Steam Deck CPU (LCD) vs Steam Deck OLED APU

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1303not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesRenoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)no data
Power efficiency28.94no data
Architecture codenameVan Gogh (Custom) (2023)Van Gogh (2022−2023)
Release date9 November 2023 (1 year ago)25 February 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Steam Deck OLED APU and Steam Deck CPU (LCD) 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 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz3.5 GHz
L1 cache256 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache2 MB512 KB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography6 nm7 nm
Die sizeno data163 mm2
Number of transistorsno data2,400 million
64 bit support++

Compatibility

Information on Steam Deck OLED APU and Steam Deck CPU (LCD) 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 dataAMD BGA ST1
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Steam Deck OLED APU and Steam Deck CPU (LCD). 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++
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Steam Deck OLED APU and Steam Deck CPU (LCD) are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

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

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon Steam Deck 8CU (1000 - 1600 MHz)Radeon Navi II 8CU

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Steam Deck OLED APU and Steam Deck CPU (LCD).

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data8

Pros & cons summary


Recency 9 November 2023 25 February 2022
Chip lithography 6 nm 7 nm

Steam Deck OLED APU has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 16.7% more advanced lithography process.

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