N100 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
+33.1%

Steam Deck OLED APU outperforms N100 by a substantial 33% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Steam Deck OLED APU and N100 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking12881535
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesRenoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)no data
Power efficiency29.1054.64
Architecture codenameVan Gogh (Custom) (2023)no data
Release date9 November 2023 (1 year ago)1 January 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Steam Deck OLED APU and N100 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)no data
Threads84
Base clock speed2.4 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz3.4 GHz
L1 cache256 KBno data
L2 cache2 MBno data
L3 cache4 MB6 MB Intel® Smart Cache
Chip lithography6 nmIntel 7 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
64 bit support++

Compatibility

Information on Steam Deck OLED APU and N100 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
Socketno dataFCBGA1264
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Steam Deck OLED APU and N100. 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+
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Thermal Monitoring-+
GPIOno data+

Security technologies

Steam Deck OLED APU and N100 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Steam Deck OLED APU and N100 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 N100. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4-3200, DDR5-4800, LPDDR5-4800
Maximum memory sizeno data16 GB
Max memory channelsno data1

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon Steam Deck 8CUIntel UHD Graphics
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data750 MHz
Execution Unitsno data24

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Steam Deck OLED APU and N100 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Steam Deck OLED APU and N100 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2160@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096 x 2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Steam Deck OLED APU and N100 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12.1
OpenGLno data4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Steam Deck OLED APU and N100.

PCI Express lanesno data9
USB revisionno data2.0/3.2

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.70 3.53
Recency 9 November 2023 1 January 2023
Threads 8 4
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 6 Watt

Steam Deck OLED APU has a 33.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 months, and 100% more threads.

N100, on the other hand, has 150% lower power consumption.

The Steam Deck OLED APU is our recommended choice as it beats the N100 in performance tests.


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