AMD Steam Deck GPU: specs and benchmarks
- Interface
- Core clock speed
- Max video memory 16 GB
- Memory type LPDDR5
- Memory clock speed 5.5 Gbps
- Maximum resolution
Summary
AMD started Steam Deck GPU sales 25 February 2022. This is a RDNA 2.0 architecture desktop card based on 7 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at gamers. 16 GB of LPDDR5 memory clocked at 5.5 GB/s are supplied, and together with 128 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 88 GB/s.
Its manufacturer default version has a length of 298 mm. No additional power connector is required, and power consumption is at 15 Watt.
We have no data on Steam Deck GPU benchmark results.
General info
Some basic facts about Steam Deck GPU: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in performance rating | not rated | |
| Architecture | RDNA 2.0 (2020−2022) | |
| GPU code name | Van Gogh | |
| Market segment | Desktop | |
| Release date | 25 February 2022 (1 year old) | |
| Current price | $6.99 | of 49999 (A100 SXM4) |
Technical specs
Steam Deck GPU's general performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Steam Deck GPU's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 512 | of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
| Boost clock speed | 1600 MHz | of 3599 (Radeon RX 7990 XTX) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | of 4 (GeForce RTX 4080 Ti) |
| Thermal design power (TDP) | 15 Watt | of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
| Texture fill rate | 51.20 | of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB) |
Dimensions and compatibility
Information on Steam Deck GPU's 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 | 298 mm | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None |
Memory
Parameters of memory installed on Steam Deck GPU: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | of 128 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory clock speed | 5.5 GB/s | of 22400 (GeForce RTX 4080) |
| Memory bandwidth | 88 GB/s | of 14400 (Radeon R7 M260) |
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on Steam Deck GPU. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
| Display Connectors | No outputs |
API support
APIs supported by Steam Deck GPU, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | |
| Vulkan | 1.2 |
NVIDIA equivalent
We believe that the nearest equivalent to Steam Deck GPU from NVIDIA is GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost.
Similar GPUs
Here is our recommendation of several graphics cards that are more or less close in performance to the one reviewed.
Recommended processors
These processors are most commonly used with Steam Deck GPU according to our statistics.
