STEAM DECK VS NINTENDO SWITCH. XBOX SERIES X VS. XBOX SERIES S VS. PLAYSTATION 5

Categories	Valve Steam Deck	Xbox Series X	Xbox Series S	PS5
CPU	4-core AMD Zen 2 CPU @ 2.4-3.5GHz	8-core AMD Zen 2 CPU @ 3.8GHz (3.6GHz with SMT enabled)	8-core AMD Zen 2 CPU @ 3.6GHz (3.4GHz with SMT enabled)	8-core AMD Zen 2 CPU @ 3.5GHz with SMT (variable frequency)
GPU	AMD RDNA 2 GPU 8 CUs @ 1.0-1.6GHz	AMD RDNA 2 GPU 52 CUs @ 1.825GHz	AMD RDNA 2 GPU 20 CUs @ 1.565GHz	AMD RDNA 2 GPU 36 CUs @ 2.23GHz (variable frequency)
GPU Power	1.6 TFLOPS	12.15 TFLOPS	4 TFLOPS	10.28 TFLOPs
RAM	16GB LPDDR5 RAM	16GB GDDR6 RAM	10GB GDDR6 RAM	16GB GDDR6 RAM
Performance Target	720p @ up to 60Hz	Target 4K @ 60 FPS. Up to 8K. Up to 120 FPS	Target 1440p @ 60 FPS. Up to 120 FPS	Target TBD. Up to 8K. Up to 120 FPS
Storage	64GB eMMC / 256GB NVMe SDD / 512GB high-speed NVMe SSD	1TB PCIe Gen 4 NVMe SSD (2.4GB/sec uncompressed, 4.8GB/sec compressed)	512GB PCIe Gen 4 NVMe SSD (2.4GB/sec uncompressed, 4.8GB/sec compressed)	825GB PCIe Gen 4 NVMe SSD (5.5GB/sec uncompressed, typical 8-9GB/sec compressed)
Expandable Storage	microSD slot	1TB Expansion Card	1TB Expansion Card	NVMe SSD Slot
Disc Drive	N/A	4K UHD Blu-ray	None	4K UHD Blu-ray (N/A on Digital Edition)
Display Out	USB-C with DisplayPort 1.4	HDMI 2.1	HDMI 2.1	HDMI 2.1
MSRP	$399 / $529 / $649	$499	$299	$499

Valve's astounding new Steam Deck has been formally declared, promising to allow players to take their entire Steam library of games in a hurry. Yet, how does the handheld contrast with other significant control center available, similar to the Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X/S, and the PlayStation 5? 

For one thing, how about we take a gander at the Steam Deck's specs. It's fueled by an AMD APU with a quad-center/eight-string Zen 2 CPU and an AMD RDNA 2 GPU with 8 register units, close by 16GB of LPDDR5 RAM. 

There are three models accessible: one with 64GB of eMMC stockpiling for $399, one with a 256GB NVMe SSD for $529, and a best in class model with 512GB of high velocity NVMe SSD stockpiling for $649. While the base eMMC stockpiling design might actually mean more slow game introduces and burden times, Valve guarantees that "there is no in-game distinction in outline rates or illustrations quality" among the three models.

The most clear correlation for the Steam Deck is, obviously, Nintendo's Switch — especially the forthcoming OLED model — which offers a comparative handheld setup, screen size, and plan. The two gadgets include 720p touchscreen shows, as well. 

Of the two, the Switch is very likely the less amazing gadget: it includes Nvidia's Tegra X1 chipset, an Arm-based processor that is more than four years of age, contrasted with the Steam Deck's AMD Zen 2 CPU and cutting edge RDNA 2 GPU, designs that additionally show up in the PS5 and Xbox Series X. The Steam Deck has additionally been flaunted taking care of games that the Switch can't, similar to Control (which is just accessible as a cloud-streamed choice on Nintendo's handheld.) And other exhibited games, as Jedi: Fallen Order or No Man's Sky, have never been accessible in a convenient structure factor previously.

In any case, given that the two handhelds are nearest together in structure factor and value, it's as yet worth seeing them next to each other — particularly thinking about that even with the hole in execution, they're far nearer to one another than the drastically more remarkable Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5. 

In contrast to the Switch, the Steam Deck trades removable regulators for some extra information strategies: there's a couple of Steam Controller-style trackpads on one or the other side of the presentation, notwithstanding the thumbsticks, and four additional catches on the rear of the gadget that fill in as oar esque extra data sources. It additionally offers Bluetooth sound for associating a couple of remote earphones, something the Switch rather frustratingly needs.

The Switch does win out in battery life, though, with 4.5 to 9 hours quoted for the Switch OLED, versus 2 to 8 hours on the Steam Deck, with Valve telling IGN that you can realistically expect 4 hours of Portal 2 at 720p and 60 frames per second. The Switch is also much lighter than Valve’s portable, weighing in at 0.93 pounds to the Steam Deck’s 1.47-pound weight.

Choosing between the $349 OLED Switch and the $399 Steam Deck will largely come down to preference, though: do you prefer Nintendo’s level of polish and lineup of exclusive games, or Valve’s rougher around the edges — but more powerful — option, with its extensive PC gaming library? (The Steam Deck also has other advantages: since it’s a full-fledged PC, you can technically install Windows and leverage it as a portable Xbox Game Pass machine, install the Epic Game Store, and use it for streaming services like Stadia or Luna.)

Contrasted with the arrangement of cutting edge consoles, similar to the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5, the Steam Deck charges impressively more terrible: its processor is just no counterpart for the beefier chips in the most recent control center from Sony or Microsoft, and its GPU is especially less amazing than even the Xbox Series S, with not exactly a large portion of the illustrations centers of Microsoft's most fragile cutting edge console. Regardless of the way that the Steam Deck utilizes a similar RDNA 2 GPU design, it's only not in a similar weight class. 

As found in the outline underneath, the PS5 and cutting edge Xbox consoles win out in pretty much every measurement on which you want to analyze them: more centers, quicker CPU clock rates, significantly more register units, quicker GPU clock rates, and more teraflops of crude GPU power. 

And keeping in mind that that may feel like an out of line examination, it merits thinking about that the Steam Deck — which goes in cost from $399 to $649 — is valued more in similar ballpark as those a greater number of premium control center than the Switch ($199 to $349).