Steam Deck GPU vs Radeon R9 Nano

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	318	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	4.81	no data
Power efficiency	9.03	no data
Architecture	GCN 3.0 (2014−2019)	RDNA 2.0 (2020−2025)
GPU code name	Fiji	Van Gogh
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	27 August 2015 (11 years ago)	25 February 2022 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$649	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

Currently popular graphics cards are shown for comparison.

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	4096	512
Compute units	64	no data
Core clock speed	no data	1000 MHz
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	1600 MHz
Number of transistors	8,900 million	2,400 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	175 Watt	15 Watt
Texture fill rate	256.0	51.20
Floating-point processing power	8.192 TFLOPS	1.638 TFLOPS
ROPs	64	16
TMUs	256	32
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	8
L0 Cache	no data	128 KB
L1 Cache	1 MB	128 KB
L2 Cache	2 MB	1024 KB

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	no data
Length	152 mm	298 mm
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	None
Bridgeless CrossFire	+	-

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.

Memory type	High Bandwidth Memory (HBM)	LPDDR5
High bandwidth memory (HBM)	+	no data
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	16 GB
Memory bus width	4096 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	500 MHz	1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth	512 GB/s	88 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data
Resizable BAR	-	+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x USB Type-C
Eyefinity	+	-
Number of Eyefinity displays	6	no data
HDMI	+	-
DisplayPort support	+	-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAcceleration	+	-
CrossFire	+	-
FRTC	+	-
FreeSync	+	-
HD3D	+	-
LiquidVR	+	-
PowerTune	+	-
TressFX	+	-
TrueAudio	+	-
ZeroCore	+	-
VCE	+	-
DDMA audio	+	no data

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.3	6.8
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	2.0
Vulkan	+	1.3
Mantle	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	27 August 2015	25 February 2022
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	16 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	175 Watt	15 Watt