940 Points
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme	12734 Points -2%
Average AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme (10979 - 12940, n=5)	12124 Points -6%
Lenovo Legion Go 2 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme	11897 Points -8%
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Intel Core Ultra 7 258V	10899 Points -16%
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (3950 - 13426, n=13, last 2 years)	10244 Points -21%

Geekbench 6.7 / Single-Core
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme	2790 Points 0%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme	2782 Points
Lenovo Legion Go 2 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme	2780 Points 0%
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Intel Core Ultra 7 258V	2716 Points -2%
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Intel Arc G3 Extreme	2632 Points -5%
Average AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme (1888 - 2790, n=5)	2602 Points -6%
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (1333 - 2904, n=13, last 2 years)	2298 Points -17%

HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 / 4k Preset
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme	19.3 fps
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme	17.9 fps -7%
Average AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme (14.7 - 19.3, n=4)	17.2 fps -11%
Lenovo Legion Go 2 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme	16.8 fps -13%
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Intel Arc G3 Extreme	16.2 fps -16%
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (6.21 - 20.8, n=12, last 2 years)	15 fps -22%
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Intel Core Ultra 7 258V	13.1 fps -32%

LibreOffice / 20 Documents To PDF
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme	68.7 s * -19%
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (41.1 - 92.8, n=12, last 2 years)	61.8 s * -7%
Average AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme (54.5 - 68.7, n=4)	59.6 s * -3%
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Intel Arc G3 Extreme	59 s * -2%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme	57.6 s *
Lenovo Legion Go 2 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme	54.5 s * +5%
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Intel Core Ultra 7 258V	41.1 s * +29%

R Benchmark 2.5 / Overall mean
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (0.4167 - 0.756, n=12, last 2 years)	0.52 sec * -20%
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Intel Arc G3 Extreme	0.4523 sec * -4%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme	0.452 sec * -4%
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Intel Core Ultra 7 258V	0.4492 sec * -3%
Average AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme (0.4304 - 0.452, n=4)	0.4392 sec * -1%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme	0.435 sec *
Lenovo Legion Go 2 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme	0.4304 sec * +1%

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Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

2280 Points

Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64Bit

134.9 fps

Cinebench R15 Ref. Match 64Bit

97.9 %

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

289 Points

Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)

5931 Points

Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)

762 Points

Cinebench R23 Single Core

1970 Points

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

15257 Points

Cinebench 2024 CPU Single Core

113.3 Points

Cinebench 2024 CPU Multi Core

809 Points

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... in comparison

Performance rating
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 ^-1! AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Radeon 890M	99.1 pt
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X ^-1! AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Radeon 890M	96.7 pt
Average AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme	92.3 pt
Lenovo Legion Go 2 ^-1! AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Radeon 890M	90 pt
Average of class Handheld / UMPC	76.5 pt
MSI Claw 8 AI+ ^-1! Intel Core Ultra 7 258V, Arc 140V	60.9 pt
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM ^-1! Intel Arc G3 Extreme, Arc B390 Panther Lake iGPU	58.5 pt

AIDA64 / FP32 Ray-Trace
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Radeon 890M (v8.20.8100)	23116 KRay/s
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Radeon 890M (v6.92.6600)	22536 KRay/s -3%
Average AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme (17272 - 23116, n=4)	20950 KRay/s -9%
Lenovo Legion Go 2 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Radeon 890M (v6.92.6600)	20876 KRay/s -10%
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (6544 - 26450, n=12, last 2 years)	16675 KRay/s -28%
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Intel Core Ultra 7 258V, Arc 140V (v6.92.6600)	12224 KRay/s -47%
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Intel Arc G3 Extreme, Arc B390 Panther Lake iGPU (v8.20.8100)	9729 KRay/s -58%

AIDA64 / FPU Julia
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Radeon 890M (v8.20.8100)	95683 Points
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Radeon 890M (v6.92.6600)	88336 Points -8%
Average AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme (64269 - 95683, n=4)	81823 Points -14%
Lenovo Legion Go 2 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Radeon 890M (v6.92.6600)	79002 Points -17%
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (36464 - 99389, n=12, last 2 years)	70933 Points -26%
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Intel Core Ultra 7 258V, Arc 140V (v6.92.6600)	61266 Points -36%
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Intel Arc G3 Extreme, Arc B390 Panther Lake iGPU (v8.20.8100)	57691 Points -40%

AIDA64 / CPU SHA3
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Radeon 890M (v8.20.8100)	3851 MB/s
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Radeon 890M (v6.92.6600)	3783 MB/s -2%
Lenovo Legion Go 2 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Radeon 890M (v6.92.6600)	3531 MB/s -8%
Average AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme (2946 - 3851, n=4)	3528 MB/s -8%
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (1157 - 4484, n=12, last 2 years)	3111 MB/s -19%
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Intel Arc G3 Extreme, Arc B390 Panther Lake iGPU (v8.20.8100)	3082 MB/s -20%
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Intel Core Ultra 7 258V, Arc 140V (v6.92.6600)	2696 MB/s -30%

AIDA64 / CPU Queen
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Radeon 890M (v6.92.6600)	76357 Points
Average AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme (73893 - 77437, n=3)	75896 Points
Lenovo Legion Go 2 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Radeon 890M (v6.92.6600)	73893 Points
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (41744 - 82521, n=10, last 2 years)	64585 Points
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Intel Core Ultra 7 258V, Arc 140V (v6.92.6600)	49750 Points

AIDA64 / FPU SinJulia
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Radeon 890M (v8.20.8100)	12850 Points
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Radeon 890M (v6.92.6600)	12594 Points -2%
Lenovo Legion Go 2 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Radeon 890M (v6.92.6600)	12273 Points -4%
Average AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme (11040 - 12850, n=4)	12189 Points -5%
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (4023 - 16980, n=12, last 2 years)	9969 Points -22%
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Intel Core Ultra 7 258V, Arc 140V (v6.92.6600)	4425 Points -66%
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Intel Arc G3 Extreme, Arc B390 Panther Lake iGPU (v8.20.8100)	4023 Points -69%

AIDA64 / FPU Mandel
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Radeon 890M (v8.20.8100)	48676 Points
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Radeon 890M (v6.92.6600)	46842 Points -4%
Average AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme (33241 - 48676, n=4)	42678 Points -12%
Lenovo Legion Go 2 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Radeon 890M (v6.92.6600)	41951 Points -14%
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (19153 - 52245, n=12, last 2 years)	37120 Points -24%
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Intel Core Ultra 7 258V, Arc 140V (v6.92.6600)	32540 Points -33%
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Intel Arc G3 Extreme, Arc B390 Panther Lake iGPU (v8.20.8100)	29106 Points -40%

AIDA64 / CPU AES
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Radeon 890M (v8.20.8100)	79019 MB/s
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Radeon 890M (v6.92.6600)	78434 MB/s -1%
Average AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme (72291 - 79019, n=3)	76581 MB/s -3%
Lenovo Legion Go 2 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Radeon 890M (v6.92.6600)	72291 MB/s -9%
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (18552 - 119040, n=11, last 2 years)	59534 MB/s -25%
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Intel Arc G3 Extreme, Arc B390 Panther Lake iGPU (v8.20.8100)	41250 MB/s -48%
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Intel Core Ultra 7 258V, Arc 140V (v6.92.6600)	38453 MB/s -51%

AIDA64 / CPU ZLib
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Radeon 890M (v8.20.8100)	1020 MB/s
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Radeon 890M (v6.92.6600)	990 MB/s -3%
Average AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme (721 - 1020, n=4)	898 MB/s -12%
Lenovo Legion Go 2 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Radeon 890M (v6.92.6600)	860 MB/s -16%
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (356 - 1112, n=12, last 2 years)	774 MB/s -24%
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Intel Arc G3 Extreme, Arc B390 Panther Lake iGPU (v8.20.8100)	739 MB/s -28%
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Intel Core Ultra 7 258V, Arc 140V (v6.92.6600)	616 MB/s -40%

