Athlon 3000G vs Steam Deck OLED APU
Aggregate performance score
Steam Deck OLED APU outperforms Athlon 3000G by an impressive 63% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Steam Deck OLED APU and Athlon 3000G processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1303 | 1681 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 5.27 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop processor |
| Series | Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU) | AMD Athlon |
| Power efficiency | 28.96 | 7.63 |
| Architecture codename | Van Gogh (Custom) (2023) | Zen+ (2018−2019) |
| Release date | 9 November 2023 (1 year ago) | 21 November 2019 (5 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $49 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Steam Deck OLED APU and Athlon 3000G 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) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 8 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 2.4 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.5 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | PCIe 3.0 |
| Multiplier | no data | 35 |
| L1 cache | 256 KB | 96K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | 4 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 6 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | no data | 209.78 mm2? |
| Number of transistors | no data | 4,800 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | no data | + |
| Unlocked multiplier | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Steam Deck OLED APU and Athlon 3000G 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 | no data | 1 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | no data | AM4 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 35 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Steam Deck OLED APU and Athlon 3000G. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | 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 | no data |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| FMA | + | - |
| AVX | + | + |
| PowerNow | - | + |
| Precision Boost 2 | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Steam Deck OLED APU and Athlon 3000G are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Steam Deck OLED APU and Athlon 3000G. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 | DDR4 Dual-channel |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 64 GB? |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 42.671 GB/s |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | AMD Radeon Steam Deck 8CU (1000 - 1600 MHz) | AMD Radeon Vega 3 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Steam Deck OLED APU and Athlon 3000G.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 6 |
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 4.59 | 2.82 |
| Recency | 9 November 2023 | 21 November 2019 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 2 |
| Threads | 8 | 4 |
| Chip lithography | 6 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 35 Watt |
Steam Deck OLED APU has a 62.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 133.3% more advanced lithography process, and 133.3% lower power consumption.
The Steam Deck OLED APU is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon 3000G in performance tests.
Be aware that Steam Deck OLED APU is a notebook processor while Athlon 3000G is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Steam Deck OLED APU and Athlon 3000G, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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