Switch GPU 20nm and Steam Deck GPU - video card comparison
Switch GPU 20nm
Steam Deck GPU
Architecture
Maxwell 2.0 (2015−2019)
RDNA 2.0 (2020−2022)
GPU code name
GM20B
Van Gogh
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
March 2017
February 2022
Interface
IGP
-
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
Boost clock speed
768 MHz
1600 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
20 nm
7 nm
Number of transistors
2,000 million
2,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
256
512
Power consumption (TDP)
15 Watt
15 Watt
Texture fill rate
12.29
51.20
Memory type
DDR4
LPDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
16 GB
Memory bus width
64 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
3.2 GB/s
5.5 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
25.6 GB/s
88 GB/s
Display Connectors
No outputs
1x USB Type-C
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 (12_1)
CUDA
5.3
-
OpenCL
1.2
2.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.4
6.5
Vulkan
1.1
1.2