Steam Deck CPU (LCD) vs Ryzen 5 3500U

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 3500U and Steam Deck CPU (LCD) processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1359not rated
Place by popularity32not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5no data
Power efficiency27.49no data
Architecture codenamePicasso-U (Zen+) (2019−2020)Van Gogh (2022−2023)
Release date6 January 2019 (5 years ago)25 February 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 3500U and Steam Deck CPU (LCD) 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads88
Base clock speed2.1 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz3.5 GHz
Bus typePCIe 3.0no data
Multiplier21no data
L1 cache128K (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)512 KB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB (shared)4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography12 nm7 nm
Die size209.78 mm2163 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
Number of transistors4940 Million2,400 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 3500U and Steam Deck CPU (LCD) 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketFP5AMD BGA ST1
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Steam Deck CPU (LCD). You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEno data
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Steam Deck CPU (LCD) are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Steam Deck CPU (LCD). Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR5
Maximum memory size64 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) ( - 1200 MHz)Radeon Navi II 8CU

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 3500U and Steam Deck CPU (LCD).

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes128

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 January 2019 25 February 2022
Chip lithography 12 nm 7 nm

Steam Deck CPU (LCD) has an age advantage of 3 years, and a 71.4% more advanced lithography process.

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