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Even the Pi 4, which is quite the powerhouse with 4x Cortex-A72 cores that easily overclock to 2.0+ GHz, is no match for the Steam Deck. https://browser.geekbe
by jakogut 4y ago
Even the Pi 4, which is quite the powerhouse with 4x Cortex-A72 cores that easily overclock to 2.0+ GHz, is no match for the Steam Deck.
https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/compare/14301251?baseline=16110501 https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/compare/14301251?baseli...
The Pi 4 overclocked to 2.3 GHz has approximately 40% of the single-thread performance, and 20% of the multi thread performance, which is quite impressive for a $35 board.
The Steam Deck also has quad-channel LPDDR5, and a relatively beefy GPU. The Pi 4's GPU is lacking compared to the processor, barely being capable of running a desktop environment with acceptable performance. I have run Portal 2 on a Pi 4 using box86, but it was extremely hacky, unstable, and netted something on the order of 2-3 fps.
You could run old school emulators that aren't GPU bound no problem, and probably even some old school shooters like Doom 3, but it's not going to be as polished or performant as a Steam Deck.
- dmix 4y agoThanks, I didn't know that. I wonder what my options are then :(
- 3np 4y agoAnything Ryzen-based at or above above 3400G should be good. There's probably decent Intel alternatives too. You may be able to use the Rpi4 (or equivalent) as a Steam Link client. I have it running mostly fine on a comparable 6yo embedded Celeron streaming from the desktop downstairs. Not sure how well that works without tweaks on ARM but it could be worth a shot if that's what you're after.
- naikrovek 4y agoIf the Nvidia Jetson Nano was still supported it would do MUCH better than a Raspberry Pi at nearly anything. It has a tiny (but very real) GPU on it, and tons of memory bandwidth: 4GB of RAM, I think, and something like 25GB/s of memory bandwidth.
- fomine3 4y agoThere are some Chinese offerings like AYANEO or GPD