The GPD Win 5 is probably one of the most anticipated gaming handhelds of 2025. And rightly so. It features one of the most powerful APU series on the market, the AMD Ryzen AI Max, and its design will likely remind you of the popular PlayStation Vita.

But how close is the hype around the GPD Win 5 to the real thing? To answer that, YouTuber The Phawx recently put the device through its paces, giving us an early look at the upcoming AMD Strix Halo gaming handheld's design and performance.

The GPD Win 5 variant tested by the YouTuber was the top-spec model, powered by an AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 with 64 GB of memory and a 4 TB SSD, with a retail price of $2,268. They also mentioned plans to test the lower-spec base model, powered by the AMD Ryzen AI Max 385, which carries a retail price of $1,599, very soon.

In their testing, The Phawx demonstrated just how much of a leap Strix Halo represents over AMD's previous best, the Strix Point Ryzen AI 9 HX 370. Even when both systems were locked to a similar total power draw of around 42 W, the GPD Win 5 consistently pulled ahead in GPU-heavy titles. Take God of War: Ragnarok for example. The HX 370-powered handheld delivered about 69 FPS, while the Win 5 managed a steadier 80 FPS under the same wattage.