Radeon Steam Deck 8CU vs Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 467 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | 87 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 23.19 | no data |
| Architecture | Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022) | RDNA 2 (2022−2023) |
| GPU code name | Tiger Lake Xe | RDNA 2 Sephiroth |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 15 August 2020 (4 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 | 96 | 512 |
| Core clock speed | 400 MHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 1350 MHz | 1900 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 10 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 28 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.
| Shared memory | + | + |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| Quick Sync | + | no data |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12_1 | 12_1 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 15 August 2020 | 9 November 2023 |
| Chip lithography | 10 nm | 6 nm |
Steam Deck 8CU has an age advantage of 3 years, and a 66.7% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs and Radeon Steam Deck 8CU. We've got no test results to judge.
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