Steam Deck OLED APU vs Apple M2 Pro
Aggregate performance score
Apple M2 Pro outperforms Steam Deck OLED APU by a whopping 230% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Apple M2 Pro and Steam Deck OLED APU processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | 462 | 1272 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Apple Apple M-Series | Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU) |
| Architecture codename | no data | Van Gogh (Custom) |
| Release date | 17 January 2023 (1 year ago) | 9 November 2023 (less than a year ago) |
Detailed specifications
Apple M2 Pro and Steam Deck OLED APU 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 | 12 (Dodeca-Core) | 4 (Quad-Core) |
| Threads | 12 | 84 x 3.6 GHz AMD Zen 2 |
| Base clock speed | 2.424 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.5 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
| L1 cache | 3.3 MB | 256 KB |
| L2 cache | 36 MB | 2 MB |
| L3 cache | 24 MB | 4 MB |
| Chip lithography | 5 nm | 6 nm |
| Number of transistors | 40000 Million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Compatibility
Information on Apple M2 Pro and Steam Deck OLED APU 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.
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Apple M2 Pro and Steam Deck OLED APU. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | DDR4-3200/LPDDR4-4266 RAM, PCIe 3, 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 |
| AES-NI | no data | + |
| FMA | no data | + |
| AVX | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M2 Pro and Steam Deck OLED APU. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR4 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | Apple M2 Pro 19-Core GPU | AMD Radeon Steam Deck 8CU |
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.
Apple M2 Pro outperforms Steam Deck OLED APU by 230% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core
Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.
Benchmark coverage: 15%
Apple M2 Pro outperforms Steam Deck OLED APU by 200% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 14.60 | 4.43 |
| Recency | 17 January 2023 | 9 November 2023 |
| Physical cores | 12 | 4 |
| Threads | 12 | 84 x 3.6 GHz AMD Zen 2 |
| Chip lithography | 5 nm | 6 nm |
The Apple M2 Pro is our recommended choice as it beats the Steam Deck OLED APU in performance tests.
Should you still have questions on choice between Apple M2 Pro and Steam Deck OLED APU, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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