AIDA64 / FP64 Ray-Trace
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Radeon 890M (v6.92.6600)	12084 KRay/s 0%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Radeon 890M (v8.20.8100)	12051 KRay/s
Lenovo Legion Go 2 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Radeon 890M (v6.92.6600)	11236 KRay/s -7%
Average AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme (9159 - 12084, n=4)	11133 KRay/s -8%
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (3585 - 14181, n=12, last 2 years)	8857 KRay/s -27%
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Intel Core Ultra 7 258V, Arc 140V (v6.92.6600)	6728 KRay/s -44%
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Intel Arc G3 Extreme, Arc B390 Panther Lake iGPU (v8.20.8100)	4669 KRay/s -61%

AIDA64 / CPU PhotoWorxx
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Intel Arc G3 Extreme, Arc B390 Panther Lake iGPU (v8.20.8100)	59897 MPixel/s +10%
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Intel Core Ultra 7 258V, Arc 140V (v6.92.6600)	54726 MPixel/s 0%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Radeon 890M (v8.20.8100)	54561 MPixel/s
Average AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme (52205 - 54561, n=4)	53214 MPixel/s -2%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Radeon 890M (v6.92.6600)	53205 MPixel/s -2%
Lenovo Legion Go 2 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Radeon 890M (v6.92.6600)	52886 MPixel/s -3%
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (19472 - 59897, n=12, last 2 years)	46107 MPixel/s -15%

AIDA64 / CPU CheckMate
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Radeon 890M (v8.20.8100)	5395 MP/s
Average AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme (n=1)	5395 MP/s 0%
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (2602 - 5395, n=2, last 2 years)	3999 MP/s -26%
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Intel Arc G3 Extreme, Arc B390 Panther Lake iGPU (v8.20.8100)	2602 MP/s -52%

Performance rating
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Arc B390 Panther Lake iGPU, Arc G3 Extreme, Micron 2500 1TB MTFDKBA1T0QGN	89.7 pt
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 Radeon 890M, Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Samsung PM9C1b MZVL81T0HFLB-00BTW	82.7 pt
Lenovo Legion Go 2 Radeon 890M, Ryzen Z2 Extreme, SK hynix PVC10 HFS001TEM4X182N	81.8 pt
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Arc 140V, Core Ultra 7 258V, Kioxia BG6 KBG60ZNS1T02	80.7 pt
Average AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, AMD Radeon 890M	77.1 pt
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X Radeon 890M, Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Samsung MZVMA1T0HCLD	72.7 pt
Average of class Handheld / UMPC	70.8 pt

PCMark 10 / Score
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Arc B390 Panther Lake iGPU, Arc G3 Extreme, Micron 2500 1TB MTFDKBA1T0QGN	9701 Points +16%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 Radeon 890M, Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Samsung PM9C1b MZVL81T0HFLB-00BTW	8381 Points
Lenovo Legion Go 2 Radeon 890M, Ryzen Z2 Extreme, SK hynix PVC10 HFS001TEM4X182N	8067 Points -4%
Average AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, AMD Radeon 890M (7068 - 8381, n=4)	7900 Points -6%
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Arc 140V, Core Ultra 7 258V, Kioxia BG6 KBG60ZNS1T02	7314 Points -13%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X Radeon 890M, Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Samsung MZVMA1T0HCLD	7068 Points -16%
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (3592 - 9701, n=12, last 2 years)	6981 Points -17%

PCMark 10 / Essentials
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Arc 140V, Core Ultra 7 258V, Kioxia BG6 KBG60ZNS1T02	11110 Points +9%
Lenovo Legion Go 2 Radeon 890M, Ryzen Z2 Extreme, SK hynix PVC10 HFS001TEM4X182N	10322 Points +1%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X Radeon 890M, Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Samsung MZVMA1T0HCLD	10311 Points +1%
Average AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, AMD Radeon 890M (10197 - 10390, n=4)	10305 Points +1%
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Arc B390 Panther Lake iGPU, Arc G3 Extreme, Micron 2500 1TB MTFDKBA1T0QGN	10213 Points 0%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 Radeon 890M, Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Samsung PM9C1b MZVL81T0HFLB-00BTW	10197 Points
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (7542 - 11262, n=12, last 2 years)	9938 Points -3%

PCMark 10 / Productivity
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Arc B390 Panther Lake iGPU, Arc G3 Extreme, Micron 2500 1TB MTFDKBA1T0QGN	19236 Points +30%
Lenovo Legion Go 2 Radeon 890M, Ryzen Z2 Extreme, SK hynix PVC10 HFS001TEM4X182N	14760 Points 0%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 Radeon 890M, Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Samsung PM9C1b MZVL81T0HFLB-00BTW	14741 Points
Average AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, AMD Radeon 890M (9567 - 14802, n=4)	13468 Points -9%
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (5015 - 19236, n=12, last 2 years)	10765 Points -27%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X Radeon 890M, Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Samsung MZVMA1T0HCLD	9567 Points -35%
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Arc 140V, Core Ultra 7 258V, Kioxia BG6 KBG60ZNS1T02	9535 Points -35%

PCMark 10 / Digital Content Creation
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Arc B390 Panther Lake iGPU, Arc G3 Extreme, Micron 2500 1TB MTFDKBA1T0QGN	12612 Points +19%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 Radeon 890M, Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Samsung PM9C1b MZVL81T0HFLB-00BTW	10629 Points
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Arc 140V, Core Ultra 7 258V, Kioxia BG6 KBG60ZNS1T02	10026 Points -6%
Average AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, AMD Radeon 890M (9317 - 10629, n=4)	9754 Points -8%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X Radeon 890M, Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Samsung MZVMA1T0HCLD	9715 Points -9%
Lenovo Legion Go 2 Radeon 890M, Ryzen Z2 Extreme, SK hynix PVC10 HFS001TEM4X182N	9353 Points -12%
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (3326 - 12612, n=12, last 2 years)	8906 Points -16%

CrossMark / Overall
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Arc B390 Panther Lake iGPU, Arc G3 Extreme, Micron 2500 1TB MTFDKBA1T0QGN	1881 Points +12%
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Arc 140V, Core Ultra 7 258V, Kioxia BG6 KBG60ZNS1T02	1731 Points +3%
Lenovo Legion Go 2 Radeon 890M, Ryzen Z2 Extreme, SK hynix PVC10 HFS001TEM4X182N	1687 Points 0%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 Radeon 890M, Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Samsung PM9C1b MZVL81T0HFLB-00BTW	1683 Points
Average AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, AMD Radeon 890M (1532 - 1687, n=4)	1625 Points -3%
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (865 - 1881, n=11, last 2 years)	1539 Points -9%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X Radeon 890M, Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Samsung MZVMA1T0HCLD	1532 Points -9%

CrossMark / Productivity
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Arc B390 Panther Lake iGPU, Arc G3 Extreme, Micron 2500 1TB MTFDKBA1T0QGN	1710 Points +7%
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Arc 140V, Core Ultra 7 258V, Kioxia BG6 KBG60ZNS1T02	1672 Points +5%
Lenovo Legion Go 2 Radeon 890M, Ryzen Z2 Extreme, SK hynix PVC10 HFS001TEM4X182N	1610 Points +1%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 Radeon 890M, Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Samsung PM9C1b MZVL81T0HFLB-00BTW	1595 Points
Average AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, AMD Radeon 890M (1453 - 1610, n=4)	1544 Points -3%
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (878 - 1719, n=11, last 2 years)	1468 Points -8%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X Radeon 890M, Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Samsung MZVMA1T0HCLD	1453 Points -9%

CrossMark / Creativity
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Arc B390 Panther Lake iGPU, Arc G3 Extreme, Micron 2500 1TB MTFDKBA1T0QGN	2150 Points +16%
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Arc 140V, Core Ultra 7 258V, Kioxia BG6 KBG60ZNS1T02	1919 Points +3%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 Radeon 890M, Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Samsung PM9C1b MZVL81T0HFLB-00BTW	1855 Points
Lenovo Legion Go 2 Radeon 890M, Ryzen Z2 Extreme, SK hynix PVC10 HFS001TEM4X182N	1796 Points -3%
Average AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, AMD Radeon 890M (1712 - 1855, n=4)	1784 Points -4%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X Radeon 890M, Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Samsung MZVMA1T0HCLD	1712 Points -8%
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (891 - 2150, n=11, last 2 years)	1694 Points -9%

