ONEXPLAYER X2 Mini Pro starts at $2,399 with Ryzen AI Max+ 388
The Max+ 388 was the perfect APU for gaming handheld, but this price is just ridiculous.
ONEXPLAYER has confirmed pricing for its X2 Mini Pro handheld, and the final specification now lists AMD’s Ryzen AI Max+ 388 instead of the previously advertised Ryzen AI Max+ 395. The system will launch through crowdfunding platform on June 15, according to NotebookCheck, with the cheapest configuration priced at $2,399.
The price also puts the X2 Mini Pro far above current consoles. At $2,399, the cheapest configuration costs around 3.7 times more than a standard $649.99 PS5 and around 5.3 times more than the $449.99 Nintendo Switch 2. It is also 2.7 times more expensive than Sony’s $899.99 PS5 Pro, despite now using Ryzen AI Max+ 388 instead of the previously promoted Max+ 395. So you have a choice of buying Switch for your family or one console for yourself.
Price up to $2859
The 2399 is just the lowest config with Ryzen AI Max+ 388, 48GB of memory and 1TB of storage. The 64GB + 1TB model costs $2,699, while the 64GB + 2TB version reaches $2,799. The Liquid-Cooled Edition starts at $2,459.99 and tops out at $2,859.99 for the 64GB + 2TB model.
Source: Onexplayer
Downgrade from MAX+ 395 to MAX+ 388
This is a change from earlier X2 Mini marketing. As we covered before, ONEXPLAYER first teased the handheld with Ryzen AI Max+ 395 and an 8.8-inch OLED display. The newer product page now lists Ryzen AI Max+ 388, and several backers have already pointed out the change in the campaign comments.
The downgrade is mainly on the CPU side. Ryzen AI Max+ 395 is a 16-core, 32-thread Strix Halo APU with 64MB of L3 cache and boost clocks up to 5.1 GHz. Ryzen AI Max+ 388 cuts that to 8 cores, 16 threads, 32MB of L3 cache and boost clocks up to 5.0 GHz. Both chips have the same 55W default TDP and 45W to 120W configurable range. Both also have the same Radeon 8060S graphics.
For gaming, 8 cores is probably enough, but imagine waiting for double the cores (as advertised earlier) and suddenly it’s just half of them. OneXplayer has not responded to any user asking why there’s a downgrade in specs.
I was hoping Strix Halo would at some point really become an interesting APU for gamers, but they are not even offering a 16GB of 24GB memory option here, so it’s clearly not for gamers.
Source: NotebookCheck
