Steam Deck OLED APU vs Ryzen 5 3550H
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 5 3550H outperforms Steam Deck OLED APU by a small 7% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Ryzen 5 3550H and Steam Deck OLED APU processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1245 | 1303 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Ryzen 5 | Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU) |
| Power efficiency | 13.21 | 28.94 |
| Architecture codename | Picasso-U (Zen+) (2019−2020) | Van Gogh (Custom) (2023) |
| Release date | 6 January 2019 (5 years ago) | 9 November 2023 (1 year ago) |
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 5 3550H 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 | 4 (Quad-Core) | 4 (Quad-Core) |
| Threads | 8 | 8 |
| Base clock speed | 2.1 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.7 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
| Bus type | PCIe 3.0 | no data |
| Multiplier | 21 | no data |
| L1 cache | 128K (per core) | 256 KB |
| L2 cache | 512K (per core) | 2 MB |
| L3 cache | 4 MB (shared) | 4 MB |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 6 nm |
| Die size | 209.78 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | 105 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 4940 Million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 5 3550H 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 (Uniprocessor) | no data |
| Socket | FP5 | no data |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 3550H and Steam Deck OLED APU. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | MMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA | 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 | + | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 3550H and Steam Deck OLED APU are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 3550H and Steam Deck OLED APU. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 | DDR4 |
| Maximum memory size | 64 GB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 2 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 38.4 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) ( - 1200 MHz) | AMD Radeon Steam Deck 8CU (1000 - 1600 MHz) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 3550H and Steam Deck OLED APU.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 12 | 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.
Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core
Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.
Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core
Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core
7-Zip
CrossMark Overall
WebXPRT 4 Overall
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 4.89 | 4.59 |
| Recency | 6 January 2019 | 9 November 2023 |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 15 Watt |
Ryzen 5 3550H has a 6.5% higher aggregate performance score.
Steam Deck OLED APU, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 133.3% lower power consumption.
Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Ryzen 5 3550H and Steam Deck OLED APU.
Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 5 3550H and Steam Deck OLED APU, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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