Atom C3955 vs Steam Deck OLED APU

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Aggregate performance score

Steam Deck OLED APU
2023
4 cores / 8 threads, 15 Watt
4.70
+26.3%
Atom C3955
2017
16 cores / 16 threads, 32 Watt
3.72

Steam Deck OLED APU outperforms Atom C3955 by a significant 26% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Steam Deck OLED APU and Atom C3955 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking12881487
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.95
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesRenoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)Intel Atom
Power efficiency29.1010.80
Architecture codenameVan Gogh (Custom) (2023)Goldmont (2016−2017)
Release date9 November 2023 (1 year ago)15 August 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$434

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Steam Deck OLED APU and Atom C3955 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)16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads816
Base clock speed2.4 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz2.4 GHz
Multiplierno data21
L1 cache256 KB896 KB
L2 cache2 MB16 MB
L3 cache4 MB16 MB
Chip lithography6 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data78 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data-

Compatibility

Information on Steam Deck OLED APU and Atom C3955 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 configurationno data1 (Uniprocessor)
Socketno dataFCBGA1310
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt32 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Steam Deck OLED APU and Atom C3955. 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, SMEno data
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
QuickAssistno data-
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-

Security technologies

Steam Deck OLED APU and Atom C3955 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDBno data+
Secure Bootno data+
Secure Keyno data+
SGXno data-
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Steam Deck OLED APU and Atom C3955 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Steam Deck OLED APU and Atom C3955. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4: 2400
Maximum memory sizeno data256 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon Steam Deck 8CUno data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Steam Deck OLED APU and Atom C3955.

PCIe versionno data3
PCI Express lanesno data16
USB revisionno data3
Total number of SATA portsno data16
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data16
Number of USB portsno data8
Integrated LANno data4x10/2.5/1 GBE

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.70 3.72
Recency 9 November 2023 15 August 2017
Physical cores 4 16
Threads 8 16
Chip lithography 6 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 32 Watt

Steam Deck OLED APU has a 26.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 133.3% more advanced lithography process, and 113.3% lower power consumption.

Atom C3955, on the other hand, has 300% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

The Steam Deck OLED APU is our recommended choice as it beats the Atom C3955 in performance tests.

Be aware that Steam Deck OLED APU is a notebook processor while Atom C3955 is a server/workstation one.


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