Steam Deck OLED GPU vs Radeon RX 5800
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 2.0 (2020−2024) | RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024) |
| GPU code name | Navi 23 | Sephiroth |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | no data (2024 years ago) | 9 November 2023 (less than a 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 | 3072 | 512 |
| Core clock speed | no data | 1000 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1735 MHz | 1600 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 2,400 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 275 Watt | 15 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 333.1 | 51.20 |
| Floating-point processing power | 10.66 TFLOPS | 1.638 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 64 | 16 |
| TMUs | 192 | 32 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 8 |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | no data |
| Length | no data | 298 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 8-pin | 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.
| Memory type | GDDR6 | LPDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 14000 MHz | 1375 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 448.0 GB/s | 88 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 Connectors | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | 1x USB Type-C |
| HDMI | + | - |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12.0 (12_1) | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.5 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | no data | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | - | 1.2 |
Pros & cons summary
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 275 Watt | 15 Watt |
Steam Deck OLED GPU has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 16.7% more advanced lithography process, and 1733.3% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 5800 and Steam Deck OLED GPU. We've got no test results to judge.
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