Steam Machine Review: Beautiful Hardware, But What About Performance... And Price?

published June 22, 2026

Thanks to Innocn for sponsoring this video. Check out its Prime Day deals: GA27S1Q (INNOCN 27" QD-OLED 2K QHD 2560 x 1440P 280Hz 240Hz Gaming Monitor) PD Deal Price: $379.99/31% off - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FFMY51H3 49C1R (INNOCN 49" Curved Monitor Ultrawide Gaming 5K2K 120Hz 32:9 QHD 5120 x 1440P Computer Monitor) PD Deal Price: $512.98/35% off: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BXZY18SB Delayed owing to the hardware component crisis, Valve's Steam Machine is finally here - so how much does it cost, how does it perform and what about the quality of the hardware itself? Rich delivers PC performance comparisons, head-to-heads against PlayStation 5 and much more. Note: PC comparisons used the latest version of Bazzite. Examine the DF Website: https://digitalfoundry.net Go here to check out DF merch! https://store.digitalfoundry.net Subscribe for more Digital Foundry: http://bit.ly/DFSubscribe 00:00 Introduction 00:37 Pricing Starts at $1049 02:24 SteamOS is Fantastic 02:59 Sponsored by Innocn 03:43 Steam Machine Specs Breakdown 04:56 Steam Machine Mainboard: 1x 16GB SODIMM 05:40 Upgrading the SSD 06:37 The GabeCube Is A Thing 07:15 Steam Machine Power Consumption 08:30 DIY PC Build Comparisons Introduction 09:38 PC GPUs We're Testing vs Steam Machine via Bazzite 10:46 Benchmarking Introduction 11:25 Benchmarks: Black Myth Wukong 13:12 Benchmarks: Cyberpunk 2077 14:34 Benchmarks: Resident Evil Requiem 15:06 Benchmarks: Forza Horizon 6 15:54 Benchmarks: Doom The Dark Ages 16:35 Benchmarks: Crimson Desert 17:14 Benchmarks: Ray Tracing Performance 19:09 Steam Machine CPU vs Ryzen 5 5600X/Ryzen 5 8500G 21:50 Benchmarks Summary 22:50 Steam Machine vs PS5: CPU Performance 24:20 Steam Machine vs PS5: Black Myth Wukong 25:06 Steam Machine vs PS5: Alan Wake 2 25:38 Steam Machine vs PS5: Crimson Desert 25:59 Steam Machine vs PS5: Forza Horizon 5 27:14 Steam Machine vs PS5: 007 First Light 29:33 Console Comparisons Summary 30:31 The Wrap-Up 32:00 And Now, The Conclusion

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