Steam Deck OLED APU vs Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE

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Aggregate performance score

Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE
2020
4 cores / 4 threads, 35 Watt
4.41
Steam Deck OLED APU
2023
4 cores / 8 threads, 15 Watt
4.61
+4.5%

Steam Deck OLED APU outperforms Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE by a small 5% 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 ranking13321290
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataRenoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)
Power efficiency11.9229.09
Architecture codenameDali (2020)Van Gogh (Custom) (2023)
Release date21 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads48
Base clock speed3.5 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed3.8 GHz3.5 GHz
L1 cache96K (per core)256 KB
L2 cache512K (per core)2 MB
L3 cache4 MB (shared)4 MB
Chip lithography12 nm6 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)95 °Cno 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 configuration1no data
SocketAM4no data
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt15 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 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++

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 typesDDR4-2933DDR4

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 3AMD Radeon Steam Deck 8CU

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon Gold PRO 3150GE and Steam Deck OLED APU.

PCIe version4.0no data

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.41 4.61
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 4.5% 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.


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