Watt for watt, its Z2 Go chip simply can’t compete with the Steam Deck, and it’s far weaker than the Z1 Extreme in last year’s handhelds. That’s inexcusable at the $730 price you’ll currently pay for the Windows version, and I won’t be the first reviewer to say so. But with this less efficient chip and a mere 55 watt-hour battery, I worry the Legion Go S isn’t a good choice at all.
Saved you having your data collected by the Verge’s 874 data brokers.
- This costs $80 more than the Legion Go w/ Z1E and $280 more than Z1E Ally. How do they expect that to work?
- Z2 Go is probably more comparable to Z1 (non-E) but that was left out of this comparison altogether.
- This is probably not good for the future of SteamOS. Valve needs to get some more suitable hardware on the list quickly.
It’s a slightly more performant GPU with a worse CPU than a Z1. (Zen3 vs Zen4, 680M vs 740M)
But we’re talking very slightly better GPU performance, so calling it essentially equivalent for gaming is probably perfectly reasonable.
Except, of course, you can find the Z1 Ally for $250 at BestBuy damn near any day of the week, soooooo uh, yeah that pricing huh.
The real test will be when it’s released with SteamOS pre-installed.
