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Potential Steam Deck 2 Chip Shows Up in Leaked Benchmarks, Yet Another Potential Final Fantasy-Themed Codename

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Potential Steam Deck 2 Chip Shows Up in Leaked Benchmarks, Yet Another Potential Final Fantasy-Themed Codename

We've known for a while that Valve is working on a Steam Deck 2, but it's waiting for a chip that'll provide a "true next-generation" experience. Now, though, a potential APU for the handheld has appeared online, sparking speculation that work is ramping up.

The benchmark was posted on OpenBenchmarking, and shows an AMD APU codenamed 'Gainsborough,' with 6 cores and 12 threads, along with 24GB of LPDDR5 memory. However, while the the CPU side of the leaked chip is much more powerful, with 50% more cores, there is no information about the GPU, with even the graphics architecture remaining a mystery.

It's not the first time that the Gainsborough chip has appeared online. Earlier this month, Moore's Law is Dead spotted import documents for the chip, using the same 'GBR' abbreviation as the leaked AMD engineering sample. It is possible that this won't be the chip used in the final version of the Steam Deck 2, but the original Steam Deck APU was codenamed 'Aerith,' then the Steam Deck OLED got the 'Sephiroth' chip, so there's clearly a theme going with AMD's codenames for handheld chips.

At first glance, the performance on the leaked Gainsborough chip doesn't look super impressive, clocking in with a FurMark score of 3,508 points, compared to 3,323 points on the original Steam Deck, according to TechPowerUp . However, the new chip was tested at a lower 768p resolution than the Steam Deck's 800p, which likely makes up for some of the difference.



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