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Valve raised the Steam Deck OLED’s price by $240 to $300 in May 2026, which changes how it compares with AYANEO’s Windows handhelds. This comparison covers the Steam Deck OLED, the AYANEO 3 and the AYANEO 2S, using the makers’ own pages where they exist and named reviews where they do not.

Checked October 20, 2026. AYANEO’s product pages carry no dates and its AYANEO 3 prices below come from 2025 reviews, so current retail prices for AYANEO were not verified. Nothing here was benchmarked or tested.

At a glance

  Steam Deck OLED AYANEO 3 AYANEO 2S
Operating system SteamOS Windows Windows
Chip 6nm AMD APU Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 or Ryzen 7 8840U Ryzen 7 8840U
Display 7.4-inch 1280x800 HDR OLED, up to 90Hz 7-inch, OLED or LCD 7-inch 1920x1200, 500 nits
Battery 50Wh 49Wh 50.25Wh
Weight about 640g 690g not listed on AYANEO’s page
Storage microSD slot microSD slot M.2 2280 SSD

Sources for the table: Valve’s OLED page for the Deck, PC Gamer’s review and XDA’s review for the AYANEO 3, and AYANEO’s AYANEO 2S page for the 2S. AYANEO says its handhelds ship with Windows preinstalled. Valve’s page names SteamOS as the software behind the Deck’s suspend and resume feature.

Performance

The AYANEO chips are newer AMD designs than the Deck’s 6nm APU. According to VideoCardz, the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 in the AYANEO 3 pairs 12 Zen 5 cores with a Radeon 890M, and the Ryzen 7 8840U option has eight Zen 4 cores with a Radeon 780M, the same GPU AYANEO lists for the 2S. PC Gamer found the HX 370 performs best at its 35W maximum. Valve’s pages do not list core counts for the Deck’s APU, so this comparison puts no numbers on the gap and gives no frame rates.

Operating system matters as much as the chip. On Valve’s side, Deck Verified ratings tell you how a game is expected to behave before you buy. On AYANEO’s side you get Windows, which AYANEO describes for the 2S as a full-featured PC, so you can install any launcher and run any Windows software.

Price

Tom’s Hardware reported on May 27, 2026 that the 512GB Steam Deck OLED rose from $549 to $789 and the 1TB model from $649 to $949. Valve attributed the increase to rising memory and storage costs and said the Deck itself had not changed.

AYANEO’s pricing has varied by configuration. At the AYANEO 3’s launch, PC Gamer listed a starting price of $899, with the $1,499 model it reviewed and a top configuration at $1,899. Notebookcheck’s table, updated in February 2026, shows $1,299 to $1,799 for the HX 370 configurations and says those cost about $600 more than comparable 8840U versions. AYANEO’s page for the 2S lists no price and showed it as “Coming Soon” when checked, so its availability is unclear.

Portability

The AYANEO 3 measures 289.8 x 115 x 22.4mm and weighs 690g, according to PC Gamer. Valve lists the Deck OLED at about 640g, 5 percent lighter than the original LCD model. Valve rates the OLED’s battery at 3 to 12 hours, depending on the game. The two handhelds carry similar battery capacities, about 50Wh. XDA called the AYANEO 3’s 49Wh battery its biggest downside and said long sessions are unlikely with the power limit maxed out.

Which one to buy

Choose the Steam Deck OLED if you play mostly Steam games, want Deck Verified ratings to guide purchases, and want a price that, even after the increase, is below the AYANEO 3 launch prices we found.

Choose an AYANEO handheld if you need Windows software beyond Steam, want a newer chip, or want the AYANEO 3’s OcuLink port for an external GPU. PC Gamer liked the AYANEO 3’s performance but said it could not recommend the $1,499 model it reviewed, which is a useful reference point before paying AYANEO’s prices.

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