「Steam Deck OLED Battery Test - INSANE Results」

The Steam Deck OLED is our new challenger today. What does it bring to the table in terms of battery life?
There are four devices featured today.
Steam Deck LCD 800p @ 60hz
Steam Deck OLED 800p @ 60/90hz*
ROG Ally 720p @ 60hz
Legion Go 800p @ 60hz
Of course our Steam Deck OLED will be running at 90hz if the game supports it. If it doesn't support it (or the game doesn't even go above 60fps), then we'll stick with 60hz.
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[@HiTechLoLife]

There's an error in the Oshi No Ko test. I say 10W TDP but I actually turned everything down as low as they could go on all devices.

[@GuyManley]

1000% do not buy an aya neo kun just to test the battery life. You'll never financially recover from it. Tell bill to do it. LOL

[@DiMacky24]

This is the first time I am really sold on getting an OLED Deck. I have the origin SD and I am very happy with it, but seeing that improved battery, I might pick one up when finances permit.

[@XxViperMortalxX]

I would say its worth just because the lcd from the steam deck absolutely sucks, even cheap monitors are much much better, im not even talking about oled stuff but really the color acurracy, even among other ips devices its very bad. I dont regret getting my lcd when i did, but i gotta admit it kinda sucks color wise

[@averagejackmedia609]

Do it.. I did. It blows the lcd model out of the water. Plus, if you play less intense indies like I do, it has a 90hz refresh.

[@allhandsonsteamdeck1440]

THANK YOU FOR THIS I CANT BELIEVE NO OTHER CHANNEL HAS DONE THESE TESTS YET GREAT WORK ❤

[@shadowseverywhere666]

Some great info here. Its a lot more balanced of a test than last time for sure. So great work on that :)

[@Canilho]

I got exactly what I came from. I liked how you performed these tests. They were very informative. As an extra info it would be interesting to know at what settings each game is running, FPS and game screen size, as I noticed not all games take advantage of the full resolution, depending on the device. All of these things can impact the final result. It's interesting also how Valve and AMD are changing the way game graphics are displayed, without the need of power hungry machines. Cyberpunk was a very power intensive game, and now it feels a lot more smooth even on portable devices. That's actually incredible.

[@Project-Aries]

I really liked this video, so much in fact that I "liked" it. I also respect that you so carefully highlight things so rare, like Lain and Deathsmiles.

[@funnyway683]

You're the best at testing bateries like that gg sub+

[@lavender188]

literally just finished oshi no ko yesterday the timing could not be more perfect!!! the 8 bit remix of the op slaps!

[@npcimknot958]

Ok that new steam battery is impressive

[@FullDownloaded]

Will there be a difference if you install Linux on Legion Go/Rog Ally? (chimeraOs or Nobara). A test would be interesting 👀

[@javieralejandro3773]

If you use 30 to 40 FPS on a 10 TDP, screen brightness to 80% on AAA games. You are able to play on the OLED 3 to 4 hours. It’s a great hardware and I’m glad I snatched the Limited Edition, like you. Good test as always. Cheers!

[@xvdifug]

Excellent Vid!!!

[@arkanium77]

Oshi No Ko is absolutely the best thing that came out this year. But really, it's been a very good year for gaming and anime in general. I liked pretty much ALL of the anime series that came out in the spring. and there were some interesting choices that popped up afterwards. There were a lot of cool games too

[@igorgiuseppe1862]

this is true video game journalism, unlike some bullshit companys like IGN who rated steam deck 7/10 and playstation portal 8/10 for some reason... i wonder what is the rea$on

[@fabolousjada5070]

The portal is better it last wayyyy longer lol this lasted 1 hour and 40 min for CP2077 the portal last over 4 hours

[@igorgiuseppe1862]

@@fabolousjada5070 you dont need an PS Portal to receive an video streaming from the PS5, you can use your phone or an steamdeck , and if you use the deck to receive an video streaming only, then the battery will last much longer than 1 hour and 40 minutes, probably will last more than the portal. the difference is that you can play on the deck itself without needing to purchase/have another device. in other words, the deck can do everything the portal can with the same battery life or better, but it can do much more, like playing games offline, in places where you have an bad connection or simply is too far away from your ps5 to get an good connection.

[@adgeifc]

Steam deck can play offline and can stream from your pc (if you have one)

[@lbreindl6]

@@fabolousjada5070 as someone who loves playstation i can tell you that the steam deck is soo much better in almost any way...

[@duuke4618]

There is no comparison here! These are two completely different devices, portal is just. Monitor with joysticks while steam deck is a full blown pc!

