Steam Deck CPU (OLED) vs Xeon E3-1280

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E3-1280 and Steam Deck CPU (OLED) processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1517	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.04	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Power efficiency	3.53	no data
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)	Van Gogh (2022−2023)
Release date	3 April 2011 (13 years ago)	9 November 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$450	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E3-1280 and Steam Deck CPU (OLED) 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)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	8	8
Base clock speed	3.5 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.9 GHz	3.5 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	8 MB (shared)	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	32 nm	6 nm
Die size	216 mm2	131 mm2
Maximum core temperature	74 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,160 million	2,400 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1280 and Steam Deck CPU (OLED) 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	1	1
Socket	LGA1155	AMD BGA ST1
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1280 and Steam Deck CPU (OLED). You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX	no data
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
FDI	-	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data
Precision Boost 2	no data	+

Security technologies

Xeon E3-1280 and Steam Deck CPU (OLED) technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data
Identity Protection	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1280 and Steam Deck CPU (OLED) are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E3-1280 and Steam Deck CPU (OLED). Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR5
Maximum memory size	32 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	21 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

Radeon Navi II 8CU

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1280 and Steam Deck CPU (OLED).

PCIe version	2.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	20	8

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	3 April 2011	9 November 2023
Chip lithography	32 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	15 Watt

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