Radeon Steam Deck 8CU vs Apple M1 Pro 14-Core GPU

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	no data	RDNA 2 (2020−2022)
GPU code name	no data	RDNA 2 Sephiroth
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	10 November 2020 (3 years ago)	9 November 2023 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	14	512
Core clock speed	1296 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	no data	1900 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	no data

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	LPDDR5-6400	no data
Shared memory	-	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	10 November 2020	9 November 2023
Chip lithography	5 nm	6 nm

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