ASUS's highly anticipated ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X have made their debut at Gamescom 2025 in Cologne. Availability is a key factor for most gamers, and according to the official Xbox website, both models will be released on October 16. You can enter your email address to receive a notification when they become available.
The ROG Xbox Ally is powered by an AMD Ryzen Z2 A-series processor with four Zen 2 cores, eight threads, and eight RDNA 2 GPU cores. It comes with 16 GB of LPDDR5X-6400 RAM, a 512 GB M.2 SSD, and a 60 Wh battery. On the other hand, the ROG Xbox Ally X features the AMD Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme, an 8-core, 16-thread Zen 5 APU with 16 RDNA 3.5 GPU cores, an integrated NPU, 24 GB of LPDDR5X-8000 RAM, a 1 TB M.2 SSD, and an 80 Wh battery.
Both versions run on the Windows 11 OS, with some customization options available during installation. This includes the Xbox full-screen experience and an Xbox button that opens an enhanced Game Bar overlay in the OS. Xbox is also focusing on performance optimization, with the ROG Ally X offering advanced shader delivery that preloads a game's shaders during download. This allows supported titles to launch and run much faster on first play, with reports indicating up to 10 times faster in some cases. Additionally, the integrated NPU enables Automatic Super Resolution, which upscales frames rendered at lower resolutions to higher-resolution output while maintaining the framerate without developer intervention.