[@toxicshot4528]

my OLED is coming home tomorrow and im excited lmao

[@donovan6320]

One thing to know is that Valve are using two smaller ram chips rather than four large ones. I imagine that had cut down the power itself.

[@campbellsoup27]

Ever since my steam deck was updated to 3.5 with the launch of OLED, I can no longer play Battlefield 2 in desktop mode. Its a shame because it played it better on max settings than My more powerful PC. Please do a Revised video for getting older windows games to run on the newer steamOS. Love the content!

[@califpv]

that's weird, I was just playing it yesterday on my deck. I'm on the latest FW on OLED...

[@nightmareflux4564]

Try making a dualboot for windows (its worth it)

[@campbellsoup27]

@@nightmareflux4564 No longer have one, but I'll try that the nexttime I get one. Thanks for the tip

[@Bestyja]

Okay this has sold me on the steam deck

[@chewza2000]

holy shit, that's crazy 10 hours of Celeste... This makes me wanna but the deck oled, damn

[@xellaz]

Steam Deck OLED... Linux powah! 💪💪💪

[@xcalib_r]

Thanks for your testing, sad that you're out of pocket over all these devices but maybe at some point you can sell or return if still in time. Best wishes.

[@rantophantom3310]

This was a very informative and fun test, thank you. I do want to add my theory though as to why steam deck dominates indie/ non AAA games. It seems that it has something to do with the proton compatibility layer for Linux, as all of the titles that steam deck won by a landslide (aside from DeathSmiles) was native as opposed to Dark Souls and Cyperpunk. This suggests a big win for Steam Deck's future and Linux gaming overall, as when AAA titles slowly creep into Native Linux support, I suspect we'll see quite the massive performance/ batterylife gains. But that's just a theory, a Steam Deck theory!

[@thatwasonce]

the Legion go is the only one thats actually large enough for me to watch video on over just using my phone

[@steveybiggunzgaming8118]

Probably should turn legion go RGB off on the sticks especially since their off on the ally

[@igorgiuseppe1862]

wow the second test proved that steam deck oled can least for 12 hours as valve have claimed

[@cirotheb5]

celeste should've lasted at least 5-6 hours on the original steam deck, are you sure you set the TDP right?

[@HiTechLoLife]

I did

[@niogos]

Could you do a video like this with emulators? It's amazing

[@feetenthusiast1015]

The ally is no competition at all lol only reason id see for it is vrr and size thats all

[@arclight7892]

it sucks at low tdp so it's bad for less demanding games but has a more powerful apu than the steam deck.

[@_mattbailey]

Great video. Do you have a Switch OLED? It would be good to see a comparison with that too.

[@HiTechLoLife]

No I do not

[@gdot1803]

At this point, there is no reason to buy a Switch 2, besides exclusives. The true future of handheld gaming is in handheld PC's. Android will never be taken seriously as a AAA gaming platform, and iOS will always be an afterthought.

[@fabolousjada5070]

Sooooo are nintendo games on steam ? And i mean switch games ? No so theres your answer and the switch 2 will killl these devices when it comes to battery

[@KaizAmari]

@@fabolousjada5070 not legally but yea

[@TatsuyaWow]

android are good at emulating retro games whit highter resolution

[@supercheetah778]

Very nice, but I can't take the results of the Steam Deck LCD seriously. I'm going to bet that its battery is the oldest and most used here amongst all the devices which means that its life per cycle is likely significantly affected. How old is it?

[@HiTechLoLife]

It's a launch model! 😂

[@supercheetah778]

@@HiTechLoLife Yeah, it would be interesting to see how it does with a new battery.

[@GhostRider5555555]

@@HiTechLoLife you can read battery health in desktop mode.

[@darkdiablo1601]

I've been using my LCD for a year and it is still at 100%, it might degrade but not that much I think

[@Some-guy-on-the-internet]

Something I think should be noted is that the age of your device will affect the battery life. It's been just over 2 years since the LCD Deck originally launched and as a general standard, battery powered devices tend to target a battery health of roughly 80% after 2 years of use. Of course, this is dependent on how you use your devices and your charging habits so it's not always applicable but it's a reliable average. While I would never recommend someone buy an LCD Deck over an OLED, perhaps in a case of someone being strapped for cash and still wanting a Deck, they could go for the 256GB LCD model. In this case, they might get up to 20% better battery life than what was shown here, assuming your LCD Deck is from the launch period (if not, change that number to 15% or 10% depending on how old your LCD Deck is). While this doesn't really change much in the grand scheme of things, it at least means that the few people who will still be buying a brand new LCD Deck today should at least get moderately longer play time than the one in this video. Either way, this was a rather comprehensive test and I like your methodology. Good video!

