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Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) vs MediaTek Dimensity 9300
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
4C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
MediaTek Dimensity 9300
100 %
8C / 8T · 3.25 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
4C / 8T · 2.80 GHz
MediaTek Dimensity 9300
100 %
8C / 8T · 3.25 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
AMD Custom Radeon Graphics (Steam Deck)
MediaTek Dimensity 9300
100 %
ARM Immortalis-G720 MC12
More benchmarks
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
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries
534 entries
AnTuTu 10 Benchmark
25 entries
25 entries
AI performance (NPU)
218 entries
218 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) | MediaTek Dimensity 9300 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | AMD Ryzen 5 (100) | Mediatek Dimensity (38) |
| CPU group | AMD Sephiroth (Steam Deck Refresh 2023) (1) | MediaTek Dimensity 9300 (2) |
| Architecture | Sephiroth (Zen 2) | Cortex-X4 / -A720 |
| Technology | 6 nm | 4 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Smartphone / Tablet |
| Socket | FF3 | |
| Predecessor | Valve Steam Deck (AMD Custom APU 0405) | MediaTek Dimensity 9200+ |
| Successor | MediaTek Dimensity 9300+ |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) | MediaTek Dimensity 9300 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 4 / 8 | 8 / 8 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✓ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 4x 2.40 - 3.50 GHz |
1x Cortex-X4 3.25 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 3x Cortex-X4 2.85 GHz |
|
| Core Cluster 3: | 4x Cortex-A720 2.00 GHz |
|
| L2-Cache | 2.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 4.00 MB | 18.00 MB |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) | MediaTek Dimensity 9300 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | AMD Custom Radeon Graphics (Steam Deck) | ARM Immortalis-G720 MC12 |
| GPU frequency | 1.00 - 1.60 GHz | 1.00 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 8 / 512 | 12 / |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 2 | 0 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 8 GB | |
| Technology | 7 nm | 4 nm |
| Release date | Q3/2021 | Q4/2023 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) | MediaTek Dimensity 9300 |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Mediatek APU | |
| AI specifications | MediaTek APU 790 @ 33 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) | MediaTek Dimensity 9300 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s) | LPDDR5X-9600 (76.8 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 16 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory channels | 4 | 4 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 3.0 x 8 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 7.9 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) | MediaTek Dimensity 9300 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 15 W | 12.5 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | 4 W | |
| T. junction max. | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh) | MediaTek Dimensity 9300 |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Chiplet |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✗ |
| Operating systems | SteamOS (Arch Linux) | Android |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | Armv9-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 | |
| Release date | Q4/2023 | Q4/2023 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.
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MediaTek Dimensity 9300
8C / 8T · 0.00 GHz
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Valve Steam Deck (2023 Refresh)
4C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
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