CrossMark / Responsiveness
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Arc B390 Panther Lake iGPU, Arc G3 Extreme, Micron 2500 1TB MTFDKBA1T0QGN	1677 Points +14%
Lenovo Legion Go 2 Radeon 890M, Ryzen Z2 Extreme, SK hynix PVC10 HFS001TEM4X182N	1608 Points +9%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 Radeon 890M, Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Samsung PM9C1b MZVL81T0HFLB-00BTW	1477 Points
Average AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, AMD Radeon 890M (1291 - 1608, n=4)	1434 Points -3%
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Arc 140V, Core Ultra 7 258V, Kioxia BG6 KBG60ZNS1T02	1411 Points -4%
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (759 - 1677, n=11, last 2 years)	1335 Points -10%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X Radeon 890M, Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Samsung MZVMA1T0HCLD	1291 Points -13%

WebXPRT 3 / Overall
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Arc 140V, Core Ultra 7 258V, Kioxia BG6 KBG60ZNS1T02	314 Points +2%
Lenovo Legion Go 2 Radeon 890M, Ryzen Z2 Extreme, SK hynix PVC10 HFS001TEM4X182N	308 Points 0%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 Radeon 890M, Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Samsung PM9C1b MZVL81T0HFLB-00BTW	308 Points
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X Radeon 890M, Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Samsung MZVMA1T0HCLD	288 Points -6%
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Arc B390 Panther Lake iGPU, Arc G3 Extreme, Micron 2500 1TB MTFDKBA1T0QGN	288 Points -6%
Average AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, AMD Radeon 890M (205 - 308, n=4)	277 Points -10%
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (170.3 - 325, n=13, last 2 years)	273 Points -11%

WebXPRT 4 / Overall
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Arc 140V, Core Ultra 7 258V, Kioxia BG6 KBG60ZNS1T02	291 Points +11%
Lenovo Legion Go 2 Radeon 890M, Ryzen Z2 Extreme, SK hynix PVC10 HFS001TEM4X182N	263 Points 0%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 Radeon 890M, Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Samsung PM9C1b MZVL81T0HFLB-00BTW	263 Points
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Arc B390 Panther Lake iGPU, Arc G3 Extreme, Micron 2500 1TB MTFDKBA1T0QGN	252 Points -4%
Average AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, AMD Radeon 890M (229 - 263, n=4)	247 Points -6%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X Radeon 890M, Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Samsung MZVMA1T0HCLD	229 Points -13%
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (134.4 - 291, n=13, last 2 years)	228 Points -13%

Mozilla Kraken 1.1 / Total
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (428 - 931, n=12, last 2 years)	601 ms * -33%
Average AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, AMD Radeon 890M (452 - 756, n=4)	549 ms * -21%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X Radeon 890M, Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Samsung MZVMA1T0HCLD	517 ms * -14%
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Arc B390 Panther Lake iGPU, Arc G3 Extreme, Micron 2500 1TB MTFDKBA1T0QGN	499 ms * -10%
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Arc 140V, Core Ultra 7 258V, Kioxia BG6 KBG60ZNS1T02	479 ms * -6%
Lenovo Legion Go 2 Radeon 890M, Ryzen Z2 Extreme, SK hynix PVC10 HFS001TEM4X182N	472 ms * -4%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 Radeon 890M, Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Samsung PM9C1b MZVL81T0HFLB-00BTW	452 ms *

* ... smaller is better

PCMark 10 Score		8381 points
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AIDA64: Memory Copy | Memory Read | Memory Write | Memory Latency

AIDA64 / Memory Copy
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Intel Core Ultra 7 258V, Arc 140V	107929 MB/s +29%
Lenovo Legion Go 2 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Radeon 890M	93485 MB/s +12%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Radeon 890M	92176 MB/s +10%
Average AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme (83667 - 93485, n=4)	90503 MB/s +8%
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Intel Arc G3 Extreme, Arc B390 Panther Lake iGPU	88150 MB/s +5%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Radeon 890M	83667 MB/s
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (33517 - 107929, n=12, last 2 years)	80090 MB/s -4%

AIDA64 / Memory Read
Lenovo Legion Go 2 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Radeon 890M	103022 MB/s +9%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Radeon 890M	100379 MB/s +6%
Average AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme (94928 - 103022, n=4)	99896 MB/s +5%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Radeon 890M	94928 MB/s
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Intel Core Ultra 7 258V, Arc 140V	87827 MB/s -7%
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Intel Arc G3 Extreme, Arc B390 Panther Lake iGPU	82440 MB/s -13%
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (25476 - 103022, n=12, last 2 years)	79391 MB/s -16%

AIDA64 / Memory Write
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Intel Core Ultra 7 258V, Arc 140V	117883 MB/s +5%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Radeon 890M	111783 MB/s
Average AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme (104064 - 111783, n=4)	106130 MB/s -5%
Lenovo Legion Go 2 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Radeon 890M	104501 MB/s -7%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Radeon 890M	104172 MB/s -7%
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Intel Arc G3 Extreme, Arc B390 Panther Lake iGPU	91312 MB/s -18%
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (25595 - 117883, n=12, last 2 years)	88570 MB/s -21%

AIDA64 / Memory Latency
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (99.8 - 147.6, n=12, last 2 years)	116.4 ns * -7%
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Intel Arc G3 Extreme, Arc B390 Panther Lake iGPU	116.2 ns * -6%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Radeon 890M	114 ns * -4%
Lenovo Legion Go 2 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Radeon 890M	112.9 ns * -3%
Average AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme (106.4 - 114, n=4)	110.6 ns * -1%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Radeon 890M	109.2 ns *
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Intel Core Ultra 7 258V, Arc 140V	99.8 ns * +9%

* ... smaller is better

CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6

AS SSD

DiskSpd

Samsung PM9C1b MZVL81T0HFLB-00BTW

CDM 5/6 Read Seq Q32T1: 7109 MB/s

CDM 5/6 Write Seq Q32T1: 5818 MB/s

CDM 5/6 Read 4K Q32T1: 470 MB/s

CDM 5/6 Write 4K Q32T1: 702 MB/s

CDM 5/6 Read 4K: 60.9 MB/s

CDM 5/6 Write 4K: 138.7 MB/s

CDM 6 Write 4K Q8T8: 1531 MB/s

CDM 6 Read 4K Q8T8: 1647 MB/s

Drive Performance rating | DiskSpd | AS SSD

Drive Performance rating - Percent
Lenovo Legion Go 2 SK hynix PVC10 HFS001TEM4X182N	91.1 pt
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Micron 2500 1TB MTFDKBA1T0QGN	91 pt
Average Samsung PM9C1b MZVL81T0HFLB-00BTW	74.8 pt
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 Samsung PM9C1b MZVL81T0HFLB-00BTW	68.7 pt
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Kioxia BG6 KBG60ZNS1T02	68.1 pt
Average of class Handheld / UMPC	64 pt
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X Samsung MZVMA1T0HCLD	44.8 pt

