Steam Deck OLED GPU vs FirePro M6100

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking599not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameEmeraldSephiroth
Market segmentMobile workstationDesktop
Release date27 May 2014 (10 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 cores896512
Core clock speed1100 MHz1000 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1600 MHz
Number of transistors2,080 million2,400 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data15 Watt
Texture fill rate61.6051.20
Floating-point processing power1.971 TFLOPS1.638 TFLOPS
ROPs1616
TMUs5632
Ray Tracing Coresno data8

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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)no data
Lengthno data298 mm
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeGDDR5LPDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB16 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth96 GB/s88 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsPortable Device Dependent1x USB Type-C

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.5 (6.0)6.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.12.0
Vulkan1.2.1701.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 May 2014 9 November 2023
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 6 nm

Steam Deck OLED GPU has an age advantage of 9 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 366.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between FirePro M6100 and Steam Deck OLED GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that FirePro M6100 is a mobile workstation card while Steam Deck OLED GPU is a desktop one.


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