It only can on the high end. There are no x86 CPUs that’d allow you to play lightweight games while the entire system is pulling just 3 watts.
Not to mention the difference in heat generation. Even at comparable power use, the Steam Deck is loud and getting hot, while something like an AYN Thor is silent and barely warm to the touch.
Which is why every single mobile and low power device in existence is based on either ARM or RISC-V.
Another problem is that x86 is needlessly expensive, because Intel and AMD have a duopoly. You either buy at their insane prices, or you don’t buy at all.
It’s an outdated ISA that is still only used, because the two giants abuse their market power. Even if x86 could match ARM 1-to-1, there’d be no reason to stick with x86, just for the price difference alone.
Why not x86? It can basically match arm for perf per watt and its perf per dollar is better.
It only can on the high end. There are no x86 CPUs that’d allow you to play lightweight games while the entire system is pulling just 3 watts.
Not to mention the difference in heat generation. Even at comparable power use, the Steam Deck is loud and getting hot, while something like an AYN Thor is silent and barely warm to the touch.
Which is why every single mobile and low power device in existence is based on either ARM or RISC-V.
Another problem is that x86 is needlessly expensive, because Intel and AMD have a duopoly. You either buy at their insane prices, or you don’t buy at all.
It’s an outdated ISA that is still only used, because the two giants abuse their market power. Even if x86 could match ARM 1-to-1, there’d be no reason to stick with x86, just for the price difference alone.