DiskSpd
seq read
Lenovo Legion Go 2 SK hynix PVC10 HFS001TEM4X182N	4016 (4002^min - 4015.56^max) MB/s +111%
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Micron 2500 1TB MTFDKBA1T0QGN	3174 (3135.89^min - 3173.77^max) MB/s +67%
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Kioxia BG6 KBG60ZNS1T02	3141 (3077.71^min - 3140.5^max) MB/s +65%
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (1695 - 4016, n=12, last 2 years)	2928 MB/s +54%
Average Samsung PM9C1b MZVL81T0HFLB-00BTW (1902 - 3686, n=6)	2794 MB/s +47%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X Samsung MZVMA1T0HCLD	2567 (2517.63^min - 2567.33^max) MB/s +35%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 Samsung PM9C1b MZVL81T0HFLB-00BTW	1902 (1892.25^min - 1902.33^max) MB/s
seq write
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Micron 2500 1TB MTFDKBA1T0QGN	4859 (4802.1^min - 4859.45^max) MB/s +47%
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Kioxia BG6 KBG60ZNS1T02	4301 (4221.3^min - 4301.05^max) MB/s +30%
Lenovo Legion Go 2 SK hynix PVC10 HFS001TEM4X182N	4094 (4066.8^min - 4093.64^max) MB/s +24%
Average Samsung PM9C1b MZVL81T0HFLB-00BTW (1943 - 4939, n=6)	3435 MB/s +4%
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (886 - 4859, n=12, last 2 years)	3435 MB/s +4%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 Samsung PM9C1b MZVL81T0HFLB-00BTW	3312 (735.89^min - 3312.33^max) MB/s
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X Samsung MZVMA1T0HCLD	2711 (2193.01^min - 2711.02^max) MB/s -18%
seq q8 t1 read
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Micron 2500 1TB MTFDKBA1T0QGN	6997 (6181.98^min - 6996.58^max) MB/s +6%
Average Samsung PM9C1b MZVL81T0HFLB-00BTW (5597 - 7078, n=6)	6699 MB/s +1%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 Samsung PM9C1b MZVL81T0HFLB-00BTW	6621 (4599.45^min - 6621.37^max) MB/s
Lenovo Legion Go 2 SK hynix PVC10 HFS001TEM4X182N	6570 (6143.27^min - 6569.75^max) MB/s -1%
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Kioxia BG6 KBG60ZNS1T02	5739 (4997.3^min - 5739.33^max) MB/s -13%
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (2585 - 6997, n=12, last 2 years)	5615 MB/s -15%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X Samsung MZVMA1T0HCLD	4477 (4152.78^min - 4477.42^max) MB/s -32%
seq q8 t1 write
Lenovo Legion Go 2 SK hynix PVC10 HFS001TEM4X182N	5785 (5139.91^min - 5784.96^max) MB/s +33%
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Micron 2500 1TB MTFDKBA1T0QGN	5757 (5706.26^min - 5757.33^max) MB/s +32%
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Kioxia BG6 KBG60ZNS1T02	5252 (5232^min - 5251.88^max) MB/s +21%
Average Samsung PM9C1b MZVL81T0HFLB-00BTW (3705 - 5771, n=6)	5001 MB/s +15%
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (2740 - 5984, n=12, last 2 years)	4533 MB/s +4%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 Samsung PM9C1b MZVL81T0HFLB-00BTW	4350 (809.92^min - 4350.33^max) MB/s
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X Samsung MZVMA1T0HCLD	3947 (3257.07^min - 3947.47^max) MB/s -9%
4k q1 t1 read
Lenovo Legion Go 2 SK hynix PVC10 HFS001TEM4X182N	88.5 (87.96^min - 88.46^max) MB/s +88%
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Micron 2500 1TB MTFDKBA1T0QGN	72.6 (71.73^min - 72.59^max) MB/s +54%
Average Samsung PM9C1b MZVL81T0HFLB-00BTW (45.1 - 81.4, n=6)	63.9 MB/s +36%
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (39.7 - 88.5, n=12, last 2 years)	58 MB/s +23%
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Kioxia BG6 KBG60ZNS1T02	51.9 (48.63^min - 51.87^max) MB/s +10%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 Samsung PM9C1b MZVL81T0HFLB-00BTW	47 (38.8^min - 47.03^max) MB/s
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X Samsung MZVMA1T0HCLD	46.4 (45.97^min - 46.42^max) MB/s -1%
4k q1 t1 write
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Micron 2500 1TB MTFDKBA1T0QGN	241 (232.34^min - 241.13^max) MB/s +54%
Average Samsung PM9C1b MZVL81T0HFLB-00BTW (156.5 - 253, n=6)	214 MB/s +37%
Lenovo Legion Go 2 SK hynix PVC10 HFS001TEM4X182N	208 (189.44^min - 208.45^max) MB/s +33%
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Kioxia BG6 KBG60ZNS1T02	174.9 (155.08^min - 174.93^max) MB/s +12%
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (96.3 - 241, n=12, last 2 years)	172.4 MB/s +10%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 Samsung PM9C1b MZVL81T0HFLB-00BTW	156.5 (155.05^min - 156.48^max) MB/s
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X Samsung MZVMA1T0HCLD	145.2 (134.71^min - 145.19^max) MB/s -7%
4k q32 t16 read
Lenovo Legion Go 2 SK hynix PVC10 HFS001TEM4X182N	4139 (3507.82^min - 4139.35^max) MB/s +58%
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Micron 2500 1TB MTFDKBA1T0QGN	4107 (4090.49^min - 4107.42^max) MB/s +57%
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Kioxia BG6 KBG60ZNS1T02	2811 (2783.79^min - 2810.81^max) MB/s +7%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 Samsung PM9C1b MZVL81T0HFLB-00BTW	2622 (2597.23^min - 2621.54^max) MB/s
Average Samsung PM9C1b MZVL81T0HFLB-00BTW (708 - 4063, n=6)	2402 MB/s -8%
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (464 - 4139, n=12, last 2 years)	2203 MB/s -16%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X Samsung MZVMA1T0HCLD	784 (724.28^min - 784.45^max) MB/s -70%
4k q32 t16 write
Lenovo Legion Go 2 SK hynix PVC10 HFS001TEM4X182N	2687 (2638.86^min - 2687.04^max) MB/s +37%
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Micron 2500 1TB MTFDKBA1T0QGN	2472 (2446.48^min - 2472.45^max) MB/s +26%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 Samsung PM9C1b MZVL81T0HFLB-00BTW	1958 (849.01^min - 1957.56^max) MB/s
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Kioxia BG6 KBG60ZNS1T02	1714 (1195.48^min - 1713.63^max) MB/s -12%
Average Samsung PM9C1b MZVL81T0HFLB-00BTW (505 - 2590, n=6)	1643 MB/s -16%
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (232 - 2687, n=12, last 2 years)	1396 MB/s -29%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X Samsung MZVMA1T0HCLD	390 (322.94^min - 389.5^max) MB/s -80%

