A6-7310 vs Steam Deck OLED APU

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Aggregate performance score

Steam Deck OLED APU
2023
4 cores / 8 threads, 15 Watt
4.63
+172%
A6-7310
2015
4 cores / 4 threads, 12 Watt
1.70

Steam Deck OLED APU outperforms A6-7310 by a whopping 172% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Steam Deck OLED APU and A6-7310 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking12882046
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesRenoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)AMD A-Series
Power efficiency29.096.41
Architecture codenameVan Gogh (Custom) (2023)Carrizo-L (2015)
Release date9 November 2023 (1 year ago)7 May 2015 (9 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Steam Deck OLED APU and A6-7310 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)
Threads84
Base clock speed2.4 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz2.4 GHz
L1 cache256 KBno data
L2 cache2 MB2048 KB
L3 cache4 MBno data
Chip lithography6 nm28 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data90 °C
Number of transistorsno data930 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data-

Compatibility

Information on Steam Deck OLED APU and A6-7310 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.

Socketno dataFP4
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt12-25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Steam Deck OLED APU and A6-7310. 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, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEMMX, SSE4.2, AES, AVX, BMI1, F16C, AMD64, VT
AES-NI++
FMA+FMA4
AVX++
PowerNow-+
PowerGating-+
VirusProtect-+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Steam Deck OLED APU and A6-7310 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
IOMMU 2.0-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Steam Deck OLED APU and A6-7310. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR3L-1866
Max memory channelsno data1

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon Steam Deck 8CUAMD Radeon R4 Graphics
Enduro-+
Switchable graphics-+
UVD-+
VCE-+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Steam Deck OLED APU and A6-7310 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Steam Deck OLED APU and A6-7310 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno dataDirectX® 12
Vulkan-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Steam Deck OLED APU and A6-7310.

PCIe versionno data2.0

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.

Steam Deck OLED APU 4.63
+172%
A6-7310 1.70

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

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

Steam Deck OLED APU 689
+396%
A6-7310 139

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.63 1.70
Recency 9 November 2023 7 May 2015
Threads 8 4
Chip lithography 6 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 12 Watt

Steam Deck OLED APU has a 172.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, 100% more threads, and a 366.7% more advanced lithography process.

A6-7310, on the other hand, has 25% lower power consumption.

The Steam Deck OLED APU is our recommended choice as it beats the A6-7310 in performance tests.


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