Steam Deck OLED GPU vs Radeon 610M
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 847 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | 69 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 13.42 | no data |
| Architecture | RDNA 2.0 (2020−2025) | RDNA 2.0 (2020−2025) |
| GPU code name | Dragon Range | Sephiroth |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 3 January 2023 (2 years ago) | 9 November 2023 (1 year ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 128 | 512 |
| Core clock speed | 400 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2200 MHz | 1600 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 2,400 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 5 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 15 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 17.60 | 51.20 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.5632 TFLOPS | 1.638 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 16 |
| TMUs | 8 | 32 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 2 | 8 |
| L0 Cache | 32 KB | 128 KB |
| L1 Cache | 32 KB | 128 KB |
| L2 Cache | 2 MB | 1024 KB |
| L3 Cache | no data | 8 MB |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x8 | no data |
| Length | no data | 298 mm |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 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 | System Shared | LPDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 16 GB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 1375 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 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 | Portable Device Dependent | 1x USB Type-C |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 6.7 | 6.5 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.2 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 3 January 2023 | 9 November 2023 |
| Chip lithography | 5 nm | 6 nm |
Radeon 610M has a 20% more advanced lithography process.
Steam Deck OLED GPU, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 months.
We couldn't decide between Radeon 610M and Steam Deck OLED GPU. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon 610M is a notebook graphics card while Steam Deck OLED GPU is a desktop one.
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