Valve’s Steam Deck launches in December, and as you may have seen, dev kits have been sent out – and a Chinese source with one such developer unit has leaked some purported benchmarks and info on battery life.

First off, we should take the details provided with a huge deal of caution as to whether they might be fabricated somehow, and even if real, remember that the Steam Deck is still a work in progress (albeit nearing the finish line now).

So, bear all that firmly in mind, but the benchmarks which have been spilled (as spotted by Tom’s Hardware) are of the Steam Deck running at its native 1280 x 800 resolution (in other words, how you’ll play it in handheld mode).
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