Steam Deck OLED APU vs Apple M3 Pro 12-Core
Aggregate performance score
Apple M3 Pro 12-Core outperforms Steam Deck OLED APU by a whopping 250% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Apple M3 Pro 12-Core and Steam Deck OLED APU processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 409 | 1290 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Apple M3 | Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU) |
| Power efficiency | 56.57 | 29.09 |
| Architecture codename | no data | Van Gogh (Custom) (2023) |
| Release date | 30 October 2023 (1 year ago) | 9 November 2023 (1 year ago) |
Detailed specifications
Apple M3 Pro 12-Core 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 | 8 |
| Base clock speed | 2.748 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 4.06 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
| L1 cache | no data | 256 KB |
| L2 cache | no data | 2 MB |
| L3 cache | no data | 4 MB |
| Chip lithography | 3 nm | 6 nm |
| Number of transistors | 37000 Million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
Compatibility
Information on Apple M3 Pro 12-Core 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) | 27 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Apple M3 Pro 12-Core and Steam Deck OLED APU. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | 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 | - | + |
| FMA | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M3 Pro 12-Core 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 M3 Pro 18-Core GPU | AMD 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.
Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core
Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.
Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core
Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 16.14 | 4.61 |
| Physical cores | 12 | 4 |
| Threads | 12 | 8 |
| Chip lithography | 3 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 27 Watt | 15 Watt |
Apple M3 Pro 12-Core has a 250.1% higher aggregate performance score, 200% more physical cores and 50% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.
Steam Deck OLED APU, on the other hand, has 80% lower power consumption.
The Apple M3 Pro 12-Core is our recommended choice as it beats the Steam Deck OLED APU in performance tests.
Should you still have questions on choice between Apple M3 Pro 12-Core and Steam Deck OLED APU, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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