Radeon Steam Deck 8CU vs Apollo Lake GT1 5
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 489 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Generation 9.0 (2015−2016) | RDNA 2 (2022−2023) |
| GPU code name | Apollo Lake GT1 5 | RDNA 2 Sephiroth |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | no data | 9 November 2023 (2 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 144 | 512 |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1900 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 6 nm |
| ROPs | 3 | no data |
| TMUs | 18 | no data |
| L1 Cache | no data | 512 KB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 1 MB |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Shared memory | no data | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12.0 (12_1) | 12_1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | no data |
Pros & cons summary
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 6 nm |
Steam Deck 8CU has a 133% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Apollo Lake GT1 5 and Radeon Steam Deck 8CU. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Apollo Lake GT1 5 is a desktop graphics card while Radeon Steam Deck 8CU is a notebook one.
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