i7-8550U vs Steam Deck OLED APU

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Core i3-8130U Core i5-8250U Core i5-8350U Core i7-8550U Core i7-8650U Pentium Gold 4417U

Aggregate performance score

Steam Deck OLED APU
2023
4 cores / 8 threads, 15 Watt
4.59
+19.2%
Core i7-8550U
2017
4 cores / 8 threads, 15 Watt
3.85

Steam Deck OLED APU outperforms Core i7-8550U by a moderate 19% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Contents

Steam Deck OLED APU Steam Deck OLED APU
i7-8550U i7-8550U

Primary details

Comparing Steam Deck OLED APU and Core i7-8550U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking13031462
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesRenoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)Intel Core i7
Power efficiency28.9424.27
Architecture codenameVan Gogh (Custom) (2023)Kaby Lake Refresh (2017−2019)
Release date9 November 2023 (1 year ago)21 August 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$409

Detailed specifications

Steam Deck OLED APU and Core i7-8550U 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)
Threads88
Base clock speed2.4 GHz1.8 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz4 GHz
Bus typeno dataOPI
Bus rateno data4 GT/s
Multiplierno data18
L1 cache256 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB256K (per core)
L3 cache4 MB8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography6 nm14 nm
Die sizeno data123 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data+

Compatibility

Information on Steam Deck OLED APU and Core i7-8550U 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 dataFCBGA1356,FC-BGA1356
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Steam Deck OLED APU and Core i7-8550U. 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, SMEIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
My WiFino data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Smart Responseno data+

Security technologies

Steam Deck OLED APU and Core i7-8550U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Steam Deck OLED APU and Core i7-8550U are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
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 Core i7-8550U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data32 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data38.397 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare		AMD Radeon Steam Deck 8CU (1000 - 1600 MHz)Intel UHD Graphics 620
Max video memoryno data32 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.15 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Steam Deck OLED APU and Core i7-8550U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
DVIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Steam Deck OLED APU and Core i7-8550U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096 x 2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096 x 2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Steam Deck OLED APU and Core i7-8550U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Steam Deck OLED APU and Core i7-8550U.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data12

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 4.59
+19.2%
i7-8550U 3.85

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
+24.6%
i7-8550U 553

7-Zip

Steam Deck OLED APU 19684
+26.1%
i7-8550U 15613

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score 4.59 3.85
Recency 9 November 2023 21 August 2017
Chip lithography 6 nm 14 nm

Steam Deck OLED APU has a 19.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.

The Steam Deck OLED APU is our recommended choice as it beats the Core i7-8550U in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Steam Deck OLED APU and Core i7-8550U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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