Steam Deck OLED APU vs Ryzen 5 4600G

Place in the ranking	764	1288
Place by popularity	26	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	AMD Ryzen 5	Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)
Power efficiency	14.72	29.09
Architecture codename	Renoir (2020−2023)	Van Gogh (Custom) (2023)
Release date	21 July 2020 (4 years ago)	9 November 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 4600G 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	6 (Hexa-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	12	8
Base clock speed	3.7 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.2 GHz	3.5 GHz
Multiplier	37	no data
L1 cache	384 KB	256 KB
L2 cache	3 MB	2 MB
L3 cache	8 MB (shared)	4 MB
Chip lithography	7 nm	6 nm
Die size	156 mm²	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	95 °C	no data
Number of transistors	9800 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data
Unlocked multiplier	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 4600G 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	AM4	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 4600G 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	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 4600G and Steam Deck OLED APU are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 4600G and Steam Deck OLED APU. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-3200	DDR4
Maximum memory size	128 GB	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	51.196 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon Vega 7

AMD Radeon Steam Deck 8CU

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 4600G and Steam Deck OLED APU.

PCIe version

3.0

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Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	10.15	4.63
Recency	21 July 2020	9 November 2023
Physical cores	6	4
Threads	12	8
Chip lithography	7 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	15 Watt

Ryzen 5 4600G has a 119.2% higher aggregate performance score, and 50% more physical cores and 50% more threads.

Steam Deck OLED APU, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 16.7% more advanced lithography process, and 333.3% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 5 4600G is our recommended choice as it beats the Steam Deck OLED APU in performance tests.

Note that Ryzen 5 4600G is a desktop processor while Steam Deck OLED APU is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 5 4600G and Steam Deck OLED APU, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.