Pentium Gold G7400 vs Steam Deck OLED APU
Aggregate performance score
Steam Deck OLED APU outperforms Pentium Gold G7400 by a small 8% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Steam Deck OLED APU and Pentium Gold G7400 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1303 | 1381 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop processor |
| Series | Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU) | no data |
| Power efficiency | 28.96 | 8.72 |
| Architecture codename | Van Gogh (Custom) (2023) | Alder Lake-S (2022) |
| Release date | 9 November 2023 (1 year ago) | 4 January 2022 (2 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Steam Deck OLED APU and Pentium Gold G7400 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 | 3.7 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.5 GHz | 3.7 GHz |
| L1 cache | 256 KB | 80K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 1.25 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | 6 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 6 nm | Intel 7 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 100 °C |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | no data | + |
Compatibility
Information on Steam Deck OLED APU and Pentium Gold G7400 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 |
| Socket | no data | FCLGA1700 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 46 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Steam Deck OLED APU and Pentium Gold G7400. 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 | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2 |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| FMA | + | - |
| AVX | + | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Speed Shift | no data | + |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| TSX | - | + |
| Idle States | no data | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | - | + |
| Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
Steam Deck OLED APU and Pentium Gold G7400 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | + |
| EDB | no data | + |
| Secure Key | no data | + |
| OS Guard | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Steam Deck OLED APU and Pentium Gold G7400 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | no data | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Steam Deck OLED APU and Pentium Gold G7400. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 | DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 128 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 76.8 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 710 |
| Quick Sync Video | - | + |
| Clear Video HD | no data | + |
| Graphics max frequency | no data | 1.35 GHz |
| Execution Units | no data | 16 |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Steam Deck OLED APU and Pentium Gold G7400 integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | no data | 4 |
Graphics image quality
Maximum display resolutions supported by Steam Deck OLED APU and Pentium Gold G7400 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.
| Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 | no data | 4096 x 2160 @ 60Hz |
| Max resolution over eDP | no data | 5120 x 3200 @ 120Hz |
| Max resolution over DisplayPort | no data | 7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Steam Deck OLED APU and Pentium Gold G7400 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | no data | 12 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.5 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Steam Deck OLED APU and Pentium Gold G7400.
| PCIe version | no data | 5.0 and 4.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 20 |
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 4.59 | 4.24 |
| Recency | 9 November 2023 | 4 January 2022 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 2 |
| Threads | 8 | 4 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 46 Watt |
Steam Deck OLED APU has a 8.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and 206.7% lower power consumption.
Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Steam Deck OLED APU and Pentium Gold G7400.
Be aware that Steam Deck OLED APU is a notebook processor while Pentium Gold G7400 is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Steam Deck OLED APU and Pentium Gold G7400, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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