Steam Deck OLED APU vs Apple M2 Pro

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Aggregate performance score

Apple M2 Pro
2023
12 cores / 12 threads
13.73
+199%
Steam Deck OLED APU
2023
4 cores / 8 threads, 15 Watt
4.59

Apple M2 Pro outperforms Steam Deck OLED APU by a whopping 199% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing M2 Pro and Steam Deck OLED APU processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking5441303
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesApple Apple M-SeriesRenoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)
Power efficiencyno data28.94
Architecture codenameno dataVan Gogh (Custom) (2023)
Release date17 January 2023 (1 year ago)9 November 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

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 cores12 (Dodeca-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads128
Base clock speed2.424 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz3.5 GHz
L1 cache3.3 MB256 KB
L2 cache36 MB2 MB
L3 cache24 MB4 MB
Chip lithography5 nm6 nm
Number of transistors40000 Millionno data
64 bit support++

Compatibility

Information on 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 data15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by M2 Pro and Steam Deck OLED APU. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, 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-+
FMA-+
AVX-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by M2 Pro and Steam Deck OLED APU. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Apple M2 Pro 19-Core GPUAMD Radeon Steam Deck 8CU (1000 - 1600 MHz)

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 13.73
+199%
Steam Deck OLED APU 4.59

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Apple M2 Pro 2069
+200%
Steam Deck OLED APU 689

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Apple M2 Pro 15010
+237%
Steam Deck OLED APU 4457

CrossMark Overall

Apple M2 Pro 1805
+115%
Steam Deck OLED APU 840

WebXPRT 4 Overall

Apple M2 Pro 253
+136%
Steam Deck OLED APU 107

Geekbench 6.3 Multi-Core

Apple M2 Pro 14568
+218%
Steam Deck OLED APU 4587

Geekbench 6.3 Single-Core

Apple M2 Pro 2663
+97.6%
Steam Deck OLED APU 1348

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 13.73 4.59
Recency 17 January 2023 9 November 2023
Physical cores 12 4
Threads 12 8
Chip lithography 5 nm 6 nm

Apple M2 Pro has a 199.1% higher aggregate performance score, 200% more physical cores and 50% more threads, and a 20% more advanced lithography process.

Steam Deck OLED APU, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 months.

The 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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