Steam Deck GPU vs Iris Xe Graphics MAX

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking623not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency14.04no data
ArchitectureGeneration 12.1 (2020−2021)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameDG1Van Gogh
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date31 October 2020 (4 years ago)25 February 2022 (2 years 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 cores768512
Core clock speedno data1000 MHz
Boost clock speed1650 MHz1600 MHz
Number of transistorsno data2,400 million
Manufacturing process technology10 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate79.2051.20
Floating-point processing power2.534 TFLOPS1.638 TFLOPS
ROPs2416
TMUs4832
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).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4no data
Lengthno data298 mm
WidthIGPno data
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeLPDDR4XLPDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB16 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed4.3 GB/s1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth68.26 GB/s88 GB/s

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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x USB Type-C

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.02.0
Vulkan1.21.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 31 October 2020 25 February 2022
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 10 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 15 Watt

Steam Deck GPU has an age advantage of 1 year, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 66.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Iris Xe Graphics MAX and Steam Deck GPU. We've got no test results to judge.


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