Steam Deck OLED APU vs Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE
Aggregate performance score
Steam Deck OLED APU outperforms Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE by a minimal 4% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE and Steam Deck OLED APU processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1344 | 1304 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | no data | Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU) |
| Power efficiency | 11.92 | 28.96 |
| Architecture codename | Dali (2020) | Van Gogh (Custom) (2023) |
| Release date | 21 July 2020 (4 years ago) | 9 November 2023 (1 year ago) |
Detailed specifications
Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE 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 | 4 (Quad-Core) | 4 (Quad-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 8 |
| Base clock speed | 3.5 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.8 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
| L1 cache | 96K (per core) | 256 KB |
| L2 cache | 512K (per core) | 2 MB |
| L3 cache | 4 MB (shared) | 4 MB |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 6 nm |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 95 °C | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE 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.
| Number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 | no data |
| Socket | AM4 | no data |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE 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 | + | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE and Steam Deck OLED APU are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE and Steam Deck OLED APU. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2933 | DDR4 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | AMD Radeon Vega 3 | AMD Radeon Steam Deck 8CU (1000 - 1600 MHz) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE and Steam Deck OLED APU.
| PCIe version | 4.0 | no data |
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 4.41 | 4.59 |
| Recency | 21 July 2020 | 9 November 2023 |
| Threads | 4 | 8 |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 15 Watt |
Steam Deck OLED APU has a 4.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, 100% more threads, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 133.3% lower power consumption.
Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE and Steam Deck OLED APU.
Note that Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE is a desktop processor while Steam Deck OLED APU is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE and Steam Deck OLED APU, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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