Steam Deck 2 handheld ?

invalid@example.com (marees), marees
Tue, 25 Nov 2025 18:42:05 +0000
Console Gaming

AMD recently revealed FSR 4 & touted power savings for handheld gaming.

AMD plans for FSR4 to be fully AI-based — designed to improve quality and maximize power efficiency

The team in charge has already been working on this for 9–12 months.

www.tomshardware.com

Zen 5 reviews mentioned a generational advance in power modes (especially for handhelds)

https://twitter.com/x/status/1823422603643527174

RDNA 3.5 is supposed to be more efficient in low power scenarios & incorporates lessons learnt from Samsung's mobile RDNA 2

AMD's tweaked RDNA 3.5 GPU is solely focused on improving mobile gaming performance

There are plenty of little changes under the hood to help the graphics processor do more for less power.

www.pcgamer.com

The current strix point is unlikely to be used for handheld gaming due to latency between zen 5 ccd & zen 5c ccd

Upcoming Kracken / kraken / krackan point APU has a single ccx & 8 cores in total ( 3+ 5 or 4 + 4 ) plus 8 or 12 CUs.

AMD to Launch Affordable 'Kraken Point' Zen 5 Mobile in 2025

The company is targeting Intel's Lunar Lake and Qualcomm's eight-core Snapdragon X chips.

www.extremetech.com

Putting all these together the above could be an...