
AMD Radeon Steam Deck 8CU

The AMD Radeon Steam Deck APU GPU is an integrated graphics adapter (iGPU) in the custom CPU of the Steam Deck OLED with 8 CUs. The graphics cores use the RDNA 2 architecture and are clocked at 1000 (minimum) to 1600 MHz (maximum).
The SoC is manufactured at TSMC on the N6 process (6nm).
| Codename | RDNA 2 Sephiroth |
| Architecture | RDNA 2 |
| iGPU | Integrated Graphics |
| Pipelines | 512 - unified |
| TMUs | 32 |
| ROPs | 16 |
| Raytracing Cores | 8 |
| Core Speed | 1900 (Boost) MHz |
| Cache | L1: 512 KB, L2: 1 MB, L3: 8 MB |
| Shared Memory | no |
| API | DirectX 12_1 |
| Man. Technology | 6 nm |
| Date of Announcement | 09.11.2023 |
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Benchmarks
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit +
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
Game Benchmarks
The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

F1 24
2024
Cyberpunk 2077
2023
Baldur's Gate 3
2023
Horizon Zero Dawn
2020
Far Cry 5
2018
X-Plane 11.11
2018
Dota 2 Reborn
2015
GTA V
2015| low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F1 24 | 51.7 | 47.4 | 32.7 | 6.91 | ||
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 25 | 19.5 | 18 | 12.4 | ||
| Baldur's Gate 3 | 26.5 | 21.1 | 17.2 | 16.8 | ||
| Guardians of the Galaxy | 48 | 31 | 30 | 28 | ||
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 59 | 39 | 33 | |||
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 56 | 30 | 29 | 25 | ||
| Strange Brigade | 125.5 | 48.4 | 38 | 32 | ||
| Far Cry 5 | 27 | 23 | ||||
| X-Plane 11.11 | 35.9 | 26.9 | 22.7 | |||
| Final Fantasy XV Benchmark | 53 | 28 | 18 | |||
| Dota 2 Reborn | 81 | 62.5 | 57.9 | 48.7 | ||
| GTA V | 19.5 | |||||
| low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 2 6 1 1 | 4 5 1 | 6 5 | 7 2 | | |
For more games that might be playable and a list of all games and graphics cards visit our Gaming List
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