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Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) vs Apple M4 Pro (12-CPU 16-GPU)
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance
4C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
12C / 12T · 4.51 GHz
Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
4C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
12C / 12T · 4.51 GHz
Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance
4C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
12C / 12T · 4.51 GHz
Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
4C / 8T · 2.80 GHz
12C / 12T · 3.60 GHz
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
4C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
12C / 12T · 4.51 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
4C / 8T · 2.80 GHz
12C / 12T · 3.60 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
AMD Custom Radeon Graphics (Steam Deck)
Apple M4 Pro (16 Core)
More benchmarks
Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries
218 entries
Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries
219 entries
Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries
427 entries
Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries
422 entries
Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries
690 entries
Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries
665 entries
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
1,989 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries
534 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries
140 entries
AI performance (NPU)
218 entries
218 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) | Apple M4 Pro (12-CPU 16-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Family | AMD Ryzen 5 (100) | Apple M series (38) |
| CPU group | AMD Sephiroth (Steam Deck Refresh 2023) (1) | Apple M4 (7) |
| Architecture | Sephiroth (Zen 2) | M4 |
| Technology | 6 nm | 3 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Notebook |
| Socket | FF3 | |
| Predecessor | Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405) | Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU) |
| Successor | Apple M5 Pro (15-CPU 16-GPU) |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) | Apple M4 Pro (12-CPU 16-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 4 / 8 | 12 / 12 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✓ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 4x 2.40 - 3.50 GHz |
8x Donan P-Core 1.26 - 4.51 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Donan E-Core 1.02 - 2.59 GHz |
|
| L2-Cache | 2.00 MB | 36.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 4.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) | Apple M4 Pro (12-CPU 16-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | AMD Custom Radeon Graphics (Steam Deck) | Apple M4 Pro (16 Core) |
| GPU frequency | 1.00 - 1.60 GHz | 0.39 - 1.58 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 8 / 512 | 256 / 2048 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✓ |
| Max. displays | 2 | 3 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 8 GB | 32 GB |
| Technology | 7 nm | 3 nm |
| Release date | Q3/2021 | Q4/2024 |
NPU AI performance
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Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) | Apple M4 Pro (12-CPU 16-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 38 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) | Apple M4 Pro (12-CPU 16-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s) | LPDDR5X-8533 (273.0 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 16 GB | 64 GB |
| Memory channels | 4 | 4 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 3.0 x 8 | 5.0 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 7.9 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) | Apple M4 Pro (12-CPU 16-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 15 W | 45 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | 4 W | |
| T. junction max. | 100 °C | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) | Apple M4 Pro (12-CPU 16-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | SteamOS (Arch Linux) | macOS, iPadOS |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | Armv9.2-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 | Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation, AVX2, SME |
| Release date | Q4/2023 | Q4/2024 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents |
User Reviews
Your rating
Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) is 3.9 stars (32 ratings), while Apple M4 Pro (12-CPU 16-GPU) has received 4.8 stars (373 ratings).
Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.
Most popular CPUs in both categories
1
Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 32-GPU)
18C / 18T · 4.61 GHz
2
Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)
24C / 24T · 3.50 GHz
3
Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 40-GPU)
18C / 18T · 4.61 GHz
4
Apple M5 Pro (15-CPU 16-GPU)
15C / 15T · 4.61 GHz
5
Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
20C / 20T · 3.20 GHz
6
Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU)
24C / 24T · 3.50 GHz
7
Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)
8C / 8T · 3.20 GHz
8
Apple M4 Pro (12-CPU 16-GPU)
12C / 12T · 4.51 GHz
9
Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh)
4C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
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