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Google Tensor vs Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh)

Last updated: 2026-06-01

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Google Tensor

Rank 2 - 87 %

Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh)

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 81 %

Google Tensor

Rank 1 - 100 %

Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh)

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 2.80 GHz

1,494

4C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

1,296

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 2.80 GHz

3,639

4C / 8T · 2.80 GHz

4,510

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

ARM Mali-G78 MP20

1,943

AMD Custom Radeon Graphics (Steam Deck)

1,638

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries

AnTuTu 9 Benchmark
90 entries

AnTuTu 8 Benchmark
118 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

AI performance (NPU)
218 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Google Tensor	Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh)
Family	Google Tensor (5)	AMD Ryzen 5 (100)
CPU group	Google Tensor (1)	AMD Sephiroth (Steam Deck Refresh 2023) (1)
Architecture	G1	Sephiroth (Zen 2)
Technology	5 nm	6 nm
Segment	Smartphone / Tablet	Notebook
Socket		FF3
Predecessor		Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405)
Successor	Google Tensor G2

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Google Tensor	Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh)
CPU Cores / Threads	8 / 8	4 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✓
Core architecture	hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)	normal
Core Cluster 1:	2x Cortex-X1 2.80 GHz	4x 2.40 - 3.50 GHz
Core Cluster 2:	2x Cortex-A76 2.25 GHz
Core Cluster 3:	4x Cortex-A55 1.80 GHz
L2-Cache	8.00 MB	2.00 MB
L3-Cache		4.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Google Tensor	Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh)
GPU name	ARM Mali-G78 MP20	AMD Custom Radeon Graphics (Steam Deck)
GPU frequency	0.76 GHz	1.00 - 1.60 GHz
CUs / Shader	20 / 320	8 / 512
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	1	2
Max. GPU Memory		8 GB
Technology	5 nm	7 nm
Release date	Q4/2021	Q3/2021

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Google Tensor	Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh)
AI hardware	Google Tensor AI
AI specifications	Google Edge TPU @ 1.6 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Google Tensor	Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh)
Memory	LPDDR5-5500 (53.0 GB/s)	LPDDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s)
Max. Memory	12 GB	16 GB
Memory channels	2	4
ECC	No	No
PCIe		3.0 x 8
PCIe Bandwidth		7.9 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Google Tensor	Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh)
TDP	10 W	15 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down		4 W
T. junction max.		100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Google Tensor	Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh)
Chip design	Unknown	Monolithic
AES-NI	✗	✓
Operating systems	Android	SteamOS (Arch Linux)
Instruction set	Armv8-A (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions		SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
Release date	Q4/2021	Q4/2023
Release price
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User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Google Tensor is 4.3 stars (79 ratings), while Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) has received 3.9 stars (26 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Google Tensor
8C / 8T · 2.80 GHz

★★★★★

Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh)
4C / 8T · 2.40 - 3.50 GHz

★★★★★