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Valve Steam Deck OLED

Compiled by Sepehr Sabbagh-pour, maker details checked Oct 2026

7.4 in
OLED screen
16 GB
RAM
SteamOS 3 (Arch-based)
Software

£779.00 at the maker's store

Price as the maker shows it, checked Oct 2026. No UK price listed yet. Listed for the 512GB OLED model in the maker's comparison table. The same page says the OLED starts at £649.00, but that figure appears beside the 256GB LCD model.

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Specifications

Performance

Chip
6 nm AMD APU
CPU
AMD APU, Zen 2 4c/8t, 2.4-3.5GHz
GPU
8 RDNA 2 CUs, 1.6GHz (1.6 TFlops FP32)
RAM
16 GB
Operating system
SteamOS 3 (Arch-based)

Display

Screen
7.4 in HDR OLED, 1280 x 800, up to 90Hz
Resolution
1280 x 800
Refresh rate
90 Hz
Brightness
1,000 nits peak (HDR), 600 nits (SDR)

Battery and storage

Battery
Not stated by the maker
Storage
512GB or 1TB NVMe SSD; all models include a microSD card slot

Connectivity and size

Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 6
Bluetooth
5.3
Weight
640 g
Size
298 x 117 x 49 mm

How it compares

Valve lists a 7.4 inch OLED at 1280 x 800 and up to 90Hz, whereas the ROG Ally X and the ROG Xbox Ally list 7 inch IPS-level panels at 1920 x 1080 and 120Hz. The Steam Deck OLED runs SteamOS 3 and the two ASUS devices run Windows 11 Home. On the battery line the Deck gives 50Whr, the Ally X 80Whr and the Xbox Ally 60Whr. The Deck is also the lightest at 640 g, against 678 g and 670 g. Valve names a 4-core APU, where the Ally X lists an 8-core Z1 Extreme.

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Strengths

  • 7.4 inch HDR OLED display at 1280 x 800, up to 90Hz
  • 50Whr battery; the maker states 3-12 hours of gameplay, content dependent
  • 16 GB LPDDR5 RAM on board
  • microSD card slot on every model; the maker lists SteamOS 3 with a KDE Plasma desktop

Limits

  • Maker lists a 1280 x 800 screen, below 1080p
  • Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3 listed; no Wi-Fi 7

The maker's OLED page says the OLED model starts at £649.00, but that price sits beside the 256GB LCD model in its comparison table; the 512GB OLED is listed at £779.00, which is the figure recorded here. Performance tier is high because the maker names a 4-core, 8-thread Zen 2 APU with 8 RDNA 2 compute units, which sits closer to the high tier than to the current Z2 Extreme class.

Frequently asked questions

What chip is in the Steam Deck OLED?
Valve lists a 6 nm AMD APU with a Zen 2 CPU (4 cores, 8 threads, 2.4-3.5GHz) and a GPU of 8 RDNA 2 compute units at 1.6GHz, with APU power of 4-15W.
What display does the OLED model have?
A 7.4 inch HDR OLED at 1280 x 800, up to 90Hz. The maker states 1,000 nits peak in HDR and 600 nits in SDR.
How much storage and RAM does it come with?
The OLED page lists 16 GB of LPDDR5 RAM and either a 512GB or 1TB NVMe SSD. Every model has a microSD card slot (UHS-I).
Which operating system does it run?
SteamOS 3, which the maker describes as Arch-based, with a KDE Plasma desktop. Valve's own page does not list Windows.
What battery does the Steam Deck OLED list?
A 50Whr battery with a stated 3-12 hours of gameplay depending on content. Charging goes through a 45W USB-C supply with a 2.5m cable.
Does Valve say it ships to the UK?
Yes. The tech page says Steam Deck is shipping to the United States, Canada, the European Union and the United Kingdom, and the OLED page shows prices in pounds.

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Sources

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