Steam Deck OLED APU vs Ryzen 9 3900X

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 9 3900X
2019
12 cores / 24 threads, 105 Watt
20.61
+345%
Steam Deck OLED APU
2023
4 cores / 8 threads, 15 Watt
4.63

Ryzen 9 3900X outperforms Steam Deck OLED APU by a whopping 345% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 9 3900X and Steam Deck OLED APU processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2691288
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation20.48no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 9Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)
Power efficiency18.5029.09
Architecture codenameMatisse (Zen 2) (2019−2020)Van Gogh (Custom) (2023)
Release date7 July 2019 (5 years ago)9 November 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$499no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 9 3900X 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 cores12 (Dodeca-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads248
Base clock speed3.8 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed4.6 GHz3.5 GHz
L1 cache768 KB256 KB
L2 cache6 MB2 MB
L3 cache64 MB4 MB
Chip lithography7 nm, 12 nm6 nm
Maximum core temperature95 °Cno data
Number of transistors19,200 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 9 3900X 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)no data
SocketAM4no data
Power consumption (TDP)105 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 9 3900X and Steam Deck OLED APU. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, 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++
Precision Boost 2+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 9 3900X and Steam Deck OLED APU are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 9 3900X and Steam Deck OLED APU. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR4
Maximum memory size128 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth51.196 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card-AMD Radeon Steam Deck 8CU

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.

Ryzen 9 3900X 20.61
+345%
Steam Deck OLED APU 4.63

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Ryzen 9 3900X 3049
+343%
Steam Deck OLED APU 689

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Ryzen 9 3900X 10498
+136%
Steam Deck OLED APU 4457

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Ryzen 9 3900X 1250
Steam Deck OLED APU 1486
+18.9%

7-Zip

Ryzen 9 3900X 80935
+311%
Steam Deck OLED APU 19684

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 20.61 4.63
Recency 7 July 2019 9 November 2023
Physical cores 12 4
Threads 24 8
Chip lithography 7 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 105 Watt 15 Watt

Ryzen 9 3900X has a 345.1% higher aggregate performance score, and 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads.

Steam Deck OLED APU, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, a 16.7% more advanced lithography process, and 600% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 9 3900X is our recommended choice as it beats the Steam Deck OLED APU in performance tests.

Note that Ryzen 9 3900X is a desktop processor while Steam Deck OLED APU is a notebook one.


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