AMD's top Ryzen AI chip featuring Zen 5 with a juiced graphics card is heading to a portable gaming PC next month

OneXPlayer (also known as One-Netbook) has announced the OneXFly F1 Pro, a new handheld. It has a 7-inch OLED screen, 144 Hz refresh rates, and a RGB-loaded exterior. The chip that powers it is more exciting. AMD's Ryzen AI 9HX 370 is the latest mobile processor from AMD.

The OneXFly F1 Pro has been announced on the One Netbook YouTube channel. We don't know all the details but we are looking forward to them. The handheld is described as having a refresh rate higher than usual of 144 Hz. This might just about be possible with the HX 370 890M GPU, in the least demanding games.

OneXPlayer mentions the screen's "wide gamut", "stunning bright", and "vibrant colours" in the video. All of these sound very promising. You could say the exact same thing about any OLED display. It also has a narrow bezel on all sides of the screen. However, it is noticeably slimmer at the top and bottom.

The joysticks reportedly do not drift, probably because they use Hall effect sensors. OneXPlayer has used the Hall effect in other recent designs, including the ludicrously huge OneXPlayer X1 that we reviewed recently. Let's hope the F1 Pro won't be a damp squib.

We have had a great experience with the OneXFly, and even awarded it 87% of our review.

The choice of chip is the main event. OneXPlayer teases three different AMD chipsets, indicating a few different options. These are the Ryzen 7/8840U, Ryzen AI 9/365, and Ryzen AI 9/HX 370.

The Ryzen 7/8840U isn't a new chip. I reviewed the Ayaneo Flip DS recently, which uses this chip. It's an excellent processor, but it's almost identical to the 7840U which, in turn is almost identical to Z1 Extreme. All three feature the Radeon 720M GPU. This option will give you a performance and power requirement that is similar to most handheld gaming PCs currently on the market.

The Ryzen AI 9 365 chip is interesting. It's a brand-new chip that offers a powerful CPU with four Zen 5 Cores and six Zen 5c Cores (basically 'lite' versions the full Zen 5 Core). The Radeon 880M is also included. This GPU has only 12 Compute units (CUs), so it's not the best. It is built on the latest RDNA 3.5 architecture, which is tailored for low-power environments. This could be useful on a portable.

The Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 is the star of the show. It's the chip I tested in July, and said it would be a great processor for a portable gaming PC. It has four Zen 5 cores, and eight Zen 5c. It also comes with a Radeon 990M GPU. It has 16 RDNA 3.5 CPUs, which was even at its worst around 20% faster in my tests than the 780M.

Here are some of my benchmarks to give you a better idea of the performance jump between the 890M and 780M.

The question that is frequently asked on YouTube and Discord and we don't know the answer to yet, is if the device will have a battery similar to the ROG Ally X (80.0 Whr), or if it will be smaller. The battery life will be determined by how well the HX 370 can adapt to the limitations of a compact handheld. An 80 Whr would not go amiss. If the Ally X can do it in a compact shell, then I'm sure others will follow suit.

The HX 370, with a little tweaking for a restricted handheld PC chassis should work a treat in a new generation handheld gaming PCs. OneXFly F1 Pro is one of the earliest to be widely available and will compete for a place in our guide of the best handheld gaming PCs.

The official announcement of the device states that it will be "coming soon", but I'm pretty sure it'll come out in November.

No word yet on the price, but I would expect that the HX 370 will come with a fairly hefty premium. Did someone say $1,000+?