The oled version has some changes to the internal chassis due to a the thinner screen which allowed for a larger battery which is a big win. It also apparently has improvements to the ram causing better performance and a smaller cpu die.

Gamers nexus did a comparison and found it is quite a bit better than the original.

https://gamersnexus.net/handheld-pcs/valve-goes-hard-steam-deck-oled-review-benchmarks-vs-asus-rog-ally-z1-extreme-deck-lcd

Doesn’t deck verified mean a lot more than just Linux compatibility? Specifically conforming to deck controls, the deck screen size, and other aspects of playing on the deck?

Everything starts somewhere, but I wonder what macOS cli’s are the target for this tool that doesn’t have a Linux equivalent