AYANEO 3
AYANEO · Released Mar 2025 · 3
AYANEO's modular flagship: a 7-inch handheld with an optional 144Hz OLED, top-end Ryzen power, swappable controllers and OCuLink eGPU support.
Pros
- +Optional stunning 144Hz OLED HDR screen
- +Flagship Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 performance
- +Modular swappable controllers and OCuLink eGPU support
- +Premium build with Hall effect controls
Cons
- −Very expensive in higher configurations
- −Heavy
- −Windows handheld friction
What can it play?
Emulation performance by platform, based on real-world testing.
Full specifications
Hardware
- Chipset (SoC)
- AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (or Ryzen 7 8840U)
- CPU
- Up to 12-core Zen 5, up to 5.1GHz
- GPU
- AMD Radeon 890M (RDNA 3.5)
- RAM
- 16GB – 64GB LPDDR5X (7500 MT/s)
- Storage
- 512GB NVMe SSD (PCIe 4.0), 2TB NVMe SSD (PCIe 4.0)
- Weight
- 720 g
- Dimensions
- 290 x 115 x 22 mm
- Cooling
- Active (fan)
Display
- Size
- 7″
- Resolution
- 1920x1080
- Panel
- OLED HDR (144Hz) or high-refresh LCD
- Refresh rate
- 144 Hz
- Touchscreen
- Yes
Battery & Connectivity
- Battery
- 6500 mAh
- Real-world life
- ~3 hours
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 6E
- Bluetooth
- Bluetooth 5.2
- Ports
- USB4, OCuLink (eGPU), USB-C, 3.5mm headphone, microSD
- Expandable storage
- Yes (microSD)
Controls
- Analog sticks
- 2
- D-pad
- Yes
- Face buttons
- Yes
- Analog triggers
- Yes
- Gyroscope
- Yes
- Hall effect sticks
- Yes
Software & custom firmware
Ships with: Windows 11
Also plays natively: Steam, Xbox Game Pass, All PC storefronts
Custom firmware
Our verdict
The AYANEO 3 is the brand's most ambitious Windows handheld yet, offering an optional gorgeous 144Hz OLED HDR screen, the flagship Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, modular swappable controller faceplates, and OCuLink for an external GPU. Build quality and Hall effect controls are excellent. The cost climbs steeply with RAM, storage and the OLED panel, and it is heavy, but for enthusiasts who want a do-everything premium handheld it is a showcase device.