GPD has returned fresh from updating the Win 4 to AMD's Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 APU. Now, the company has turned to the Win Max 2, which originally arrived in 2022 with the Ryzen 7 6800U. However, GPD updated it to the Ryzen 5 7640U and Ryzen 7 7840U less than a year later before switching the device to the Ryzen 5 8640U and Ryzen 7 8840U (curr. $1,287.95 on Amazon) in the spring.
Now, GPD is offering the Win Max 2 2025 with a choice between the existing Ryzen 7 8840U and Ryzen AI 9 HX 370. On the face of it, the inclusion of the Ryzen 7 8840U may sound unusual, given that it is present on the Win Max 2. With that being said, it seems that the Win Max 2 2025 contains a few additional upgrades over just an APU swap.
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For reference, that APU swap to a Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 yields a 30% theoretical performance improvement over the Ryzen 7 8840U. Conversely, the APU's Radeon 890M iGPU only outperforms the Radeon 780M found in the Ryzen 7 8840U by about 15% in games. Nonetheless, the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 and Radeon 890M should perform more efficiently at lower TDPs than the Ryzen 7 8840U and Radeon 780M.
Moreover, the Win Max 2 2025 has a 12.5% brighter display than its predecessor at 450 nits vs. 400 nits. Please note that GPD continues to include a 60 Hz and 2,560 x 1,600-pixel panel, though. Furthermore, the new Win Max 2 features a second USB4 port that the 2024 edition lacked. Meanwhile, it seems that the USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A ports are new; unfortunately, it is unclear whether older models conformed to the Gen 1 or Gen 2 standards.
On top of that, it looks as though the Win Max 2 2025 ships with LPDDR5X RAM clocked at 7,500 MT/s by default, unlike earlier models. Currently, the new Win Max 2 is available to back on Indiegogo for ~$958 with a Ryzen 7 8840U, 32 GB of RAM and 1 TB of storage. Alternatively, the machine costs ~$1,462 with AMD's new Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, as well as 64 GB of RAM and 2 TB of storage. At the time of publication, GPD hopes to begin shipping both variants later this month.