Steam Deck OLED APU vs Atom x7835RE
Aggregate performance score
Atom x7835RE outperforms Steam Deck OLED APU by a moderate 15% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Atom x7835RE and Steam Deck OLED APU processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1172 | 1284 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | no data | Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU) |
| Power efficiency | 41.72 | 29.06 |
| Architecture codename | Amston Lake (2024) | Van Gogh (Custom) (2023) |
| Release date | 8 April 2024 (less than a year ago) | 9 November 2023 (less than a year ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $127 | no data |
Detailed specifications
Atom x7835RE 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 | 8 (Octa-Core) | 4 (Quad-Core) |
| Threads | 8 | 8 |
| Base clock speed | 1.3 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.6 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
| L1 cache | 96 KB (per core) | 256 KB |
| L2 cache | 2 MB (per module) | 2 MB |
| L3 cache | 6 MB (shared) | 4 MB |
| Chip lithography | 10 nm | 6 nm |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
Compatibility
Information on Atom x7835RE 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 | Intel BGA 1264 | no data |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 12 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom x7835RE 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 | + | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom x7835RE and Steam Deck OLED APU are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | no data |
| VT-x | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom x7835RE and Steam Deck OLED APU. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4, DDR5 | DDR4 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | Intel UHD Graphics 32EU | AMD Radeon Steam Deck 8CU |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom x7835RE and Steam Deck OLED APU.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 9 | no data |
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 5.49 | 4.78 |
| Recency | 8 April 2024 | 9 November 2023 |
| Physical cores | 8 | 4 |
| Chip lithography | 10 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 12 Watt | 15 Watt |
Atom x7835RE has a 14.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 months, 100% more physical cores, and 25% lower power consumption.
Steam Deck OLED APU, on the other hand, has a 66.7% more advanced lithography process.
The Atom x7835RE is our recommended choice as it beats the Steam Deck OLED APU in performance tests.
Should you still have questions on choice between Atom x7835RE and Steam Deck OLED APU, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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