Nintendo Switch 2 vs Steam Deck GPU battle - which handheld has better graphics?

While the Switch 2 vs Steam Deck meme war plays out on social media, I’m in the enviable position of owning both handhelds at the moment, and I love them both for different reasons. There’s a lot of talk about GPU power, though, and not much in the way to back it up. After all, you can’t easily benchmark the Switch 2. You can, however, take a good look at the two devices’ GPUs and make a decent prediction, which is what I’m doing here. I’m not going to tell you which is the best gaming handheld of the two, as that’s largely down to the games you want to play and the user experience you prefer, but I can pull apart the inner workings of the AMD GPU inside the Steam Deck GPU, as well as the new Nvidia GPU inside the Switch 2, and give you an idea of how they perform. Continue reading Nintendo Switch 2 vs Steam Deck GPU battle - which handheld has better graphics? MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Ryzen 7 9800X3D review, Best gaming CPU, Radeon RX 9070 XT review

Jun 11, 2025 - 20:00

Nintendo Switch 2 vs Steam Deck GPU battle - which handheld has better graphics?

While the Switch 2 vs Steam Deck meme war plays out on social media, I’m in the enviable position of owning both handhelds at the moment, and I love them both for different reasons. There’s a lot of talk about GPU power, though, and not much in the way to back it up. After all, you can’t easily benchmark the Switch 2. You can, however, take a good look at the two devices’ GPUs and make a decent prediction, which is what I’m doing here.

I’m not going to tell you which is the best gaming handheld of the two, as that’s largely down to the games you want to play and the user experience you prefer, but I can pull apart the inner workings of the AMD GPU inside the Steam Deck GPU, as well as the new Nvidia GPU inside the Switch 2, and give you an idea of how they perform.

Continue reading Nintendo Switch 2 vs Steam Deck GPU battle - which handheld has better graphics?

MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Ryzen 7 9800X3D review, Best gaming CPU, Radeon RX 9070 XT review