AS SSD
Score Total
Lenovo Legion Go 2 SK hynix PVC10 HFS001TEM4X182N	8420 Points +29%
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Micron 2500 1TB MTFDKBA1T0QGN	7863 Points +20%
Average Samsung PM9C1b MZVL81T0HFLB-00BTW (5124 - 9344, n=6)	6699 Points +3%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 Samsung PM9C1b MZVL81T0HFLB-00BTW	6528 Points
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (2035 - 8420, n=11, last 2 years)	5431 Points -17%
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Kioxia BG6 KBG60ZNS1T02	5356 Points -18%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X Samsung MZVMA1T0HCLD	2379 Points -64%
Score Read
Lenovo Legion Go 2 SK hynix PVC10 HFS001TEM4X182N	3499 Points +34%
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Micron 2500 1TB MTFDKBA1T0QGN	3034 Points +17%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 Samsung PM9C1b MZVL81T0HFLB-00BTW	2602 Points
Average Samsung PM9C1b MZVL81T0HFLB-00BTW (1188 - 3427, n=6)	2384 Points -8%
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Kioxia BG6 KBG60ZNS1T02	2252 Points -13%
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (702 - 3499, n=11, last 2 years)	2194 Points -16%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X Samsung MZVMA1T0HCLD	1089 Points -58%
Score Write
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Micron 2500 1TB MTFDKBA1T0QGN	3295 Points +20%
Average Samsung PM9C1b MZVL81T0HFLB-00BTW (2309 - 4249, n=6)	3199 Points +16%
Lenovo Legion Go 2 SK hynix PVC10 HFS001TEM4X182N	3165 Points +15%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 Samsung PM9C1b MZVL81T0HFLB-00BTW	2753 Points
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (745 - 3295, n=11, last 2 years)	2074 Points -25%
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Kioxia BG6 KBG60ZNS1T02	1976 Points -28%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X Samsung MZVMA1T0HCLD	745 Points -73%
Seq Read
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Micron 2500 1TB MTFDKBA1T0QGN	5537 MB/s +16%
Average Samsung PM9C1b MZVL81T0HFLB-00BTW (4700 - 5721, n=6)	5195 MB/s +9%
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Kioxia BG6 KBG60ZNS1T02	4909 MB/s +3%
Lenovo Legion Go 2 SK hynix PVC10 HFS001TEM4X182N	4878 MB/s +2%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 Samsung PM9C1b MZVL81T0HFLB-00BTW	4782 MB/s
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (193.2 - 5643, n=12, last 2 years)	4306 MB/s -10%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X Samsung MZVMA1T0HCLD	3832 MB/s -20%
Seq Write
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Micron 2500 1TB MTFDKBA1T0QGN	5152 MB/s +209%
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Kioxia BG6 KBG60ZNS1T02	4479 MB/s +168%
Lenovo Legion Go 2 SK hynix PVC10 HFS001TEM4X182N	4245 MB/s +154%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X Samsung MZVMA1T0HCLD	3373 MB/s +102%
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (80.9 - 5416, n=12, last 2 years)	3290 MB/s +97%
Average Samsung PM9C1b MZVL81T0HFLB-00BTW (1670 - 4528, n=6)	3020 MB/s +81%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 Samsung PM9C1b MZVL81T0HFLB-00BTW	1670 MB/s
4K Read
Lenovo Legion Go 2 SK hynix PVC10 HFS001TEM4X182N	78.2 MB/s +42%
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Micron 2500 1TB MTFDKBA1T0QGN	73.5 MB/s +33%
Average Samsung PM9C1b MZVL81T0HFLB-00BTW (55.1 - 74.7, n=6)	67 MB/s +22%
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (36.4 - 82.8, n=11, last 2 years)	59.7 MB/s +8%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 Samsung PM9C1b MZVL81T0HFLB-00BTW	55.1 MB/s
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Kioxia BG6 KBG60ZNS1T02	46.1 MB/s -16%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X Samsung MZVMA1T0HCLD	46 MB/s -17%
4K Write
Average Samsung PM9C1b MZVL81T0HFLB-00BTW (153.1 - 225, n=6)	194.5 MB/s +5%
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Micron 2500 1TB MTFDKBA1T0QGN	187.6 MB/s +2%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 Samsung PM9C1b MZVL81T0HFLB-00BTW	184.5 MB/s
Lenovo Legion Go 2 SK hynix PVC10 HFS001TEM4X182N	177.3 MB/s -4%
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (89.1 - 221, n=11, last 2 years)	160.2 MB/s -13%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X Samsung MZVMA1T0HCLD	157.2 MB/s -15%
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Kioxia BG6 KBG60ZNS1T02	135.5 MB/s -27%
4K-64 Read
Lenovo Legion Go 2 SK hynix PVC10 HFS001TEM4X182N	2933 MB/s +42%
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Micron 2500 1TB MTFDKBA1T0QGN	2406 MB/s +16%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 Samsung PM9C1b MZVL81T0HFLB-00BTW	2069 MB/s
Average Samsung PM9C1b MZVL81T0HFLB-00BTW (583 - 2784, n=6)	1798 MB/s -13%
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Kioxia BG6 KBG60ZNS1T02	1715 MB/s -17%
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (430 - 2933, n=11, last 2 years)	1666 MB/s -19%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X Samsung MZVMA1T0HCLD	660 MB/s -68%
4K-64 Write
Average Samsung PM9C1b MZVL81T0HFLB-00BTW (1961 - 3632, n=6)	2702 MB/s +12%
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Micron 2500 1TB MTFDKBA1T0QGN	2593 MB/s +8%
Lenovo Legion Go 2 SK hynix PVC10 HFS001TEM4X182N	2563 MB/s +7%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 Samsung PM9C1b MZVL81T0HFLB-00BTW	2402 MB/s
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (250 - 2593, n=11, last 2 years)	1647 MB/s -31%
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Kioxia BG6 KBG60ZNS1T02	1392 MB/s -42%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X Samsung MZVMA1T0HCLD	250 MB/s -90%
Access Time Read
Average Samsung PM9C1b MZVL81T0HFLB-00BTW (0.047 - 0.121, n=6)	0.08383 ms * -7%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 Samsung PM9C1b MZVL81T0HFLB-00BTW	0.078 ms *
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (0.021 - 0.148, n=11, last 2 years)	0.07155 ms * +8%
Lenovo Legion Go 2 SK hynix PVC10 HFS001TEM4X182N	0.053 ms * +32%
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Micron 2500 1TB MTFDKBA1T0QGN	0.044 ms * +44%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X Samsung MZVMA1T0HCLD	0.029 ms * +63%
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Kioxia BG6 KBG60ZNS1T02	0.025 ms * +68%
Access Time Write
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X Samsung MZVMA1T0HCLD	0.103 ms * -390%
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Kioxia BG6 KBG60ZNS1T02	0.084 ms * -300%
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (0.017 - 0.129, n=11, last 2 years)	0.05327 ms * -154%
Average Samsung PM9C1b MZVL81T0HFLB-00BTW (0.017 - 0.053, n=6)	0.026 ms * -24%
Lenovo Legion Go 2 SK hynix PVC10 HFS001TEM4X182N	0.024 ms * -14%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 Samsung PM9C1b MZVL81T0HFLB-00BTW	0.021 ms *
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Micron 2500 1TB MTFDKBA1T0QGN	0.02 ms * +5%

* ... smaller is better

Disk Throttling: DiskSpd Read Loop, Queue Depth 8

Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 Samsung PM9C1b MZVL81T0HFLB-00BTW; diskspd 2.0.17 f: Ø6118 (3274.86-6172.16) MB/s

MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Micron 2500 1TB MTFDKBA1T0QGN; diskspd 2.0.17 f: Ø6801 (5937.04-7009.1) MB/s

Lenovo Legion Go 2 SK hynix PVC10 HFS001TEM4X182N; diskspd 2.0.17 f: Ø4566 (3890.41-6566.26) MB/s

Asus ROG Xbox Ally X Samsung MZVMA1T0HCLD; diskspd 2.0.17 f: Ø4451 (3921.8-4532.57) MB/s

MSI Claw 8 AI+ Kioxia BG6 KBG60ZNS1T02; diskspd 2.0.17 f: Ø5845 (5515.38-5873.91) MB/s

GPU and Gaming Performance

The major issue of the new Ally X20 is the unchanged Radeon 890M iGPU. It simply cannot keep up with the performance of the Intel Arc B390 iGPU in the MSI Claw EX AI+, which offers about 20-30 % more gaming performance and also supports features like frame generation.

3DMark Performance rating | 3DMark 11 | 3DMark

3DMark Performance rating - Percent
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Intel Arc B390 12 Xe3 Panther Lake iGPU, Intel Arc G3 Extreme	100 pt
Average of class Handheld / UMPC	76.2 pt
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 AMD Radeon 890M, AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme	69.7 pt
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X AMD Radeon 890M, AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme	67.8 pt
Lenovo Legion Go 2 AMD Radeon 890M, AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme	66.4 pt
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Intel Arc Graphics 140V, Intel Core Ultra 7 258V	62.5 pt
Average AMD Radeon 890M	61.2 pt

3DMark 11 - 1280x720 Performance GPU
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Intel Arc B390 12 Xe3 Panther Lake iGPU, Intel Arc G3 Extreme	18740 Points +12%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 AMD Radeon 890M, AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme	16741 Points
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X AMD Radeon 890M, AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme	15988 Points -4%
Lenovo Legion Go 2 AMD Radeon 890M, AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme	15483 Points -8%
Average AMD Radeon 890M (8947 - 17483, n=33)	14613 Points -13%
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (8133 - 18864, n=12, last 2 years)	13852 Points -17%
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Intel Arc Graphics 140V, Intel Core Ultra 7 258V	11316 Points -32%

