Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2023-11-10

The Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) was released in Q4/2023 and has 4 cores. The processor can process 8 threads simultaneously and uses a mainboard with the socket FF3.

CPU lineage
In this classification you can see to which group of processors the Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) belongs. We also show the direct predecessor and successor of Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh).
Name:	Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh)
Family:	AMD Ryzen 5 (84)
CPU group:	AMD Sephiroth (Steam Deck Refresh 2023) (1)
Architecture:	Sephiroth (Zen 2)
Segment:	Mobile
Generation:	4
Predecessor:	Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405)
Successor:	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) has 4 cores. The clock frequency of the Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) is 2.40 GHz (3.50 GHz). An initial performance assessment can be made using the number of CPU cores.

CPU Cores / Threads:	4 / 8
Core architecture:	normal
Cores:	4x

Hyperthreading / SMT:	Yes
Overclocking:	No
Frequency:	2.40 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core):	3.50 GHz
Turbo Frequency (4 Cores):	2.80 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

AI hardware:	--
AI specifications:	--

Internal Graphics

The Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) has an integrated graphics that the system can use to efficiently play back videos. The Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) has the AMD Custom Radeon Graphics (Steam Deck) installed, which has 8 streaming multiprocessors (512 shaders).

GPU name:	AMD Custom Radeon Graphics (Steam Deck)
GPU frequency:	1.00 GHz
GPU (Turbo):	1.60 GHz
Compute units:	8
Shader:	512
Hardware Raytracing:	No
Release date:	Q3/2021

Max. displays:	2
Generation:	--
Direct X:	12
Technology:	7 nm
Max. GPU Memory:	8 GB
Frame Generation:	No

Hardware codec support

Processors with integrated graphics can process video codecs faster. Support for modern codecs can significantly increase system efficiency during video playback.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit):	Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit):	Decode / Encode
h264:	Decode / Encode
VP8:	Decode / Encode
VP9:	Decode / Encode

AV1:	No
AVC:	Decode / Encode
VC-1:	Decode
JPEG:	Decode / Encode

Memory type:	Memory bandwidth:
Memory & PCIe The Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) supports a maximum of 16 GB memory. Depending on the mainboard, the processor can use a maximum of 4 (Quad Channel) memory channels. This results in a maximum bandwidth of the main memory of 102.4 GB/s.

LPDDR5-6400	102.4 GB/s
Max. Memory:	16 GB
Memory channels:	4 (Quad Channel)
ECC:	No
PCIe:	3.0 x 8
PCIe Bandwidth:	7.9 GB/s

Thermal Management The Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) has a TDP of 15 W. Based on the TDP, the system manufacturer can and must adapt the cooling solution to the processor.

TDP (PL1 / PBP):	15 W
TDP (PL2):	--
TDP up:	--
TDP down:	4 W
Tjunction max.:	100 °C

Technical details

Modern production reduces the waste heat of a processor and increases its efficiency. The Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) is made in 6 nm and has 6.00 MB cache.

Technology:	6 nm
Chip design:	Monolithic
Socket:	FF3
L2-Cache:	2.00 MB
L3-Cache:	4.00 MB
AES-NI:	Yes
Operating systems:	SteamOS (Arch Linux)

Virtualization:	AMD-V, SVM
Instruction set (ISA):	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions:	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
Release date:	Q4/2023
Release price:	--
Part Number:	100-000000932
Documents:	--

Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh)
4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz (3.50 GHz)

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Benchmark results

The benchmark results for the Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X 12C 24T @ 4.00 GHz	58
	Intel Core i5-8259U 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	58
	Intel Core i7-4770K 4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz	58
	Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) 4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz	57
	Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405) 4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz	57
	AMD Ryzen 7 1700 8C 16T @ 3.70 GHz	57
	Intel Core i5-6500 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	56

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	Intel Core i7-1355U 10C 12T @ 5.00 GHz	287
	Intel Core i7-6700 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	284
	Intel Core i5-8400 6C 6T @ 4.00 GHz	283
	Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) 4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz	275
	Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405) 4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz	275
	Intel Core i5-8400T 6C 6T @ 3.30 GHz	272
	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	266

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Apple A12X Bionic 8C 8T @ 2.49 GHz	991
	Apple A12Z Bionic 8C 8T @ 2.49 GHz	991
	AMD Ryzen 7 1700X 8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz	981
	Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) 4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz	975
	Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405) 4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz	975
	Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	975
	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X 8C 16T @ 3.70 GHz	974

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core i5-1035G7 4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz	4430
	Intel Core i7-4770 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	4415
	Intel Core i7-4770R 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	4412
	Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) 4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz	4359
	Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405) 4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz	4359
	Intel Core i5-1035G4 4C 8T @ 3.30 GHz	4332
	Intel Core i7-1060NG7 4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz	4329

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	Intel Core i7-6850K 6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz	1302
	AMD EPYC 7402 24C 48T @ 3.35 GHz	1299
	Intel Core i3-7350K 2C 4T @ 4.20 GHz	1298
	Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) 4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz	1296
	Intel Core i5-8365UE 4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz	1296
	Intel Core i3-8300 4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	1296
	Intel Core i5-8400H 4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz	1296

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	Intel Core i3-10305T 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	4534
	Google Tensor G3 8C 8T @ 2.91 GHz	4533
	Intel Xeon E3-1575M v5 4C 8T @ 3.00 GHz	4524
	Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) 4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz	4510
	Intel Xeon E5-2620 v3 6C 12T @ 2.80 GHz	4485
	Intel Core i3-10105T 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	4484
	Intel Core i3-10300T 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	4484

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3350G AMD Radeon RX Vega 10 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.30 GHz	1664
	AMD Ryzen 7 2700U AMD Radeon RX Vega 10 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.30 GHz	1664
	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 2700U AMD Radeon RX Vega 10 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.30 GHz	1664
	Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) AMD Custom Radeon Graphics (Steam Deck) @ 1.60 GHz	1638
	Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405) AMD Custom Radeon Graphics (Steam Deck) @ 1.60 GHz	1638
	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5675U AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (Renoir) @ 1.80 GHz	1612
	AMD Ryzen 5 5625U AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (Renoir) @ 1.80 GHz	1612

Benchmarks

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
272 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
271 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
586 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
565 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,755 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,703 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,042 entries

3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
516 entries

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