Steam Deck OLED APU vs i7-1255U

Place in the ranking	897	1307
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Alder Lake-M	Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)
Power efficiency	53.75	28.91
Architecture codename	Alder Lake-U (2022)	Van Gogh (Custom) (2023)
Release date	23 February 2022 (2 years ago)	9 November 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Core i7-1255U and Steam Deck OLED APU basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	10 (Deca-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	12	8
Base clock speed	1.7 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.7 GHz	3.5 GHz
L1 cache	80K (per core)	256 KB
L2 cache	1.25 MB (per core)	2 MB
L3 cache	12 MB (shared)	4 MB
Chip lithography	10 nm	6 nm
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data

Compatibility

Information on Core i7-1255U and Steam Deck OLED APU compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1	no data
Socket	Intel BGA 1744	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i7-1255U and Steam Deck OLED APU. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	+
AVX	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
TSX	+	-

Security technologies

Core i7-1255U and Steam Deck OLED APU technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i7-1255U and Steam Deck OLED APU are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i7-1255U and Steam Deck OLED APU. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR4, DDR5

DDR4

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs ( - 1250 MHz)

AMD Radeon Steam Deck 8CU (1000 - 1600 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i7-1255U and Steam Deck OLED APU.

PCIe version	4.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	20	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

i7-1255U 8.46
+85.9%

Steam Deck OLED APU 4.55