[@JustSomeRandomIdiot]

8:14 - Jesus christ

[@francistein8409]

did you test them on 100% brightness??

[@cosmossapien5441]

Is it possible to test fighting games or racing games?

[@HiTechLoLife]

I mean these games were chosen based on how they run, not what genre they were. I don't own any modern racing games and fighting games don't make for great benchmarks or worst case scenario testing compared to a game like Cyberpunk.

[@adgeifc]

Finally i found it damn

[@user-kr4nh8wi9w]

👍

[@Seanbo88]

What about charge times going from 0% to 100%? I have a suspicion that the OLED still takes a while

[@HiTechLoLife]

The OLED and regular steam deck in my experience takes about the same amount of time to reach full battery. The OLED does charge faster slightly but it also has a higher capacity battery.

[@Vaxovillion]

Got a sub outta me this was great

[@ThrakathCZ]

Battery tests vs Nintendo Switch please ;-)

[@septiananugrahpratama6571]

Steam deck oled is no brainer choice for those who didn't really care about graphics and performance, the battery life is really insane. And this device mixed with fsr3? It's will be perfect. I hope i can bought it with decent price because in my country, SD oled not officially release in my country so the prices is kinda high, it's around 700 USD for 512GB variant

[@martingru]

Switch Oled / V2 (if you have one) vs Oled Deck - Witcher 3 , i know graphically is night and day but that would make interesting test i think.

[@HiTechLoLife]

Don't have a Switch OLED

[@helbertgascon]

I have a switch OLED and Witcher 3. The battery lasts around the 4 hours mark with a 10 minute +/- discrepancy. This is while actually playing it though. I reckon it would last longer if I just leave it untouched like how the test was performed in this video. ARM is a king when it comes to battery saving. No x86 processor could top that.

[@frockygarcia2004]

How about retro emulation?

[@foxbaker1736]

This thing is GOD. Emulates PS2 fullspeed and lasts 10 hrs. Unbelievable.

[@chazallen7959]

Steam Deck OLED Battery 🔋 Life

[@FullDownloaded]

First, this will be great 😮

[@Cristian-ks3hy]

Wow I skipped to 16 mins and got my answer.

[@HiTechLoLife]

Maybe consider going back and watching the rest. It's a race after all.

[@TatsuyaWow]

will you emulate retro games

[@Mr.Chimpazee]

Yes

[@darkdiablo1601]

test diablo 4 next bro

[@HiTechLoLife]

Please watch the FAQ part at the end

[@k.constantine]

Cyberpunk will never hit 60fps? My Steam Deck OLED benches with 72FPS average and 53FPS on the 1% lows.

[@HiTechLoLife]

I should've specified on the Steam Deck preset. Whoopsies!

[@yogainstructor4437]

What settings are you using for that?

[@oo--7714]

@@yogainstructor4437 he is probably using some extreme version of fs

[@squiddymute]

however those static margins on the OLED model , if you play a lot of hours of that game, is a disaster waiting to happen at some point.Why is noone adressing this ? For those of you who have dealth with OLED monitors know what I'm talking about , the oled burnin fright of static images staying too long on your screen.

[@HiTechLoLife]

I did address this at the end

[@Shise-]

Seems to be a nitpick this, you need to watch the video "What happens if you leave an OLED Nintendo Switch on for 2 years straight?", his switch was perfectly fine.

[@adasaja157]

How about GTA 5?

[@fabolousjada5070]

Tbh when batteries can last 5 6 hours on AAA games then ill purchase one ☝️

[@christianr.5868]

As long as these handheld makers focus on power over efficiency, the steam deck OLED is the best you’ve got

[@TatsuyaWow]

get power bank

[@Mr.Chimpazee]

@@TatsuyaWow Nahhhh

[@lold6d2]

Your steam deck's battery health is definitely not 100% if ROG beat steam deck LCD at any point.

[@warlockboyburns]

this isn't made up?

[@HiTechLoLife]

It was hard not being able to play any of my PC Handhelds or even use my phone for hours on end while recording was happening. Up to 12+ hours in one test lol.

[@jargontaka]

You have a camera pointing at the devices and u say its made up?

[@Mr.Chimpazee]

Are you blind 😂

[@keithenmoore4991]

Lol

[@JustSomeRandomIdiot]

For Dark Souls III, I think if you repeated the test but locked both of them to 30fps and set the TDP limit off, so all devices are offering the exact same level of gameplay performance, I bet you anything, Steam Deck would win hands down.

[@Snapshot.Geo07]

LeGO have still ways to be improved . But far one of the smartest Handheld ! i will wait just 1-2 month to see what the Lenovo will be able to do and then i will decide if i will take it.