The new Valve Steam Machine is 'on track' to begin shipping early this year, says AMD — CEO suggests new 4K mini gaming PC, powered by semi-custom Zen 4 CPU, to launch soon

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AMD has released a tantalizing update about the Steam Machine’s possible release date. Commenting on the state of its business during the company’s Q4 2025 earnings call on February 3, AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su seemingly confirmed the release of Valve’s new mini PC over the coming months, with a suggestion that the Steam Machine is “on track” to begin shipping early this year.

This follows comments made during the same call that a new Xbox could launch in 2027, thanks to a brand new semi-custom SoC from the company. As for the Steam Machine, that device was already believed to launch at some point during Q1 2026, based on comments made to Tom’s Hardware during our initial Steam Machine hands-on late last year.

This update is the first public statement made by a relevant third party regarding the Steam Machine’s potential release date, however. Su, during the call, said that “from a product standpoint, Valve is on track to begin shipping its AMD-powered Steam Machine early this year.” This, alongside the new Xbox SoC, were provided as context for AMD’s future plans following a “double-digit percentage” drop in SoC revenue during the “seventh year of… a very strong console cycle.”

Following on from Valve’s success with the portable Steam Deck, this new system is a fixed machine designed for the living room. It comes equipped with a new, semi-custom six-core AMD Zen 4 CPU, along with an AMD RDNA 3 GPU with 8GB of GDDR6 VRAM and 28 Compute Units. This combo, according to Valve, should allow you to play games with a 4K resolution at 60 frames per second, as long as you’re using FSR upscaling.

Valve has not publicly commented on this new release speculation, but given the earlier comments regarding a Q1 2026 release window, these new comments from AMD would suggest faith that the production schedule for the Steam Machine remains on track. The global NAND supply crisis makes it difficult to speculate on how much it’ll cost, too, with Valve keeping quiet for now. However, a recent retail listing suggested it could cost between $950 and $1,070, depending on the model, although that remains very much unconfirmed for now.

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5 Comments Comment from the forums

excalibur1814

"allow you to play games with a 4K resolution at 60 frames per second, as long as you’re using FSR upscaling."

I don't really care about 4K, fps, as it's ALL about the low frames. I want a 60+ fps at all times. No dips to 40 or 50. +.
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Zoolook13

Six cores and 28 CUs would have been ok years ago, now its seriously underpowered.
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Notton

I'm curious to know how they achieve 4K/60 on a cut down Radeon 7600 XT.
Even going through FSR, it's a bit of a stretch, isn't it?
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hotaru251

Zoolook13 said:
Six cores and 28 CUs would have been ok years ago, now its seriously underpowered.
this.
let alone its resale value is nill as its soldered gpu and they only having an 8gb vram and thats already barely usable let alone in future
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helper800

Zoolook13 said:
Six cores and 28 CUs would have been ok years ago, now its seriously underpowered.
Probably 10x more powerful than the switch 2 lol.
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