3DMark
1920x1080 Fire Strike Graphics
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Intel Arc B390 12 Xe3 Panther Lake iGPU, Intel Arc G3 Extreme	16487 Points +67%
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (5444 - 45916, n=14, last 2 years)	12320 Points +24%
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Intel Arc Graphics 140V, Intel Core Ultra 7 258V	9971 Points +1%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 AMD Radeon 890M, AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme	9899 Points
Lenovo Legion Go 2 AMD Radeon 890M, AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme	9851 Points 0%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X AMD Radeon 890M, AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme	9798 Points -1%
Average AMD Radeon 890M (5173 - 10037, n=33)	8706 Points -12%
2560x1440 Time Spy Graphics
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Intel Arc B390 12 Xe3 Panther Lake iGPU, Intel Arc G3 Extreme	6178 Points +67%
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (1769 - 21569, n=14, last 2 years)	4933 Points +34%
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Intel Arc Graphics 140V, Intel Core Ultra 7 258V	4118 Points +12%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 AMD Radeon 890M, AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme	3689 Points
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X AMD Radeon 890M, AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme	3620 Points -2%
Lenovo Legion Go 2 AMD Radeon 890M, AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme	3512 Points -5%
Average AMD Radeon 890M (1918 - 3753, n=34)	3255 Points -12%

3DMark 11 Performance		15588 points
3DMark Fire Strike Score		9057 points
3DMark Time Spy Score		4068 points
3DMark Steel Nomad Score		609 points
3DMark Steel Nomad Light Score		3493 points
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... in comparison

Blender / v3.3 Classroom CPU
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Intel Arc Graphics 140V, Intel Core Ultra 7 258V	546 Seconds * -57%
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (290 - 1026, n=12, last 2 years)	508 Seconds * -46%
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Intel Arc B390 12 Xe3 Panther Lake iGPU, Intel Arc G3 Extreme	409 Seconds * -18%
Lenovo Legion Go 2 AMD Radeon 890M, AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme	396 Seconds * -14%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X AMD Radeon 890M, AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme	364 Seconds * -5%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 AMD Radeon 890M, AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme	348 Seconds *
Average AMD Radeon 890M (211 - 475, n=32)	266 Seconds * +24%

* ... smaller is better

Performance rating - Percent
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Intel Arc G3 Extreme, Intel Arc B390 12 Xe3 Panther Lake iGPU	97.7 pt
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, AMD Radeon 890M	77.5 pt
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, AMD Radeon 890M	75.9 pt
Average of class Handheld / UMPC	72.1 pt
Lenovo Legion Go 2 ^-1! AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, AMD Radeon 890M	71.9 pt
MSI Claw 8 AI+ ^-1! Intel Core Ultra 7 258V, Intel Arc Graphics 140V	70.1 pt

Cyberpunk 2077 - 1920x1080 Ultra Preset (FSR off)
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Intel Arc G3 Extreme, Intel Arc B390 12 Xe3 Panther Lake iGPU	39.6 (30.4^min) fps +35%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, AMD Radeon 890M	29.3 (24^min) fps
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (12.4 - 91.4, n=18, last 2 years)	28.7 fps -2%
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Intel Core Ultra 7 258V, Intel Arc Graphics 140V	28.5 (23.4^min) fps -3%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, AMD Radeon 890M	28 (22.7^min) fps -4%
Lenovo Legion Go 2 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, AMD Radeon 890M	25.1 (19.3^min) fps -14%

Baldur's Gate 3 - 1920x1080 Ultra Preset AA:T
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Intel Arc G3 Extreme, Intel Arc B390 12 Xe3 Panther Lake iGPU	44.2 (38.4^min, 38.4^P0.1, 39.1^P1) fps +48%
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (16.8 - 118.8, n=16, last 2 years)	34.3 fps +15%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, AMD Radeon 890M	32.5 fps +9%
Lenovo Legion Go 2 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, AMD Radeon 890M	30.7 (20.5^min, 21^P0.1, 27.1^P1) fps +3%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, AMD Radeon 890M	29.8 (24.9^min, 25.2^P0.1, 27.2^P1) fps
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Intel Core Ultra 7 258V, Intel Arc Graphics 140V	28.7 fps -4%

GTA V - 1920x1080 Highest AA:4xMSAA + FX AF:16x
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Intel Arc G3 Extreme, Intel Arc B390 12 Xe3 Panther Lake iGPU	39.1 (4.38^min, 28.6^P1) fps +13%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, AMD Radeon 890M	34.7 (6.18^min, 23.8^P1) fps
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, AMD Radeon 890M	31.1 (6.35^min, 19.2^P1) fps -10%
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (14 - 39.2, n=11, last 2 years)	29.2 fps -16%

Final Fantasy XV Benchmark - 1920x1080 High Quality
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Intel Arc G3 Extreme, Intel Arc B390 12 Xe3 Panther Lake iGPU	49.2 fps +41%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, AMD Radeon 890M	34.9 fps
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, AMD Radeon 890M	34.8 fps 0%
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Intel Core Ultra 7 258V, Intel Arc Graphics 140V	34.4 fps -1%
Lenovo Legion Go 2 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, AMD Radeon 890M	32.4 fps -7%
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (17.9 - 50.3, n=16, last 2 years)	31.8 fps -9%

Strange Brigade - 1920x1080 ultra AA:ultra AF:16
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Intel Arc G3 Extreme, Intel Arc B390 12 Xe3 Panther Lake iGPU	91.9 (30.1^min, 68.8^P1) fps +53%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, AMD Radeon 890M	60 (42.2^min, 47.4^P1) fps
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, AMD Radeon 890M	58.8 (38^min, 41.4^P1) fps -2%
Lenovo Legion Go 2 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, AMD Radeon 890M	56.4 (34.8^min, 40.6^P1) fps -6%
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Intel Core Ultra 7 258V, Intel Arc Graphics 140V	56.1 (18^min, 29.5^P1) fps -6%
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (33.6 - 96.8, n=17, last 2 years)	55.3 fps -8%

Dota 2 Reborn - 1920x1080 ultra (3/3) best looking
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Intel Arc G3 Extreme, Intel Arc B390 12 Xe3 Panther Lake iGPU	102 (77.5^min) fps +31%
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Intel Core Ultra 7 258V, Intel Arc Graphics 140V	82.2 (57.3^min) fps +6%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, AMD Radeon 890M	78.3 (69.1^min) fps +1%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, AMD Radeon 890M	77.8 (68.8^min) fps
Lenovo Legion Go 2 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, AMD Radeon 890M	76.3 (66.1^min) fps -2%
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (30.8 - 103.8, n=16, last 2 years)	73 fps -6%

X-Plane 11.11 - 1920x1080 high (fps_test=3)
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, AMD Radeon 890M	44.7 fps
Lenovo Legion Go 2 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, AMD Radeon 890M	43.1 fps -4%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme, AMD Radeon 890M	43 fps -4%
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Intel Arc G3 Extreme, Intel Arc B390 12 Xe3 Panther Lake iGPU	37.5 fps -16%
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (22.7 - 50.5, n=16, last 2 years)	37.2 fps -17%
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Intel Core Ultra 7 258V, Intel Arc Graphics 140V	32.2 fps -28%

Cyberpunk 2077 ultra FPS Chart

Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Radeon 890M: Ø26.7 (24.2-27.1) fps

MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Arc G3 Extreme, Arc B390 Panther Lake iGPU: Ø38 (31.5-40.2) fps

Lenovo Legion Go 2 Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Radeon 890M: Ø21.8 (16.3-23.2) fps

Asus ROG Xbox Ally X Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Radeon 890M: Ø28.7 (26.6-29) fps

MSI Claw 8 AI+ Core Ultra 7 258V, Arc 140V: Ø25.3 (23.7-26.2) fps

	low	med.	high	ultra
GTA V (2015)	108.4		71.3	34.7
Dota 2 Reborn (2015)	104.9	95.3	84.2	77.8
Final Fantasy XV Benchmark (2018)			34.9
X-Plane 11.11 (2018)	70	56.7	44.7
Strange Brigade (2018)	159.9	82.7	70.9	60
Baldur's Gate 3 (2023)	47.2	36.3	29.9	29.8
Cyberpunk 2077 (2023)	52.7	43.1	33.4	29.3
F1 24 (2024)	100.9	95.2	71.6	17.8

Emissions & Power Consumption

System Noise

The Ally X20 is once again a very quiet device and you can only really hear the fans when you are playing games plugged-in in Turbo mode at 40 dB(A). On battery power, the fan noise is between 29-34 dB(A) depending on the profile. There were no other electronic noises.

