Steam Deck GPU and RTX A500 - video card comparison
Steam Deck GPU
RTX A500
Architecture
RDNA 2.0 (2020−2022)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
Van Gogh
GA107
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
February 2022
November 2021
Interface
-
PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
Boost clock speed
1600 MHz
1770 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
7 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
2,400 million
-
Pipelines / CUDA cores
512
2048
Power consumption (TDP)
15 Watt
60 Watt
Texture fill rate
51.20
113.3
Memory type
LPDDR5
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
16 GB
4 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
5.5 GB/s
14 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
88 GB/s
112.0 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x USB Type-C
No outputs
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
-
8.6
OpenCL
2.0
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.5
6.7
Vulkan
1.2
1.3