Steam Machine GPU vs Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme GPU
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | RDNA 3.5 (2024−2025) | RDNA 3.0 (2022−2026) |
| GPU code name | Strix Point | Navi 33 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 2025 (recently) | 2026 |
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 | 1024 | 1792 |
| Core clock speed | 800 MHz | 1720 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2700 MHz | 2450 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 34,000 million | 13,300 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 4 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 28 Watt | 110 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 172.8 | 274.4 |
| Floating-point processing power | 5.53 TFLOPS | 17.56 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 48 | 64 |
| TMUs | 64 | 112 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 16 | 28 |
| L0 Cache | 256 KB | 448 KB |
| L1 Cache | 384 KB | 512 KB |
| L2 Cache | 8 MB | 2 MB |
| L3 Cache | 16 MB | 32 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).
| Length | no data | 156 mm |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
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 | LPDDR5X | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1000 MHz | 2250 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 256.0 GB/s | 288.0 GB/s |
| 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 USB Type-C | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.8 | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 2.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.4 |
Pros & cons summary
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | 8 GB |
| Chip lithography | 4 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 28 Watt | 110 Watt |
Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme GPU has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 50% more advanced lithography process, and 292.9% lower power consumption.
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