Noise level

Idle		24 / 24 / 28.6 dB(A)
Load		33.5 / 40.2 dB(A)

	30 dB silent 40 dB(A) audible 50 dB(A) loud
min: , med: , max: Earthworks M23R, Arta (15 cm distance) environment noise: 24 dB(A)

	Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Radeon 890M	MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Arc G3 Extreme, Arc B390 Panther Lake iGPU	Lenovo Legion Go 2 Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Radeon 890M	Asus ROG Xbox Ally X Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Radeon 890M	MSI Claw 8 AI+ Core Ultra 7 258V, Arc 140V
Noise		-20%	-2%	-6%	-4%
off / environment * (dB)	24	24.5 -2%	24.7 -3%	24.2 -1%	24.7 -3%
Idle Minimum * (dB)	24	33.9 -41%	24.7 -3%	24.2 -1%	24.7 -3%
Idle Average * (dB)	24	33.9 -41%	24.7 -3%	24.2 -1%	24.7 -3%
Idle Maximum * (dB)	28.6	33.9 -19%	24.7 14%	29 -1%	28.9 -1%
Load Average * (dB)	33.5	42.3 -26%	39.7 -19%	41.4 -24%	37.3 -11%
Cyberpunk 2077 ultra * (dB)	40.2	42.3 -5%	39.7 1%	43.4 -8%	41.4 -3%
Load Maximum * (dB)	40.2	43.5 -8%	39.7 1%	43.4 -8%	41.4 -3%

* ... smaller is better

Temperature

Surface temperatures are absolutely no problem since the grips hardly warm up at all and the hot air is dissipated at the top of the chassis, where there is usually no skin contact.

Max. Load

Idle


39.7 °C 103 F	39.6 °C 103 F	37.7 °C 100 F
39.1 °C 102 F	39.5 °C 103 F	35.3 °C 96 F
37.3 °C 99 F	37.9 °C 100 F	35.1 °C 95 F

Maximum: 39.7 °C = 103 F
Average: 37.9 °C = 100 F


34.8 °C 95 F	38.8 °C 102 F	35.4 °C 96 F
32.5 °C 91 F	38.9 °C 102 F	35 °C 95 F
30.1 °C 86 F	33.1 °C 92 F	32.6 °C 91 F

Maximum: 38.9 °C = 102 F
Average: 34.6 °C = 94 F

Room Temperature 22 °C = 72 F | Fluke t3000FC (calibrated), Voltcraft IR-900

(±) The average temperature for the upper side under maximal load is 37.9 °C / 100 F, compared to the average of 32.8 °C / 91 F for the devices in the class Handheld / UMPC.
(+) The maximum temperature on the upper side is 39.7 °C / 103 F, compared to the average of 37.8 °C / 100 F, ranging from 26.6 to 55 °C for the class Handheld / UMPC.
(+) The bottom heats up to a maximum of 38.9 °C / 102 F, compared to the average of 36.6 °C / 98 F
(+) In idle usage, the average temperature for the upper side is 27.9 °C / 82 F, compared to the device average of 32.8 °C / 91 F.
(±) The palmrests and touchpad can get very hot to the touch with a maximum of 37.9 °C / 100.2 F.
(-) The average temperature of the palmrest area of similar devices was 32.4 °C / 90.3 F (-5.5 °C / -9.9 F).

	Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Radeon 890M	MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Arc G3 Extreme, Arc B390 Panther Lake iGPU	Lenovo Legion Go 2 Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Radeon 890M	Asus ROG Xbox Ally X Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Radeon 890M	MSI Claw 8 AI+ Core Ultra 7 258V, Arc 140V
Heat		8%	-13%	-6%	7%
Maximum Upper Side * (°C)	39.7	39.4 1%	42.9 -8%	40.8 -3%	36.6 8%
Maximum Bottom * (°C)	38.9	32.9 15%	35.8 8%	40.8 -5%	34.8 11%
Idle Upper Side * (°C)	29.4	27.3 7%	38.2 -30%	29.9 -2%	27.5 6%
Idle Bottom * (°C)	27.4	25.1 8%	33.1 -21%	30.6 -12%	27.2 1%

* ... smaller is better

Speakers

The stereo speakers once again offer decent sound quality.

Frequency diagram (checkboxes can be checked and unchecked to compare devices)

Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 audio analysis

(+) | speakers can play relatively loud (87.8 dB)
Bass 100 - 315 Hz
(-) | nearly no bass - on average 15.9% lower than median
(±) | linearity of bass is average (7% delta to prev. frequency)
Mids 400 - 2000 Hz
(±) | higher mids - on average 5.5% higher than median
(+) | mids are linear (3.4% delta to prev. frequency)
Highs 2 - 16 kHz
(+) | balanced highs - only 3.6% away from median
(+) | highs are linear (5.4% delta to prev. frequency)
Overall 100 - 16.000 Hz
(+) | overall sound is linear (13.7% difference to median)
Compared to same class
» 24% of all tested devices in this class were better, 4% similar, 72% worse
» The best had a delta of 12%, average was 17%, worst was 23%
Compared to all devices tested
» 15% of all tested devices were better, 4% similar, 81% worse
» The best had a delta of 4%, average was 23%, worst was 136%

MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM audio analysis

(+) | speakers can play relatively loud (85.2 dB)
Bass 100 - 315 Hz
(±) | reduced bass - on average 7.3% lower than median
(±) | linearity of bass is average (9% delta to prev. frequency)
Mids 400 - 2000 Hz
(±) | higher mids - on average 6.5% higher than median
(+) | mids are linear (3.2% delta to prev. frequency)
Highs 2 - 16 kHz
(+) | balanced highs - only 4.7% away from median
(+) | highs are linear (4.2% delta to prev. frequency)
Overall 100 - 16.000 Hz
(+) | overall sound is linear (12.1% difference to median)
Compared to same class
» 0% of all tested devices in this class were better, 12% similar, 88% worse
» The best had a delta of 12%, average was 17%, worst was 23%
Compared to all devices tested
» 10% of all tested devices were better, 2% similar, 88% worse
» The best had a delta of 4%, average was 23%, worst was 136%

Lenovo Legion Go 2 audio analysis

(+) | speakers can play relatively loud (85.1 dB)
Bass 100 - 315 Hz
(-) | nearly no bass - on average 16.4% lower than median
(±) | linearity of bass is average (10.7% delta to prev. frequency)
Mids 400 - 2000 Hz
(±) | higher mids - on average 6.9% higher than median
(+) | mids are linear (6.8% delta to prev. frequency)
Highs 2 - 16 kHz
(+) | balanced highs - only 2.9% away from median
(+) | highs are linear (3.9% delta to prev. frequency)
Overall 100 - 16.000 Hz
(±) | linearity of overall sound is average (15.6% difference to median)
Compared to same class
» 40% of all tested devices in this class were better, 8% similar, 52% worse
» The best had a delta of 12%, average was 17%, worst was 23%
Compared to all devices tested
» 24% of all tested devices were better, 5% similar, 71% worse
» The best had a delta of 4%, average was 23%, worst was 136%

Asus ROG Xbox Ally X audio analysis

(+) | speakers can play relatively loud (86.6 dB)
Bass 100 - 315 Hz
(±) | reduced bass - on average 14.8% lower than median
(±) | linearity of bass is average (7.7% delta to prev. frequency)
Mids 400 - 2000 Hz
(±) | higher mids - on average 5.4% higher than median
(+) | mids are linear (3.5% delta to prev. frequency)
Highs 2 - 16 kHz
(+) | balanced highs - only 4% away from median
(+) | highs are linear (4.4% delta to prev. frequency)
Overall 100 - 16.000 Hz
(+) | overall sound is linear (12.8% difference to median)
Compared to same class
» 12% of all tested devices in this class were better, 12% similar, 76% worse
» The best had a delta of 12%, average was 17%, worst was 23%
Compared to all devices tested
» 12% of all tested devices were better, 3% similar, 85% worse
» The best had a delta of 4%, average was 23%, worst was 136%

