Steam Deck OLED APU vs FX-9590

Place in the ranking	1039	1340
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	2.76	27.24
Architecture codename	Vishera (2012−2015)	Van Gogh (Custom) (2023)
Release date	6 July 2013 (11 years ago)	9 November 2023 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

FX-9590 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	4.7 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	5 GHz	3.5 GHz
L1 cache	no data	256 KB
L2 cache	8192 KB	2 MB
L3 cache	no data	4 MB
Chip lithography	32 nm	6 nm
Die size	315 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	57 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,200 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data
Unlocked multiplier	+	-
P0 Vcore voltage	Min: 1.375 V - Max: 1.5375 V	no data

Compatibility

Information on FX-9590 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	AM3+	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	220 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by FX-9590 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 FX-9590 and Steam Deck OLED APU are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by FX-9590 and Steam Deck OLED APU. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

DDR4

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon Steam Deck 8CU

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by FX-9590 and Steam Deck OLED APU.

PCIe version

n/a

no data

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	6.68	4.49
Recency	6 July 2013	9 November 2023
Physical cores	8	4
Chip lithography	32 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	220 Watt	15 Watt

FX-9590 has a 48.8% higher aggregate performance score, and 100% more physical cores.

Steam Deck OLED APU, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 years, a 433.3% more advanced lithography process, and 1366.7% lower power consumption.

The FX-9590 is our recommended choice as it beats the Steam Deck OLED APU in performance tests.

Note that FX-9590 is a desktop processor while Steam Deck OLED APU is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions on choice between FX-9590 and Steam Deck OLED APU, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.