Possible Steam Deck 2 Chip Appears in Benchmark Results
Arkadiy Andrienko
An AMD Gainsborough engineering sample has turned up in OpenBenchmarking results, giving the clearest look yet at a chip that could be tied to Steam Deck 2. The sample, linked in a report on AMD's Gainsborough APU leak claims, was tested on August 7, 2026, and its six CPU cores would be 50% more than the four in the current Steam Deck.
The chip has 12 threads, compared with eight in the current Steam Deck. It was tested with 24 GB of LPDDR5-9600 memory, while Steam Deck OLED has 16 GB of LPDDR5-6400. The sample's CPU and integrated graphics were reported at 2.4 GHz.
In FurMark, Gainsborough scored 3,508, compared with 3,323 for Steam Deck OLED in a separate test. The results are not directly comparable, however: Gainsborough ran windowed at 1024 × 768, while Steam Deck OLED was tested fullscreen at 1280 × 800.
The OpenBenchmarking results do not prove that Gainsborough is intended for Steam Deck 2. AMD and Valve have not confirmed that link, and neither the handheld's specifications nor its release timing have been announced.
How much confidence should these benchmark results inspire when the chip's connection to Steam Deck 2 remains unconfirmed?
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