MSI Claw 8 AI+ audio analysis

(+) | speakers can play relatively loud (85 dB)
Bass 100 - 315 Hz
(±) | reduced bass - on average 14.5% lower than median
(±) | linearity of bass is average (8.8% delta to prev. frequency)
Mids 400 - 2000 Hz
(+) | balanced mids - only 2.1% away from median
(+) | mids are linear (2.1% delta to prev. frequency)
Highs 2 - 16 kHz
(+) | balanced highs - only 2.4% away from median
(+) | highs are linear (4.2% delta to prev. frequency)
Overall 100 - 16.000 Hz
(+) | overall sound is linear (11.9% difference to median)
Compared to same class
» 0% of all tested devices in this class were better, 12% similar, 88% worse
» The best had a delta of 12%, average was 17%, worst was 23%
Compared to all devices tested
» 9% of all tested devices were better, 3% similar, 88% worse
» The best had a delta of 4%, average was 23%, worst was 136%

Power Consumption and Battery Life

Our EU test sample was shipped without a PSU, and we recommend a 100 Watt charger to be on the safe side. If you play plugged-in in Turbo mode, the consumption can reach up to 85 Watts for 10 seconds, before it eventually levels off at ~58 Watts. We are happy to report that the switch to the larger OLED screen did not affect the battery runtimes, as the results for our Wi-Fi test and gaming tests are pretty much identical to last year's ROG Xbox Ally X.

Power Consumption

Off / Standby	0.36 / 0.7 Watt
Idle	4.4 / 6.2 / 6.5 Watt
Load	39.2 / 85 Watt


Key: min: , med: , max: Metrahit Energy

	Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Radeon 890M, Samsung PM9C1b MZVL81T0HFLB-00BTW, OLED, 1920x1080, 7.4"	MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Arc G3 Extreme, Arc B390 Panther Lake iGPU, Micron 2500 1TB MTFDKBA1T0QGN, , 1920x1200, 8"	Lenovo Legion Go 2 Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Radeon 890M, SK hynix PVC10 HFS001TEM4X182N, OLED, 1920x1200, 8.8"	Asus ROG Xbox Ally X Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Radeon 890M, Samsung MZVMA1T0HCLD, IPS, 1920x1080, 7"	MSI Claw 8 AI+ Core Ultra 7 258V, Arc 140V, Kioxia BG6 KBG60ZNS1T02, IPS, 1920x1200, 8"	Average AMD Radeon 890M	Average of class Handheld / UMPC
Power Consumption		-13%	-33%	1%	11%	-30%	-21%
Idle Minimum * (Watt)	4.4	6.4 -45%	7.1 -61%	3.7 16%	3.2 27%	5.45 ?(2.4 - 11.8, n=30) -24%	5.95 ?(3.2 - 11.4, n=12, last 2 years) -35%
Idle Average * (Watt)	6.2	9.1 -47%	10.7 -73%	6.1 2%	6.3 -2%	7.85 ?(3.6 - 12.3, n=30) -27%	8.43 ?(5.5 - 12.6, n=12, last 2 years) -36%
Idle Maximum * (Watt)	6.5	9.6 -48%	11.3 -74%	6.2 5%	6.6 -2%	9.25 ?(5.5 - 15.9, n=30) -42%	9.96 ?(5.8 - 16.5, n=12, last 2 years) -53%
Load Average * (Watt)	39.2	40.2 -3%	50.2 -28%	56.1 -43%	40.6 -4%	63.7 ?(39.2 - 93.4, n=29) -63%	43 ?(22.1 - 56.1, n=8, last 2 years) -10%
Cyberpunk 2077 ultra * (Watt)	55.9	40.1 28%	51.4 8%	54.5 3%	47 16%
Load Maximum * (Watt)	85	55.3 35%	58.6 31%	66.4 22%	59.3 30%	80.2 ?(56.4 - 120.9, n=30) 6%	60 ?(40.8 - 85, n=11, last 2 years) 29%
Cyberpunk 2077 ultra external monitor * (Watt)		40.6	51.1	55	46.7

* ... smaller is better

Battery Runtime


WiFi Websurfing		16h 37min

Battery Runtime - WiFi Websurfing
MSI Claw 8 AI+ Core Ultra 7 258V, Arc 140V, 80 Wh	23.6 h +42%
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Radeon 890M, 80 Wh	16.6 h
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Radeon 890M, 80 Wh	16.6 h 0%
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Arc G3 Extreme, Arc B390 Panther Lake iGPU, 80 Wh	13.6 h -18%
Average of class Handheld / UMPC (5.43 - 23.6, n=12, last 2 years)	12.6 h -24%
Lenovo Legion Go 2 Ryzen Z2 Extreme, Radeon 890M, 74 Wh	10.5 h -37%

Notebookcheck Rating

Back to the verdict

Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 - 10/16/2026 v8
Andreas Osthoff

Chassis

87 / 98 → 89%

Mechanical Inputs

87%

Pointing Device

100%

Connectivity

67 / 68 → 98%

Weight

79 / 69-83 → 71%

Battery

90%

Display

91%

Games Performance

57 / 75 → 76%

Application Performance

86 / 92 → 94%

Temperature

91%

Noise

84%

Audio

80 / 91 → 88%

Average

68%

88%

Handheld / UMPC - Weighted Average

CO2 Emissions
No Data

Materials
50%

Packaging
50%

Power Use
83.1%

Repairability
40%

Software Updates
22.3%

Total Sustainability Score: 40.9%

Potential Competitors in Comparison

Image	Model / Review	Price	Weight	Height	Display
1. 87.6%	Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme ⎘ AMD Radeon 890M ⎘ 24 GB Memory, 1000 GB SSD	Amazon: 1. $1,099.99 HIDevolution [2025] ASUS ROG... 2. $734.99 ASUS ROG Xbox Ally Gaming Ha... 3. $1,449.99 ASUS ROG Xbox Ally Gaming Ha... List Price: 1399€	756 g	51.3 mm	7.40" 1920x1080 298 PPI OLED
2. 85.3%	MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ CG3EM Intel Arc G3 Extreme ⎘ Intel Arc B390 12 Xe3 Panther Lake iGPU ⎘ 32 GB Memory, 1024 GB SSD	Amazon: 1. $2,099.00 MSI Claw PC Gaming Handheld:... 2. $1,074.99 msi Claw A8 PC Gaming Handhe... 3. $913.49 msi Claw PC Gaming Handheld:... List Price: 1649€	786 g	48 mm	8.00" 1920x1200 283 PPI
3. 82.8%	Lenovo Legion Go 2 AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme ⎘ AMD Radeon 890M ⎘ 32 GB Memory, 1024 GB SSD	Amazon: 1. $1,329.99 Lenovo Legion Go 2 Gaming Ha... 2. $1,299.00 Lenovo Legion Go 2 – Mobil... 3. Lenovo Legion Go Gen 2 Flags... List Price: 1500€	922 g	42.25 mm	8.80" 1920x1200 257 PPI OLED
4. 85.9%	Asus ROG Xbox Ally X AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme ⎘ AMD Radeon 890M ⎘ 24 GB Memory, 1024 GB SSD	List Price: 899€	718 g	50.9 mm	7.00" 1920x1080 315 PPI IPS
5. 84.7%	MSI Claw 8 AI+ Intel Core Ultra 7 258V ⎘ Intel Arc Graphics 140V ⎘ 32 GB Memory, 512 GB SSD	List Price: 999€	793 g	30 mm	8.00" 1920x1200 283 PPI IPS

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A stunning OLED screen - Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 Gaming Handheld Review

The OLED screen is a game changer.

Verdict - Stunning screen, but somewhat disappointing performance

Pros

Cons

Price and Availability

Table of Contents

Specifications

Case, Connectivity and Input Devices

Size Comparison

Display - Stunning OLED

Display Response Times

Screen Flickering / PWM (Pulse-Width Modulation)

Performance - Ryzen Z2 Extreme

Testing Conditions

Processor, System & SSD Performance

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GPU and Gaming Performance

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Emissions & Power Consumption

System Noise

Temperature

Speakers

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Power Consumption and Battery Life

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