IS THE AYANEO KUN the king of handheld gaming PCs? That’s what the company is clearly aiming for with a name like that, and it gets so damned close. Yet, there are the little things that get in the way of the full regal verdict.
Hold that thought—the Ayaneo Kun is based on the exact same silicon as most other gaming handhelds. Yup, it’s the AMD Ryzen 7 7840U (occasionally known as the Ryzen Z1 Extreme), and it’s the SoC de jour, paired here with 32GB of RAM and a 2TB SSD. It’s a huge amount of hardware for a handheld.
Ayaneo itself has a host of different devices, from the tiny Air 1S to its Flip in two different designs, and the Slide. The Kun is perhaps the most traditional of the lot, but it has its own claims to innovation, the unique 54W mode on its 30W APU being one of them. It’s also very big, with a large 8.4-inch screen, though in a Steam Deck-y way it still feels good in the hand.